Rant: Qualcomm offer? How?

Google
e60de

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Nov 9, 2019 14 Comments

New grad here...I double majored in EE and CS...got the this offer from Qualcomm Bay Area for HW Engineer:

base 95k, signon 20k, RSU 22.5k vested over 3 years

Is this a joke?! This is the only HW offer I have. I got SWE offers from Google, Citadel, Apple, FB, and those offers after negotiations have 2.5X the TC of the Qualcomm offer...and Qualcomm didnโ€™t even accept negotiations.

To be honest, I love hardware. Thatโ€™s why I double majored. But now I really understand why no one in our EE department is looking for hardware jobs...

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  • Amazon / Eng
    jNeo42

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    jNeo42
    So join Apple or Google and set your sights on teams that need HW and SW skills.
    Nov 9, 2019 0
  • New / R&D
    OK๐Ÿ‘ปmer

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    OK๐Ÿ‘ปmer
    Qualcomm just doesn't have the cash to compete with those companies. They may have also concluded that someone will be willing to do the job for that amount and will do it as well as they need.
    Nov 9, 2019 1
    • This. I worked for Qualcomm for 4 years and that was the starting salary for SWEs as well, with minimal raises.
      Theyve pretty much decided they don't need top talent to do the job they need to do
      Most of my coworkers ended up going to Google and FB for hardware and embedded sw
      Nov 9, 2019
  • TSYS / Eng
    hnt15

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    hnt15
    This is about right. Qualcomm's HW pay isn't that high. My dad had 20 YoE for HW there with a PhD and made $200k
    Nov 9, 2019 1
  • Facebook / Eng
    delete[]

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    delete[]
    This is the reality. You need to get an HW offer from Google or Facebook. They do a lot of chip works. But even so HW TC at G/F are lower then SWE's.
    Nov 9, 2019 1
  • Qualcomm / Eng
    ggnori

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    ggnori
    Could you share which hardware team?
    Nov 10, 2019 0