Is Qualcomm a good company to work for as a Firmware Development Engineer?

Firmware Development Engineer professionals working at Qualcomm have rated their employer with 4.1 out of 5 stars in 21 Glassdoor reviews. This is a higher than average score with the overall rating of Qualcomm employees being 3.8 out of 5 stars. Search open Firmware Development Engineer Jobs at Qualcomm now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Firmware Development Engineer interview questions at Qualcomm .

Does Qualcomm pay Firmware Development Engineer employees well?

Firmware Development Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Qualcomm with 3.9 out of 5 stars based on 21 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.5% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Firmware Development Engineer salaries at Qualcomm.

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"All the benefits are good and recently the company is trying to mimic Google like culture" ((in 1036 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 560 reviews)); "median pay is good and high" ((in 543 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 475 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 406 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 1147 reviews)); "Too many managers with varied focus pulling projects in different direction is straining engineers and tech leads." ((in 175 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs in the company" ((in 161 reviews)); "Long hours to get the job done; tight schedules to meet to stay competitive in the market place;" ((in 134 reviews)); "Too much politics and performance reviews are not always fair" ((in 91 reviews))

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Qualcomm Firmware Development Engineer reviews

4.1

99% would recommend to a friend

(21 total reviews)

Cristiano Amon

85% approve of CEO

98% positive business outlook

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4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Career opportunities

3.9

Senior management

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Culture & values

3.6

Work/Life balance

Firmware Development Engineer employees have rated Qualcomm with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 21 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Firmware Development Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Qualcomm is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Firmware Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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21 reviews

3.0

Jun 18, 2026

Great products, but management needs improvement

Firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great products to work on

Cons

There is no work life balance

4.0

Jan 27, 2026

Generally a great place to work, with some off-hours demands due to offshore processes

Staff firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Strong engineering culture with deep technical expertise Opportunities to work on complex, large-scale, real-world products Smart and collaborative colleagues across multiple domains Good ownership and autonomy at senior/staff levels

Cons

Global/offshore collaboration often requires late-night or early-morning meetings Time-zone challenges can impact work-life balance Some processes move slowly due to scale and cross-site coordination Decision-making can involve multiple stakeholders, adding overhead

4.0

Jan 20, 2026

Firmware

Firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Salary is very good .

Cons

Work hours are too long

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