Thermal Limits Engineer, Senior Staff
Qualcomm
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This role pays less than 57% of similar roles. Most pay $182,500–$236,975 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $200k versus about $210k for comparable roles.
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Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.
Qualcomm currently has 575 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $147,900–$221,900 across 550 roles with salary data.
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Staff Engineer, Thermal joins the Packaging Engineering team to address complex thermal challenges for the Qualcomm Dragonfly AI300 platform and future AI computing systems. The role involves leading thermal architecture solutions, performing simulations from silicon to data center environments, and conducting laboratory tests to validate models. Key responsibilities include driving strategy discussions, performing thermal design reviews, and analyzing results to ensure performance, efficiency, and reliability. Candidates must utilize computational fluid dynamics tools like ANSYS Icepak, Celsius EC, or Flotherm, alongside programming languages such as Python, C/C++, or MATLAB. Expertise in thermal interface materials, heat sinks, vapor chambers, and 2.5D or 3D package architectures is required. The position focuses on solving high-power cooling problems for processors, GPUs, and AI accelerators using air, liquid, or hybrid cooling technologies.
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