Qualcomm
#Wireless S/w Engineer
$114K–$172K
San Diego, California · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 18, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
- Visa sponsorship
- Not eligible for Qualcomm immigration sponsorship.
About the job
Designs, develops, tests, and optimizes real-time embedded modem software and AI-assisted engineering tools for Qualcomm’s modem subsystem.
What you'll do
- Deliver modem firmware features across protocol layers, drivers, and platform services, from requirements through testing, bring-up, and maintenance.
- Build and improve AI-assisted workflows and tools for coding, review, testing, and crash/log analysis.
- Debug issues on target hardware and collaborate with systems, hardware, test, and integration teams.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
Nice to have
- Experience with embedded software on DSP and Arm architectures and debugging on target hardware.
- Experience using AI coding assistants or agentic tools and applying LLMs to embedded-system analysis.
Pay
$114,500.00 - $171,700.00 USD (base salary)
Tools
C/C++, C++17, DSP, Arm, QuRT, ThreadX, FreeRTOS, GitHub Copilot
AI focus
AI-native modem development, including coding agents, LLM-based code review, test synthesis, retrieval-augmented tooling, and automated crash/log triage.
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