Is Qualcomm a good company to work for as a Associate Hardware Engineer?

Associate Hardware Engineer professionals working at Qualcomm have rated their employer with 3.6 out of 5 stars in 203 Glassdoor reviews. This is a lower than average score with the overall rating of Qualcomm employees being 3.8 out of 5 stars. Search open Associate Hardware Engineer Jobs at Qualcomm now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Associate Hardware Engineer interview questions at Qualcomm .

Does Qualcomm pay Associate Hardware Engineer employees well?

Associate Hardware Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Qualcomm with 3.9 out of 5 stars based on 203 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.5% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Associate Hardware Engineer salaries at Qualcomm.

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What are the pros of working at Qualcomm according to real employee reviews?

"All the benefits are good and recently the company is trying to mimic Google like culture" ((in 1030 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 575 reviews)); "Pay is good and above industry average" ((in 541 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 487 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 409 reviews))

What are the cons of working at Qualcomm according to real employee reviews?

"Work Pressure and no work life balance for few teams" ((in 1140 reviews)); "Too many managers with varied focus pulling projects in different direction is straining engineers and tech leads." ((in 176 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs in the company" ((in 157 reviews)); "Long hours to get the job done; tight schedules to meet to stay competitive in the market place;" ((in 134 reviews)); "Too much work close to the chip release." ((in 92 reviews))

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Qualcomm Associate Hardware Engineer reviews

3.6

66% would recommend to a friend

(203 total reviews)

Cristiano Amon

90% approve of CEO

53% positive business outlook

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4.5

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Culture & values

4.0

Work/Life balance

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Career opportunities

3.2

Senior management

Associate Hardware Engineer employees have rated Qualcomm with 3.6 out of 5 stars, based on 203 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Associate Hardware Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Qualcomm is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Associate Hardware Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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203 reviews

3.0

Sep 16, 2025

HW - design experience

Senior hardware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good salary and RSUs with respect to competition in Irland

Cons

work life balance was a mess

3.0

Aug 23, 2025

Good company if you dont care about career ladder

Senior hardware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work environment, learning opportunities.

Cons

Slow career growth, Promotions not based on merit or work.

1.0

Dec 1, 2024

ship is sinking

Hardware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

fair compensation, not as good as Tier0 but better than many semiconductor companies

Cons

horrible WLB, even asked to work on National Holiday Annual layoff in the US Mandatory RTO salesman CEO who does not know engineering little anuual refresh and bonus

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