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Staff Hardware Engineer (Austin OR San Diego)

Qualcomm · San Diego, CA, US

Qualcomm is hiring a staff Staff Hardware Engineer (Austin OR San Diego) in San Diego, CA, US. What you'll do: hiring, deployment / devops, and testing / qa, work across the security and compliance domains. Qualifications: 5+ years of experience, a PhD, and familiarity with Airflow and REST. Paying $135K.

Hiring signals for Computer Hardware Engineers

SOC 17-2061 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.

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Computer Hardware Engineers Job Market Score

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  • Pay matches the national median ($151k vs $138k national)
  • Slow inflow of new postings (only 2% from the last 14 days)
  • Few reposted listings (24% appear duplicated)

Computer Hardware Engineers job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Computer Hardware Engineers.

  • 277Active postings
  • 4Posted this week
  • 81Open 30+ days29% of active
  • 17Remote / hybrid6% of active
  • 6%List salary18 of 277
  • 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
  • $151kMedian annual (max)
  • —Median hourly (max)
  • 20dMedian agep90 55d (long tail)

Wages by category

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Engineering226$151k n=18—
Embedded33——
Accounting2——
Customer Success1——
Server / Host1——

Wages by employment type

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Full-time12$150k n=11—
Intern8——
Contract3——
Part-time1——

Wages by sector

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Manufacturing223$142k n=4—
Technology202$152k n=17—
Government / Public Sector24——
Healthcare10——
Professional Services7——

Top categories

  • Engineering226
  • Embedded33
  • Accounting2
  • Customer Success1
  • Server / Host1

In-demand skills

  • Python17
  • C++17
  • Linux16
  • Git7
  • Perl5
  • Agile3
  • AWS3
  • Bash2

Top sectors

  • Manufacturing223
  • Technology202
  • Government / Public Sector24
  • Healthcare10
  • Professional Services7
  • Transportation & Logistics5

Employment mix

  • Unspecified253 · 91%
  • Full-time12 · 4%
  • Intern8 · 3%
  • Contract3 · 1%
  • Part-time1 · 0%

Top hiring companies

Category
Engineering
Salary
$135k
Source
careers.qualcomm.com
Original link
https://careers.qualcomm.com/careers/job/446716342299
ATS
Workday
Posted
2 weeks ago (2026-04-26)
Status
active

Skills: Airflow, REST

Topics: Security, Compliance

Activities: Hiring, Deployment / DevOps, Testing / QA

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