Staff Tech Modem Software RF Engineer
Qualcomm
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This role pays more than 74% of similar roles. Most pay $163,702–$231,825 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $229k versus about $198k for comparable roles.
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Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.
Qualcomm currently has 615 open roles on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs $155,400–$232,600 across 593 roles with salary data.
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The Staff Modem Systems Engineer joins the Modem Technologies team to design, implement, verify, and commercialize Wireless WAN modem air interface RAN technologies. This role involves working on modem access stratum, RF software design, optimizations, algorithms, hardware, firmware, and systems while collaborating with the RFFE team to define IP architecture and HW APIs. The engineer will develop and review models, code, and simulations while creating test environments and comprehensive plans to validate designs against 3GPP specifications for LTE and 5GNR. Key technical requirements include expertise in RF, baseband, signal processing, computer architecture, communication protocols, and VLSI. Candidates should possess skills in C, C++, and Python to develop high-performance products that optimize throughput, latency, and power consumption while managing silicon area and complexity within the multi-RAT modem domain.
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