Staff Engineer Automotive Customer Quality

Job Posting Date

2025-10-16

Company:

Qualcomm China

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Applications Engineering

General Summary:

Job Overview

• This is a technical customer facing role within the Quality Organization supporting Automotive customers based in China to provide leading edge automotive applications using the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon, Modem and 5G technology.

• Focus on in region Automotive customers and manage customer quality issue resolution for Qualcomm products from customer development, mass production to field returns.

• Work with Automotive customers and internal engineering teams to address quality issues and customer returns.

• Update customers in a timely fashion regarding the status of quality issues or any requests.

• Work closely with Customer Engineering / Applications teams to understand new product introduction status and feedback issues to Qualcomm quality organization.

• Work with Automotive customers and Qualcomm internal teams to support customer APQP, required to bring up new products (Including documentation, risk assessment etc.).

• Build strong relationships with customers. Be prepared to advocate for Customers to Qualcomm internal teams and likewise protect Qualcomm interests when facing customers.

• Cooperate with global Qualcomm teams to handle quality issues following up and worldwide CQE strategy implementation.

• Work with local Sales/ Customer Service/ Engineering team closely to drive approval and adoption of Qualcomm PCNs.

• Survey key customers frequently for quality KPIs including business reviews.

• Bring customer intelligence into Qualcomm such as new regional requirements, standards, risks, and opportunities.

• Support offshore facilities of worldwide customers.

Qualification

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Physics, Electronics, or related disciplines.

• Minimum 8 years of work experience in the Automotive industry in a customer facing role.

• Understanding of including wafer fabrication, assembly, and testing.

• Hands on experience of using diagnostic equipment such as oscilloscope, curve trace, CSAM.

• Understanding of Electrically induced Physical Damage (EIPD).

• Understanding and application of 8D Methodology and related tools.

Desirable technical experience:

• Understanding of PPAP / APQP / IATF 16949.

• Knowledge and experience of quality tools and reliability.

• Knowledge of CMOS Manufacturing, construction, and deconstruction.

• Knowledge of IC assembly methods / processes.

• Familiarity with Digital & Mixed signal test systems and methods.

• Strong interpersonal communication skill with customer and internal team, must be persistent and determined, can manage difficult conversations.

• Confident and flexible Self-starter– desire to do what is needed to address a customer issue.

• Excellent team working for problem solving.

• Proficiency in verbal and written English.

• Available for frequent domestic and oversea travel.

• Honesty and Integrity.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.

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