$149,300 - $223,900 USD yearly
Originally posted 3 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Provide technical expertise for software systems through technical presentations, product demonstrations, customer design and development requirements, commercialization, and maintenance of Qualcomm products.
What you'll do
- Deliver technical presentations, customer training, and product demonstrations in support of business development, customization, and commercialization.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams and customer personnel to identify issues, debug complex software problems, and recommend solutions.
- Drive system architecture and feature-specific customizations tailored to customer requirements from proof of concept to commercial launch.
- Prepare detailed product specifications, disseminate technical information on specific software areas, and troubleshoot software tools and products.
- Write complex technical documentation, application notes, and FAQs.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development, or related experience (or Master's degree and 3+ years, or PhD and 2+ years).
- 2+ years of experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, or Python.
- 1+ year of experience with debugging techniques.
Nice to have
- Master's Degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
- 6 years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development, or related work experience.
- 1 year of work experience in a role requiring interaction with leadership.
- Experience in a customer-facing role.
Skills: software applications engineering, customer-facing, debugging, C/C++, commercialization
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First seen in our index 9 days ago, well below the 55-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
93
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Median days since first seen
55 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$176k
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| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (93 roles · 24 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 13 | 93 |
| Median days since first seen | 105 d | 55 d (−50 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | n/a | $176k |
Skills observed across this category: software applications engineering, customer-facing, debugging, C/C++, commercialization
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 14 open roles · median 47 d
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 11 open roles · median 105 d
- Keysight Technologies · 10 open roles · median 45 d
- Microchip Technology · 10 open roles · median 86 d
- AMD · 9 open roles · median 57 d
- Renesas Electronics · 8 open roles · median 7 d
How we counted: 93 open Applications FAE (Systems Software) roles from 24 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 13 Nov 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Days are counted from when our index first saw each posting, not from the employer's original posting date.