XR Software Engineer, Staff, Customer Engineering

Qualcomm

Confirmed live today High trust

Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
San Diego, CASanta Clara, CA
Salary
$149,300–$223,900 / yr
Posted
40 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Mar 16, 2027

Market check

Salary context

Below market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $224k
This role $187k
$135k $284k
below market most similar roles pay here above market

This role pays less than 80% of similar roles. Most pay $197,475–$251,315 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $187k versus about $224k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

Employer

About Qualcomm

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.

Most-posted roles

View all roles at Qualcomm

At a glance

TL;DR · XR Software Engineer, Staff, Customer Engineering

XR Software Engineer, Staff - Customer Engineering joins the XR Customer Engineering group to support ecosystem partners, including enterprise solutions providers, XR technology partners, and device OEMs. This role involves designing and supporting partner demonstrations, proof-of-concept deployments, and pilot projects using pre-commercial, next-generation augmented and virtual reality technologies. The engineer acts as a technical liaison, architecting end-to-end solutions that meet specific project requirements while collaborating with internal technical and product teams. Key responsibilities include designing, building, testing, and supporting XR solutions. Required skills include proficiency in programming languages like C, C++, Java, or Python, along with debugging techniques. Preferred qualifications include experience with Unity 3D, Unreal, Android OS, and various XR SDKs. The work focuses on solving technical challenges within the AR and VR hardware and software ecosystem.

What you'll do

  • Design and support partner demonstrations and proof-of-concept pilot deployments.
  • Architect XR solutions that meet specific project requirements for ecosystem partners.
  • Act as a technical liaison and point of escalation between engineering teams and partners.
  • Design, build, test, and support XR solutions end-to-end.
  • Support enterprise solutions providers, XR technology partners, and device OEMs.
  • Develop innovative solutions using the latest Qualcomm XR technology.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Applications Engineering or Software Development experience.
  • Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Applications Engineering or Software Development experience.
  • PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Applications Engineering or Software Development experience.
  • 2+ years of experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, or Python.
  • 1+ year of experience with debugging techniques.
  • Experience with XR SDKs (Unity, Unreal, Oculus, Vive, Magic Leap, Nreal, Qualcomm) (preferred).
  • Android OS knowledge with development or framework experience (preferred).
  • Unity 3D development experience, knowledge of shaders, and rendering pipeline (preferred).

More like this

Similar roles

XR, Principal Software Engineer

Qualcomm

San Diego, CA 40 days ago $197,000–$295,400
C++ C Python Java Android Linux Computer Vision Machine Learning Graphics SLAM Sensor Fusion Embedded Software System Architecture Performance Optimization Profiling Camera Software
8+ yrs exp

Senior Software Engineer, Customer Systems

Apple Inc

Cupertino, CA 47 days ago $150,400–$277,600
Java Spring Boot Spring MVC Spring Security Spring Data Spring Cloud WebFlux Microservices JVM REST gRPC GraphQL OpenAPI Swagger Protobuf Redis Memcached Hazelcast Python Go CI/CD Distributed Systems
5+ yrs exp

Senior Software Engineer, Customer Systems

Apple Inc

Sunnyvale, CA 47 days ago $150,400–$277,600
Java Spring Boot Spring MVC Spring Security Spring Data Spring Cloud WebFlux Microservices JVM Go Python Ruby RESTful API gRPC GraphQL OpenAPI Swagger Protobuf Redis Memcached Hazelcast Ehcache CI/CD TCP/IP HTTP/HTTPS CDN DNS Zero Trust GenAI Copilot Claude Codex
5+ yrs exp

Staff Software Engineer, Consumer Engineering

Reddit

Remote 42 days ago $217,000–$303,000
Go Python Java Kotlin Rust C++ GraphQL REST gRPC Redis Cassandra PostgreSQL BigQuery Firebase HEX Distributed Systems Observability
7+ yrs exp Remote