This role is an advanced development position within Qualcomm's Location Technology Systems Engineering organization. The successful candidate will focus on designing, developing, and commercializing next-generation location solutions for high-volume commercial products. The position requires system-level ownership of location technologies, including algorithm development and performance analysis. Collaboration with cross-functional teams is essential to bring robust and scalable location capabilities into production.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience, or a Master's degree with 1+ year of experience, or a PhD in a related field.
• Strong background in location systems, navigation, or related fields.
• Solid understanding of estimation theory and probabilistic state estimation, including Kalman filtering or related techniques.
• Proficiency in Python for algorithm development, modeling, data analysis, and performance evaluation.

• Design, simulate, and develop location system algorithms and architectures spanning multiple positioning technologies.
• Perform system-level modeling, performance prediction, and tradeoff analysis across accuracy, robustness, latency, power, and scalability.
• Develop and optimize algorithms for multi-sensor and multi-technology fusion, combining information from GNSS, inertial sensors, terrestrial signals, and vision-based inputs.
• Analyze and mitigate location error sources, including signal propagation effects, multipath, interference, sensor noise, and receiver implementation limitations.
• Collaborate closely with algorithm, software, hardware, and product teams to drive implementation, integration, and commercialization of location technologies.
• Support bring-up, validation, and performance analysis using real-world data across diverse environments.

• Qualcomm offers competitive compensation, annual bonuses, stock programs, comprehensive healthcare coverage, retirement plans, wellness programs, parental leave, flexible work options, and professional development opportunities.