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Power Management Systems Design and Verification Engineer

Qualcomm San Diego, California, United States of America, United States 10 days ago
Power Electronics & Power Management

$99,500 - $149,300 USD yearly

Originally posted 25 September 2026 by the employer.

About the role

This role involves designing, developing, integrating, and verifying power management hardware and software solutions at the chipset and/or feature level.

What you'll do

  • Research, design, and develop hardware and software solutions for PMIC Systems at the chipset and/or feature level.
  • Specify power management products, functions, and supporting software to meet chipset level requirements.
  • Assist in test platform HW/SW development, test planning, and post-silicon verification.
  • Triage problems at the system-level to determine root cause.
  • Define, design, test, integrate, and produce power management systems using power electronics, high bandwidth/low latency control interfaces, thermal analysis, power distribution networks, firmware coding, Python or similar scripting languages, PCB layout and construction, battery chemistry, and industry standard interfaces.
  • Develop and review PCB schematics and design layouts for a specific sub-system of chipset design.
  • Utilize MATLAB, Excel, and Mentor Graphics for system design of a specific chipset and/or feature.
  • Document components, data, and functionality for a PMIC.

What you'll need

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field and 1+ year of Software, Hardware, Electrical, Systems, or related engineering work experience OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering or related field.

Nice to have

  • 2 years of experience in SMPS, LDO, Buck Converters, Boost Converters, Clock system generation and distribution, Battery charging and USB, Wireless battery charger, Battery fuel gauging, Haptics ERM/LRA, Precision references, Mobile phone hardware, PWB design, or Chipset infrastructure and digital interfaces.

Skills: PMIC Systems, SMPS, LDO, Buck Converters, power management products, PCB schematics and design, post-silicon verification, firmware coding

Market context

This role has been open 1 day — well below the 79-day median for Power Electronics roles.

Power Electronics · Power Management

Open roles in category
67
Median days open
79 d
Median salary
$158k
See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
How Qualcomm compares in Power Electronics hiring
Metric Qualcomm All employers we track in this specialty (67 roles · 22 employers)
Open roles in this specialty 8 67
Open roles in the wider Analog & Mixed-Signal family 73 1357 · 107 employers
Median days open 46 d 79 d (−33 d vs this employer)
Median salary (USD postings) — $158k

Skills observed across this category: PMIC Systems, SMPS, LDO, Buck Converters, power management products, PCB schematics and design, post-silicon verification, firmware coding

Who's hiring in this category

  • Renesas Electronics · 14 open roles · median 78 d
  • Qualcomm (this employer) · 8 open roles · median 45 d
  • Analog Devices · 6 open roles · median 88 d
  • Monolithic Power Systems · 6 open roles · median 191 d
  • AMD · 5 open roles · median 96 d
  • Infineon Technologies · 4 open roles · median 80 d

How we counted: 67 open Power Electronics (Power Management) roles from 22 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 27 Sept 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 Analog & Mixed-Signal family row. Figures refresh nightly.

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San Diego, California, United States of America, United States
On-site
$99,500 - $149,300 USD yearly
10 days ago

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