Systems Engineer, Staff

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Systems Engineer, you will research, design, develop, simulate, and/or validate systems-level software, hardware, architecture, algorithms, and solutions that enables the development of cutting-edge technology. Qualcomm Systems Engineers collaborate across functional teams to meet and exceed system-level requirements and standards.

Preferred qualifications:

• Master's Degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science or related field.
• 8+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
• 4+ years of Automotive systems and associated standards (e.g. ISO26262, ISO21434).
• 3+ years of experience working in a large matrixed organization.
• 2+ year of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Sr. Staff level and above).

Principal duties and responsibilities

• Overseeing, planning, tracking, and structuring various tasks within system team.
• Collaborates with own team and other teams to complete project work, including implementing, testing features, and verifying the accuracy of systems.
• Applies and leverage advanced Systems knowledge and experience to design, develop, simulate, and/or validate systems-level software, hardware, architecture, algorithms, and solutions while ensuring system-level requirements and standards are met.
• Develops and analyzes system level design including requirements, interface definition, functional/performance definition, and implementation of a new system or modification of an existing system.
• Performs complex functional analysis to drive requirements and specifications and to define and align with standards for hardware and software.
• Develops new and innovative ideas (e.g. IDFs) for a product or feature area.
• Drives triage of complex problems at the system level to determine root cause and presents results of testing and debugging to internal and external stakeholders.
• Perform safety analysis and identify impacts on the system.

Level of responsibility

• Works independently with minimal supervision.
• Provides supervision/guidance to other team members.
• Decision-making may affect work beyond immediate work group.
• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey complex information. May require negotiation, influence, tact, etc.
• Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to make key decisions).
• Tasks do not have defined steps; planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.