Is Qualcomm a good company to work for as a Senior Firmware Development Engineer?

Senior Firmware Development Engineer professionals working at Qualcomm have rated their employer with 4.1 out of 5 stars in 21 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 Senior Firmware Development Engineer Jobs at Qualcomm now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Senior Firmware Development Engineer interview questions at Qualcomm .

Does Qualcomm pay Senior Firmware Development Engineer employees well?

Senior Firmware Development Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Qualcomm with 3.9 out of 5 stars based on 21 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.5% worse than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Senior Firmware Development 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 1026 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 577 reviews)); "median pay is good and high" ((in 538 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 478 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 402 reviews))

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

"Work Pressure and no work life balance for few teams" ((in 1140 reviews)); "Too many managers with varied focus pulling projects in different direction is straining engineers and tech leads." ((in 168 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs in the company" ((in 162 reviews)); "Long hours to get the job done; tight schedules to meet to stay competitive in the market place;" ((in 134 reviews)); "Too much work close to the chip release." ((in 99 reviews))

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Qualcomm Senior Firmware Development Engineer reviews

4.1

99% would recommend to a friend

(21 total reviews)

Cristiano Amon

85% approve of CEO

98% positive business outlook

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4.1

Diversity & inclusion

4.0

Career opportunities

3.9

Senior management

3.9

Compensation and benefits

3.8

Culture & values

3.6

Work/Life balance

Senior Firmware Development Engineer employees have rated Qualcomm with 4.1 out of 5 stars, based on 21 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Senior Firmware Development Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Qualcomm is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Senior Firmware Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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21 reviews

5.0

Oct 26, 2025

Great place to work!

Embedded firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Great learning curve, amazing peer group, challenging projects

Cons

Late night meetings, can get overloaded sometimes

3.0

Jan 29, 2025

Good culture

Senior firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Good exposure for people interested in Embedded systems.

Cons

Work life balance is bad.

3.0

Dec 11, 2024

Firmware Engineer at Qualcomm

Firmware engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business Outlook

Pros

Technical exposure is great Many areas to explore

Cons

Work life balance Hikes/Promotions are poor

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