Is Qualcomm a good company to work for as a Staff Engineer?

Staff Engineer professionals working at Qualcomm have rated their employer with 3.7 out of 5 stars in 624 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 Staff Engineer Jobs at Qualcomm now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Staff Engineer interview questions at Qualcomm .

Does Qualcomm pay Staff Engineer employees well?

Staff Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Qualcomm with 3.8 out of 5 stars based on 624 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 5.1% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Staff Engineer salaries at Qualcomm.

How happy are Staff Engineer professionals working at Qualcomm?

70% of Staff Engineer employees at Qualcomm would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 2% in the past 12 months. Staff Engineer professionals have also rated Qualcomm with a 2.7 rating for work-life-balance, 3.5 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.3 rating for culture and values and 3.7 rating for career opportunities.

What Qualcomm locations are top rated by Staff Engineer employees?

Qualcomm locations which are top rated by Staff Engineer employees are Santa Clara , San Jose and San Diego . Boulder is the lowest rated Qualcomm location by Staff Engineer employees.

What are the top reviewed jobs at Qualcomm?

Software Engineer (976) , Senior Engineer (826) , Engineer (811) , Staff Engineer (622) , Senior Software Engineer (545) , Senior Staff Engineer (242) , Senior Lead Engineer (206) , Intern (176) , Associate Engineer (137) , Staff Software Engineer (134) , Interim Engineering Intern (124) , Hardware Engineer (116) , Systems Engineer (75) , Senior Hardware Engineer (68) , Software Engineer(Internship) (65)

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 1044 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 564 reviews)); "median pay is good and high" ((in 550 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 413 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 1132 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 138 reviews)); "Too much work close to the chip release." ((in 93 reviews))

Skip to content Skip to footer

Notifications

Qualcomm

Qualcomm Staff Engineer reviews

3.7

70% would recommend to a friend

(624 total reviews)

Cristiano Amon

57% approve of CEO

64% positive business outlook

Ratings by category

3.8

Compensation and benefits

3.7

Career opportunities

3.5

Diversity & inclusion

3.3

Culture & values

3.1

Senior management

2.7

Work/Life balance

Engineer, Staff employees have rated Qualcomm with 3.7 out of 5 stars, based on 624 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Engineer, Staff professionals have a good working experience there. Qualcomm is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Engineer, Staff professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

Ratings by demographic groups

Race / Ethnicity

Gender

Sexual orientation

Disability

Parent or family caregiver

Veteran status

Reviews by job title

624 reviews

1.0

Mar 22, 2010

worst software practices realized

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

great weather, really nice people

Cons

constant panic! Everything is needed now! There's little planning, no documentation, and if it can be hacked to work late at night, do it. I'd seen a dozen gotos in my career of as many years until I got to Qualcomm. If there's a way to do something that is nearly impossible to debug, that's the way it's done here. Really, this place will test your sanity.

4.0

Jan 24, 2010

good company

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

stable, good health care package

Cons

slow response to competitors such as mediatek

4.0

Dec 3, 2009

Good place to Start your career.

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Very stable company. A lot of learning opportunities. Great co workers. Up front working on cutting edge technology. Opportunities to travel.

Cons

Salary compared to higher cost of living in San Diego. Little growth opportunity. Favorism by management. New hires can expect very Long working hours.

Viewing 604 - 606 of 624 Reviews

Top companies for "Compensation and Benefits" near you

Apple

4.2★Compensation & Benefits

Intel Corporation

3.8★Compensation & Benefits

Honeywell Technologies

4.0★Compensation & Benefits

NVIDIA

4.6★Compensation & Benefits

Jobs at Qualcomm

Physical Synthesis Implementation Engineer

Kubernetes Platform Engineer (IT Engineer Staff)

Senior Staff CPU Power Verification Engineer

Qualcomm reviews FAQs

Qualcomm reviews Qualcomm Engineer, Staff reviews

Qualcomm

Qualcomm Staff Engineer reviews

Ratings by category

Ratings by demographic groups

Reviews by job title

worst software practices realized

good company

Good place to Start your career.

Top companies for "Compensation and Benefits" near you

Jobs at Qualcomm

Qualcomm reviews FAQs

Want the inside scoop on your own company?

Bowls

Followed companies

Job searches

Top companies for "Compensation and Benefits" near you

Jobs at Qualcomm

Qualcomm reviews FAQs