Compute Hardware Applications Engineer
Qualcomm
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This role pays less than 88% of similar roles. Most pay $153,363–$214,000 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $132k versus about $184k for comparable roles.
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Broadcom is a global semiconductor and infrastructure software company that designs and markets a wide range of networking, storage, and wireless connectivity solutions. Industry: Semiconductors & Infrastructure Software
Broadcom currently has 285 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $121,900–$195,000 across 166 roles with salary data.
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The Hardware Applications Engineer joins the AI Networking Infrastructure team to provide hardware technical support, board-level debug assistance, and laboratory validation for semiconductor solutions. This role involves collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams to provide design guidance throughout the product lifecycle, including schematic and PCB layout reviews, component selection, and reference board bring-up. You will perform hands-on board bring-up, debugging, and functional testing using oscilloscopes, multimeters, and power supplies. Key responsibilities include creating customer-facing technical documentation, application notes, and layout recommendations. Required skills include a solid understanding of electrical engineering, PCB design fundamentals, power management, and thermal principles. Preferred experience includes high-speed serial interfaces like SerDes, signal integrity, DC-DC power converters, power delivery networks, high-speed PCB stack-up, impedance control, and AI-coding tools like Claude or Codex.
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