Is Qualcomm a good company to work for as a Senior Embedded Engineer?

Senior Embedded Engineer professionals working at Qualcomm have rated their employer with 4.1 out of 5 stars in 44 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 Senior Embedded Engineer Jobs at Qualcomm now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Senior Embedded Engineer interview questions at Qualcomm .

Does Qualcomm pay Senior Embedded Engineer employees well?

Senior Embedded Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Qualcomm with 3.7 out of 5 stars based on 44 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 7.8% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Senior Embedded Engineer salaries at Qualcomm.

How happy are Senior Embedded Engineer professionals working at Qualcomm?

70% of Senior Embedded Engineer employees at Qualcomm would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has decreased by 16% in the past 12 months. Senior Embedded Engineer professionals have also rated Qualcomm with a 2.9 rating for work-life-balance, 3.0 rating for diversity and inclusion, 3.5 rating for culture and values and 3.3 rating for career opportunities.

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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 1063 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 573 reviews)); "Pay is good and above industry average" ((in 557 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 476 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 400 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 1141 reviews)); "Too many managers with varied focus pulling projects in different direction is straining engineers and tech leads." ((in 174 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs in the company" ((in 156 reviews)); "Long hours to get the job done; tight schedules to meet to stay competitive in the market place;" ((in 133 reviews)); "Too much work close to the chip release." ((in 94 reviews))

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Qualcomm Senior Embedded Engineer reviews

4.1

70% would recommend to a friend

(44 total reviews)

Cristiano Amon

13% approve of CEO

79% positive business outlook

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3.7

Compensation and benefits

3.5

Culture & values

3.3

Career opportunities

3.0

Diversity & inclusion

2.9

Work/Life balance

2.9

Senior management

Senior Embedded Engineer employees have rated Qualcomm with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 44 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Embedded Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Qualcomm is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Embedded Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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44 reviews

4.0

Jun 24, 2026

Work is good, but requires full-time office presence

Embedded software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

work is good, team is good.

Cons

all 5 days work from office

5.0

May 21, 2026

Work-life balance works well for me

Embedded software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

wlb is good for me

Cons

our team is good no cons

4.0

May 6, 2026

Learning opportunities overshadowed by poor work-life balance

Senior embedded software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Learning to next gen tech

Cons

work life balance and RTO

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