Qualcomm - Career Progression?
I'm starting at Qualcomm (San Diego) this summer as a New Grad SWE. How long does it usually take to be promoted to Senior Engineer/Staff Engineer? I was thinking it would take 1.5 - 2 years to go from Engineer to Senior Engineer. Just wondering about other people's experiences. TC: 100k + 35K
100k base and 35k stock+bonus? Dont you think that is low? I was expecting around $150k for a new grad. From the linkedin profiles I have stalked it seems like one can become a staff engineer in around 7 years.
Depends on the group, which defines the job family. Some (regular) engineer job families don't even pay 100K base when you're just starting out. Qualcomm only pays top dollar to a few core groups, like modem, camera and GPU.
^This. Even in Modem Org, test domains dont pay well. Any new grads have gotten $95k base salary when they joined last year Oct. You may get paid more base ~$110k if joining a core team. Besides the RSUs grnted are $40k with additional $8-$10k as joining bonus. This is my experience talking to new grads here in Modem SW
Average is 3 years to senior engineer and 4 years from Senior Engr to Staff. Consistent Top performers (Top 20% - skill & effort) can make it in 2 years and 3 years respectively.
Sorry unrelated, can I ask you, how were the interviews? Leetcode style or what? And if leetcode how hard? I’m in San Diego looking at options
Entirely depends on the group that you're interviewing with, just like Microsoft. LC medium plus lots of domain questions was my experience.