Consumer Home and Life Chipset Project Engineer
$197,000 - $295,400 USD yearly
Originally posted 16 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Principal Engineer, you will drive the strategic vision, development, and execution for the Retail, Home & Life and Video Collaboration segments within the Consumer Processor Engineering division. You will serve as a key bridge between technical execution teams and global customers, translating market needs into comprehensive technology solutions.
What you'll do
- Define and execute a robust strategic roadmap for the Home and Life, Video Collaboration segment, ensuring alignment with company-wide IoT objectives.
- Partner with customers and product management to identify segment-specific needs and translate them into technical requirements for SoC (System-on-Chip) and software platforms.
- Deep-dive into technical requirements across various technology areas, ensuring software features are optimized for specific sub-segments and hardware configurations.
- Own system level architecture for major subsystems including Camera, Display, Audio, Video, Security, Boot, Storage, and Peripherals.
- Drive the resolution of all engineering issues within the segment, including within a specific subsystem, or across subsystems, functions, and chipset components.
- Develop comprehensive execution plans in collaboration with program management and engineering teams, overseeing the full development lifecycle to ensure timely delivery of customer devices.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience, OR Master's degree and 7+ years, OR PhD and 6+ years.
- 4+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python.
- Experience writing detailed technical documentation and feature descriptions for projects.
- Proven ability to drive critical decision-making and deliver high impact on program, product, or project success.
Nice to have
- Master's Degree or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- 4 years of experience working in a large matrixed organization.
- 3 years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with executive leadership.
- 2 years of experience balancing tradeoffs between product KPIs and costs.
- 2 years of experience managing project costs.
- Demonstrated ownership of large, complex systems from architecture through production deployment.
- Expert proficiency in C/C++, with a strong command of concurrency, memory management, and real-time constraints.
- Proven experience designing Linux, Android, RTOS based embedded products.
- 8 years of experience in one or more areas of semiconductor product development.
- 5 years in a technical leadership role.
Skills: strategic roadmap, technical requirements, SoC (System-on-Chip), system level architecture, chipset components
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 80-day median for SoC/Chip Architecture roles.
SoC/Chip Architecture · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
468
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Median days open
80 d
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Median salary
$236k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (468 roles · 65 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 75 | 468 |
| Open roles in the wider Digital Design & Verification family | 383 | 3198 · 115 employers |
| Median days open | 84 d | 80 d (+4 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $236k |
Skills observed across this category: strategic roadmap, technical requirements, SoC (System-on-Chip), system level architecture, chipset components
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 71 open roles · median 86 d
- NVIDIA · 56 open roles · median 69 d
- Apple · 36 open roles · median 10 d
- AMD · 35 open roles · median 65 d
- Arm Holdings · 27 open roles · median 113 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 21 open roles · median 115 d
How we counted: 468 open SoC/Chip Architecture (SOC Architecture) roles from 65 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 16 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Digital Design & Verification family row. Figures refresh nightly.