Qualcomm
Systems Engineer - Chipset Power, Senior Staff
$187K–$280K
San Diego, California +2 · On-site · Senior Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 29, 2026
- Location
- San Diego, California
Austin, Texas
Santa Clara, California - Experience
- 15 years preferred; professional experience in one or more listed areas.
- Education
- A Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent field is required as a minimum.
About the job
Leads cross-functional engineering efforts to model and optimize power across Snapdragon SoCs, chipsets, and platforms throughout design and development.
What you'll do
- Develop power architecture and tradeoff analyses, and model, analyze, and optimize power at chipset and system levels.
- Identify power requirements and risks, guide teams toward power targets, and optimize current and future designs.
- Design power features and work with cross-functional teams and customers on power requirements and use cases.
What they ask for
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering or equivalent field.
Nice to have
- 15 years of professional experience in one or more of the listed areas is preferred.
- Experience in low-power SoC/chipset/platform design, system power modeling, hardware or software optimization, or architecture in the listed domains.
Pay
$186,700.00 - $280,100.00 USD base salary
Tools
Snapdragon
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