Industrial Engineer, Staff
Qualcomm Inc/De
San Diego, CA · Posted October 14, 2026
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About the job
Company: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area: Operations Group, Operations Group > Industrial Engineering
General Summary:
The successful candidate must have excellent analytical capabilities, be comfortable deep diving into data, have strong communication skills and can communicate clearly and effectively to all levels of the company. This role main responsibilities include developing key metrics and data analytics to enable continued growth critical to supply chain infrastructure and resolve operational concerns, supply planning in an MRP system, and owning the supply of your portfolio from point of purchase to finished goods ship. This role will work closely with Sales Operations, Supply Operations, Global capacity planning, Sourcing, Finance, Business Operations, and Business units to understand demand profiles, product life cycles, and business model strategies. Monitor levels of supply while holding moderate inventory positions and minimizing Excess and Obsolete. Build efficiency and automation into your process and disseminate to your peers. Handle multiple projects at once, deal with ambiguity and rapidly changing priorities.
Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering or related field. • 4+ years of industrial, mechanical, or electrical engineering work experience.
*Completed advanced degrees in a relevant field may be substituted for up to two years (Master’s = one year, Doctorate = two years) of work experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Master's degree in Industrial Engineering, Engineering Management, or related field.
• 4+ years of industrial engineering work experience in a semiconductor, assembly, and/or testing company.
• Experience in Rapid Response and Tableau are preferred.
• Experience in Project Management, NPI planning, Demand planning, Capacity planning, and/or S&OP process are a plus.
• Semiconductor end to end process background from wafer fabrication to assembly & test process.
• Strong decision making and comfort in making sound data-based recommendations.
• Self-starter with the ability to work with minimal supervision and ambiguity
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent written, verbal, communication skills and with ability to simplify complex topics to broad audience.
This is an office-based position located in San Diego, CA and is expected to comply with the company's onsite work policy.
This is a U.S. based position and is not eligible for visa sponsorship.
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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits : $118,200.00 - $177,200.00
The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link .
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