Qualcomm Government Technologies (QGOV) Engineering Internship – Summer 2027 (San Diego or Boulder) | US CITIZENSHIP REQUIRED
$17 - $98 USD hourly
Originally posted 18 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This internship supports the Qualcomm Government Technologies (QGOV) division, which develops special products based on wireless terrestrial and satellite communication technologies for military, federal, local, and foreign governments. Interns will support government-sponsored research, development, integration, and testing of systems, including adaptation and extension of commercial systems to novel applications.
What you'll do
- Support government-sponsored research, development, integration, and testing of systems.
- Work on a variety of projects crossing multiple disciplines.
- Design, develop, automate, document, and execute tests.
What you'll need
- U.S. citizen.
- Currently enrolled in a bachelor’s degree program in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field.
- Available for 11–14 weeks during Summer 2027 (May–September).
- Expected graduation date of November 2027 or later.
- 1 year of experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, or Python.
Nice to have
- Actively pursuing a degree with an anticipated graduation between December 2027 and June 2028.
- Experience with real-time embedded software development.
- Experience with cellular systems, including devices, applications for voice and data, and associated test equipment and tools.
- Understanding of communications systems including both physical and upper layers.
- Familiarity with development tools such as Git and Gerrit.
- Familiarity with debugging tools such as JTAG, IDEs, and gdb.
- Experience with digital signal processing.
- Experience with software vulnerability analysis and tools such as IDA Pro.
- Test automation framework design and development using Python.
- Test design, development, automation, execution, documentation, and debug.
- Experience with evaluating wireless communications systems through drive tests, logging, and post analysis.
- Familiarity with application layer protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, ICMP) and network/socket communications.
- Experience with mobile platform operating systems including Linux, Android, and iOS.
- Familiarity with Linux, Git, Jenkins, Testlink, and Docker.
Skills: Embedded Software, cellular systems, real-time embedded software, communications systems, software vulnerability analysis
This role has been open 24 days — well below the 62-day median for Embedded Firmware Engineering roles.
Embedded Firmware Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
724
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Median days open
62 d
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Median salary
$168k
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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 (724 roles · 81 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 118 | 724 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 702 | 6116 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 65 d | 62 d (+3 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $168k |
Skills observed across this category: Embedded Software, cellular systems, real-time embedded software, communications systems, software vulnerability analysis
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 121 open roles · median 67 d
- AMD · 62 open roles · median 34 d
- Micron Technology · 62 open roles · median 92 d
- NVIDIA · 57 open roles · median 63 d
- Lattice Semiconductor · 42 open roles · median 34 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 27 open roles · median 49 d
How we counted: 724 open Embedded Firmware Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 81 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 13 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 Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.