Is Qualcomm a good company to work for as a Embedded Software Development Engineer?

Embedded Software Development Engineer professionals working at Qualcomm have rated their employer with 4.2 out of 5 stars in 45 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 Embedded Software Development Engineer jobs at Qualcomm now and start preparing for your job interview by browsing frequently asked Embedded Software Development Engineer interview questions at Qualcomm .

Does Qualcomm pay Embedded Software Development Engineer employees well?

Embedded Software Development Engineer professionals rate their compensation and benefits at Qualcomm with 4.1 out of 5 stars based on 45 anonymously submitted employee reviews. This is 2.5% better than the company average rating for salary and benefits. Find out more about Embedded Software 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 1034 reviews)); "Working for Qualcomm has been amazing and the people are great." ((in 567 reviews)); "median pay is good and high" ((in 530 reviews)); "top schools a lot of talents and very helpful to others good salary" ((in 479 reviews)); "People have knowledge and work culture is good" ((in 408 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 1119 reviews)); "Too many managers with varied focus pulling projects in different direction is straining engineers and tech leads." ((in 175 reviews)); "Frequent layoffs in the company" ((in 160 reviews)); "Long hours to get the job done; tight schedules to meet to stay competitive in the market place;" ((in 135 reviews)); "Too much work close to the chip release." ((in 92 reviews))

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Qualcomm Embedded Software Development Engineer reviews

4.2

51% would recommend to a friend

(45 total reviews)

Cristiano Amon

27% approve of CEO

65% positive business outlook

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Embedded Software Development Engineer employees have rated Qualcomm with 4.2 out of 5 stars, based on 45 company reviews on Glassdoor. This indicates that most Embedded Software Development Engineer professionals have an excellent working experience there. Qualcomm is rated in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) by Embedded Software Development Engineer professionals compared to other employers within the Information Technology industry (3.9 stars).

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45 reviews

4.0

Jun 24, 2026

Work is good, but requires full-time office presence

Embedded software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

work is good, team is good.

Cons

all 5 days work from office

5.0

May 21, 2026

Work-life balance works well for me

Embedded software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

wlb is good for me

Cons

our team is good no cons

4.0

May 6, 2026

Learning opportunities overshadowed by poor work-life balance

Senior embedded software engineer

Recommend

CEO approval

Business outlook

Pros

Learning to next gen tech

Cons

work life balance and RTO

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