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))

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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).

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4.0

May 19, 2009

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Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

It's a pretty competitive company

Cons

I guess slow decision making process.

2.0

Jan 7, 2009

Qualcomm is good if you want fast promotions but long work hours will create you problems at home

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Most employees are Indian and this will be advatage for you to get promoted

Cons

Long hours and lack of respect for individual from managers

3.0

Oct 31, 2008

Too many politics. Great company?? not really!

Staff engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

basically just a mirage of big company, years of experience you can put on your resume

Cons

Too many politics, bad leadship, how well you will be treated depends on where you are, if unfortunately you work in devil island, no matter how hard you work, you would be buried in the office politics. I knew some guys tried to sue the company due to unfair treatment, of course, QUALCOMM LAWYER came to settle with them... Others just didn't want to handle the political drama, they quit .... Generally, qualcomm is aged, for 4G, qualcomm does not have dominant patent as CDMA ...

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