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

Systems Hardware Engineer professionals working at Qualcomm have rated their employer with 3.9 out of 5 stars in 103 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 Systems Hardware Engineer Jobs at Qualcomm now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Systems Hardware Engineer interview questions at Qualcomm .

Does Qualcomm pay Systems Hardware Engineer employees well?

Systems Hardware Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Qualcomm with 4.2 out of 5 stars based on 103 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 4.9% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Systems Hardware Engineer salaries at Qualcomm.

How happy are Systems Hardware Engineer professionals working at Qualcomm?

90% of Systems Hardware Engineer employees at Qualcomm would recommend their employer to a friend. This rating has increased by 25% in the past 12 months. Systems Hardware Engineer professionals have also rated Qualcomm with a 3.9 rating for work-life-balance, 4.5 rating for diversity and inclusion, 4.0 rating for culture and values and 4.2 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 1047 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 591 reviews)); "median pay is good and high" ((in 542 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 484 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 410 reviews))

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

"Stictly no support from management and to get support the person should be good in buttering manager in their native language(south indian)." ((in 169 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 148 reviews)); "Too much work close to the chip release." ((in 91 reviews)); "Too much politics and performance reviews are not always fair" ((in 90 reviews))

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Qualcomm Systems Hardware Engineer reviews

3.9

90% would recommend to a friend

(103 total reviews)

Cristiano Amon

89% approve of CEO

85% positive business outlook

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4.5

Diversity & inclusion

4.2

Compensation and benefits

4.2

Career opportunities

4.0

Culture & values

3.9

Work/Life balance

3.9

Senior management

Systems Engineer Hardware employees have rated Qualcomm with 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 103 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Systems Engineer Hardware professionals have a good working experience there. Qualcomm is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Systems Engineer Hardware professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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103 reviews

4.0

Nov 10, 2025

Good place to work

Hardware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good work life balance. Engineers I work with are capable

Cons

Company is back to 5 days in office

3.0

Oct 3, 2025

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Hardware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good environment experience people senior

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There were ss such no cons

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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