At a Glance
- Tasks: Join a dynamic team to support next-gen automotive technology and customer engagement.
- Company: Qualcomm, a leading semiconductor innovator with a focus on automotive solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, bonuses, RSU grants, and a comprehensive benefits package.
- Other info: Great opportunity for career growth in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
- Why this job: Make an impact in the automotive industry while working with cutting-edge technology.
- Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in engineering and relevant hardware applications experience required.
The predicted salary is between 20000 - 163200 $ per year.
Join a high-impact Customer Engineering team enabling next-generation Automotive IVI/ADAS processor platforms for one of the world’s leading semiconductor innovators. As a Customer Engineering Lead, you will serve as a technical interface between strategic customers—including OEMs and Tier1s—and internal product teams, helping to launch and sustain industry-leading Automotive SoCs. This role is ideal for a lightly seasoned technical expert and communicator who thrives in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment. You will drive customer adoption from concept to commercialization and mass production, representing the voice of the customer internally while delivering best-in-class technical support externally.
In this role, you’ll work closely with internal design, systems, and validation teams, and with external partners across thermal, power, SI/PI, and firmware disciplines. You'll also become deeply familiar with reference platforms and platform implementation guides to ensure customer system designs meet the highest performance and reliability standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead hardware support for strategic customers adopting Qualcomm’s Automotive SoCs, including OEMs and Tier1s.
- Act as the primary technical interface for customer hardware teams during design, bring-up, validation, and deployment phases.
- Perform detailed reviews of customer schematics, PCB layouts, thermal designs, power delivery networks, and signal integrity plans.
- Support SoC interface validation and debug across DDR, PCIe Gen6/Gen7, CXL, Ethernet, and other high-speed interfaces.
- Collaborate closely with internal engineering, software, validation, and product teams to address technical challenges and customer feedback.
- Identify gaps in customer and internal design expectations and propose practical solutions or mitigations.
- Familiarize with the reference platforms and platform implementation guides developed by internal teams to effectively support customer development.
- Deliver high-quality technical documentation, training, and onboarding material for customer enablement.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.
- Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.
- PhD in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in Automotive platform design, bring-up, or customer-facing technical roles.
- Deep understanding of high-speed board design principles including: DDR5, PCIe Gen6/Gen7, CXL, SerDes, and Ethernet PDN design, SI/PI simulation and debug, EMI/EMC mitigation.
- Experience with system bring-up and debug tools: oscilloscopes, logic analyzers, etc.
- Excellent communication, organizational, and leadership skills.
- Demonstrated ability to influence internal teams and manage customer engagements with high autonomy.
Automotive Infotainment and ADAS Hardware Applications Engineer in Markham employer: QUALCOMM, Inc.
Qualcomm Canada ULC is an exceptional employer that fosters a dynamic work culture focused on innovation and collaboration in the field of AI and machine learning. Located in a vibrant tech hub, employees benefit from competitive compensation, a comprehensive benefits package, and ample opportunities for professional growth and development. Join a team that not only values your contributions but also supports your journey in shaping the future of connected devices.