Is Qualcomm a good company to work for as a Sr. Design Engineer?

Sr. Design Engineer professionals working at Qualcomm have rated their employer with 4.0 out of 5 stars in 27 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 Sr. Design Engineer Jobs at Qualcomm now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Sr. Design Engineer interview questions at Qualcomm .

Does Qualcomm pay Sr. Design Engineer employees well?

Sr. Design Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Qualcomm with 4.5 out of 5 stars based on 27 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 11.8% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Sr. Design Engineer salaries at Qualcomm.

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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 1072 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 585 reviews)); "Pay is good and above industry average" ((in 532 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 455 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 399 reviews))

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

"Too many managers with varied focus pulling projects in different direction is straining engineers and tech leads." ((in 179 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs in the company" ((in 160 reviews)); "Long hours to get the job done; tight schedules to meet to stay competitive in the market place;" ((in 142 reviews)); "Too much work close to the chip release." ((in 96 reviews)); "Too much politics and performance reviews are not always fair" ((in 93 reviews))

Qualcomm Sr. Design Engineer reviews

4.0

77% would recommend to a friend

(27 total reviews)

Cristiano Amon

61% approve of CEO

62% positive business outlook

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Sr. Design Engineer employees have rated Qualcomm with 4.0 out of 5 stars, based on 27 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Sr. Design Engineer professionals have a good working experience there. Qualcomm is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Sr. Design Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Informationstechnologie industry (3.9 stars).

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27 reviews

2.0

Sep 9, 2015

QCT: sweat shop...

Senior design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

San Diego, San Diego, San Diego, San Diego, San Diego, San Diego, San Diego, San Diego, San Diego, San Diego.....

Cons

* layers of hierarchy. * for worker-bee engineers in IC-design, it's very much like a sweatshop.. * a lot of politics in performance review & promotion process. * smartphone chip business is well past its prime-time

2.0

Dec 17, 2013

Very demanding and competitive environment

Senior design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Continuous learning is a part of the environment, Work with great minds, Opportunity to execute.

Cons

Working for 16 hrs a day is bad on your health. Totally depends on your team. Because of superfast execution, quality of work is poor.

4.0

Oct 22, 2013

Great company to start your career

Senior design engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Has good work life balance. Great company to start your career. Getting exposed to many technologies and hands on experience. managers are highly technical and good teams that are intelligent and qualified. Much more freedom in what you do.

Cons

Not many cons except the compenstion can be low compared to other companies in the same area.

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