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Company: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area: Legal Group, Legal Group > Legal Counsel

General Summary:

Qualcomm is seeking an attorney to join its in-house legal team in San Diego, focusing on supporting its broad range of businesses. Qualcomm’s existing legal teams work on a wide range of matters across the businesses---from drafting/negotiating complex commercial agreements to advising clients on legal issues related to customer/supplier transactions, SaaS related matters, AI, privacy, M&A due diligence matters, as well as safety-related and regulatory matters. This role requires a self-starter who is eager to learn and who possesses sophisticated negotiating and drafting skills that can be utilized for all aspects of commercial contracting and lifecycle management across various software and hardware technologies. The ideal candidate will have a technology and intellectual property background.

This role is located in San Diego, CA and requires onsite work (5 days a week).

Minimum Qualifications: • Juris Doctorate degree or international equivalent. • 2+ years of relevant experience as counsel at a law firm or in-house. • Active bar license to practice law in the state or jurisdiction where the employee will be practicing (or ability to obtain upon hiring).

Preferred Qualifications :

Juris Doctor (J.D.) from a nationally recognized, top-tier ABA-accredited law school.

3-5+ years of relevant experience as counsel at a top tier law firm or in house.

Experience with technology-based commercial transactions.

Intellectual property background and experience.

Can work independently, but collaboratively.

Self-starter who is intellectually curious and has a desire to learn.

General Responsibilities:

Contract drafting, negotiations, support and management.

Merger & Acquisition due diligence support.

Litigation support.

Support business client with respect to safety, security and regulatory matters.

Enable emerging businesses while mitigating risk.

Support team members on various projects.

Team mentality where we win and lose together and no task is too big or too small.

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here . Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).

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EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits : $141,300.00 - $211,900.00

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 .

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers .