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EDA/CAD SW Engineer

San Diego, CA$101,400 – $152,200Posted 4 days ago

Immigration summary

Visa sponsorship

LikelyHigh confidence

This employer has recently sponsored work like this.

1,599 recent H-1B filings · 2 similar-role filings

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Green card sponsorship

Strong historyMedium confidence

This employer has recently sponsored green cards at scale.

89 recent certified PERM filings

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Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

General Summary:

Job Description

Qualcomm Technologies Inc's Global CAD team develops tools, flows, and methodologies for different aspects of VLSI design. This position is about developing critical CAD tools used in emulation and includes the following activities:

  • Work with industry-standard tools and technologies to develop solutions to a variety of infrastructure needs.
  • Develop critical emulation CAD algorithms that address unique Qualcomm SoC needs (synthesis, partitioning, place and route, clock optimization).
  • Drive compute and storage optimization.
  • Mentor and lead other members of the team

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's or PhD. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering
  • 2+ years ASIC design, FPGA design, verification, or related work experience.
  • 2+ years C++ SW development, CAD tool development, or related work experience.
  • 2+ years of hands-on experience with Linux
  • 2+ years of direct hands-on experience with CAD SW development, Proven ability of software design principles, practices, and patterns
  • Demonstratable knowledge of data structures, algorithms and design patterns
  • Experience in the areas of RTL Synthesis (System Verilog -> Netlist), Clock Tree Optimization, Exposure to VLSI design concepts, logic design
  • Excellent interpersonal and analytical skills with the ability to work independently, and create customer-facing applications
  • Experience with the following: Git, LSF, JIRA, GCC and other related technologies

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field.

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).

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Pay range

and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$101,400.00 - $152,200.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm.  We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus).  In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

Sponsorship evidence

Why Openbound reached the conclusions above.

Visa sponsorship evidence

Current posting

Silent on sponsorship

Other openings

20 of 1738 recent openings at this employer state a sponsorship restriction.

Employer H-1B history

1,599
recent certified H-1B filings
1,049
new-hire petitions
2
filings for similar roles
987
so far in FY2026

Filed titles like this role: cad engineer

More evidence details
  • 2 certified H-1B filings for this same role
  • 1,599 recent certified H-1B filings across the employer
  • Still filing this year — 987 filings in FY2026
  • 1,049 USCIS H-1B new-employment approvals, counted separately from LCA filings
  • Strong filing activity in CA
  • 2,949 further USCIS approvals for extensions or transfers
  • 20 other recent postings at this company state a sponsorship restriction
  • The posting says nothing about sponsorship either way

Strong filing activity in CA.

Green card sponsorship evidence

Employer PERM history

89
recent certified PERM filings
0
filings for similar roles
78
filings in this location
Certified PERM filings by fiscal year
2023245
202488
202527
202684YTD

Filing history reflects past employer behavior; it isn't a promise for this opening.

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How Openbound evaluates sponsorship

Visa history uses official U.S. Department of Labor H-1B LCA disclosure data and USCIS H-1B petition history. Green card history uses DOL PERM disclosure data. Each is read for the employer as a whole, for roles like this one, and for this location, weighted toward the most recent fiscal years.

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