Why This Role Is Different
You'll work at the intersection of cutting-edge technology and human experience, where Qualcomm's most advanced innovations meet the people who build the future with them. This role requires someone who can navigate both realms with confidencespeaking the language of engineers while championing user-centered design principles and visual excellence. Your designs will directly influence business decisions and shape the experiences that power the next generation of connected devices.
The Opportunity
At Qualcomm, you'll enjoy advantages rarely found together:
Unparalleled Cross-Functional Exposure: Work directly with product teams, engineers, and marketers across the entire organizationfrom 5G and AI to automotive and IoT. Every project expands your understanding of emerging technologies.
Fast-Paced, High-Impact Environment: Join a lean, agile team where your work ships quickly and makes an immediate difference. No endless approval chainsjust smart collaboration and rapid iteration.
Unique Portfolio-Building Work: Design experiences that few designers ever touchtranslating complex technologies like neural processing units, RF systems, and chipset architectures into compelling digital experiences for technical and non-technical audiences alike.
What You'll Create
Your primary focus will be simplifying the complex, serving highly technical audiences and enterprise decision-makers evaluating Qualcomm's diverse technology portfolio. While these are your core users, you'll also design for a remarkable spectrum: consumers exploring partner devices, developers building on our platforms, students learning about our innovations, and industry analysts following our market moves.
This breadth means constant learning and varietyno two months look the same. One week your designing data visualization tools for RF engineers; the next, you're crafting the product launch experience for our latest flagship chipset.
You'll bring a designer's eye to every pixel, ensuring qualcomm.com reflects the premium quality and innovation of our products. But more importantly, you'll grow your skills in ways few roles allow; gaining deep technical knowledge, business acumen, and cross-organizational leadership experience.
Responsibilities
Own projects through their full lifecycle, from initial research and discovery through final UAT and launch
Own the visual quality, polish, and consistencyof qualcomm.com and enterprise-facing products, applying strong principles of layout, hierarchy, typography, and interaction design
Apply AI and experimentation toolsto test, optimize, and personalize digital experiences at scale
Create UX artifactsincluding wireframes, prototypes, and interaction models that span multiple systems
Translate complex enterprise workflowsinto intuitive self-service experiences
Partner with researchto synthesize insights into actionable design strategies
Facilitate workshops, design sprints, and iterative critiquesto align stakeholders around UX outcomes
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.
Ensure design consistencyacross the global ecosystem via the Qualcomm Design System
Partner closely with engineering teamsto understand technical constraints, framework capabilities, and implementation realities
Advocate for accessibility guidelinesand inclusive design practices
Qualifications
Education: Bachelor's or higher degree in a relevant field such as Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Interaction Design, Product Design, Visual Communication, Graphic Design, Computer Science, or equivalent experience.
Experience and Skills:
10+ years of experienceas a UX Designer, shipping high-impact products in close collaboration with engineers and designers
Portfolio or work samplesdemonstrating end-to-end product work, strong visual design craft, and translating complex enterprise workflows into intuitive user experiences
Business acumen: Prior work demonstrates an understanding of business value and product strategy, resulting in successful design outcomes and measurable impact
Technical fluency: Demonstrate how technical constraints and opportunities have informed product decisions, and guide others in planning and structuring work accordingly
Collaboration excellence: Proven track record of collaborating effectively with cross-functional partners to align teams around a shared vision and cohesive execution
Communication mastery: Strong communication skills, including the ability to clearly articulate design rationale and influence decisions with senior stakeholders
Technical literacy: Familiarity with HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and modern front-end frameworks (e.g., React) to effectively collaborate with engineering partners and understand technical constraints
Expert proficiency in Figma(required)
Comfortable workingwith Adobe Creative Suite and other prototyping tools
Ways To Stand Out
Experience designing
enterprise, developer-facing, or internal toolsused at scale by technical users
Experience designing in the
semiconductor, telecommunications, or hardware technology space
Experience
contributing to or leading design systems, including establishing patterns, guidelines, and visual standards across products
Experience building
AI-powered or agent-based workflows, copilots, or intelligent systems that support decision-making or automation
Background in or deep understanding of
semiconductor, hardware, or developer platforms
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