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Camera Firmware Engineer

Qualcomm · San Diego, CA, US

Qualcomm is hiring for Camera Firmware Engineer in San Diego, CA, US.

Hiring signals for Computer Hardware Engineers

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

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/ 100
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Computer Hardware Engineers Job Market Score

Driven by
  • Pay matches the national median ($150k vs $139k 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.

  • 280Active postings
  • 4Posted this week
  • 83Open 30+ days30% of active
  • 18Remote / hybrid6% of active
  • 7%List salary19 of 280
  • 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
  • $150kMedian annual (max)
  • Median hourly (max)
  • 20dMedian agep90 56d (long tail)

Wages by category

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Engineering227$151k n=18
Embedded34
Accounting2
DevOps / SRE1
Customer Success1

Wages by employment type

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Full-time12$143k n=12
Intern8
Contract4
Part-time1

Wages by sector

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Manufacturing225$135k n=5
Technology203$152k n=17
Government / Public Sector25
Healthcare10
Professional Services7

Top categories

  • Engineering227
  • Embedded34
  • Accounting2
  • DevOps / SRE1
  • Customer Success1
  • Server / Host1

In-demand skills

  • Python19
  • C++18
  • Linux17
  • Git7
  • Perl5
  • Bash3
  • Agile3
  • AWS3

Top sectors

  • Manufacturing225
  • Technology203
  • Government / Public Sector25
  • Healthcare10
  • Professional Services7
  • Transportation & Logistics5

Employment mix

  • Unspecified255 · 91%
  • Full-time12 · 4%
  • Intern8 · 3%
  • Contract4 · 1%
  • Part-time1 · 0%

Top hiring companies

Category
Engineering
Source
careers.qualcomm.com
Original link
https://careers.qualcomm.com/careers/job/446705184989
ATS
Workday
Posted
2 weeks ago (2026-04-26)
Status
active

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