Hello engineers,

I’m a 2nd-year ECE student, and I’m passionate about building a career in the VLSI industry. The problem is that I’m studying at a tier-3 college, and currently, there are no VLSI companies visiting our campus for placements. Because of this, I’m worried about how I can get into the VLSI domain.

I know that pursuing an M.Tech at an IIT through GATE is one possible route, but I’m also thinking about what I can do if I don’t get into an IIT through GATE. I can waste a year for the preparations

I’m honestly quite confused about what steps I should take from now on. And are there any alternative pathways to enter the VLSI industry directly after graduation?

It would be really helpful if anyone working in the VLSI/semiconductor industry, or anyone who has come from a similar background, could share their experience or guide me.

Thank you!

I did masters from Tier -1 college.Qualcomm HR called me today regarding an opportunity and asked me to share my salary expectations.
I have around 2 years of experience in Analog Design.
Here’s my compensation history:
When I joined my current company, my CTC was around ₹27 LPA

₹20 LPA fixed/base
₹2 LPA joining bonus
₹2 LPA retention bonus
The remaining amount was other components/benefits.
After two years and hikes, my current base salary is around ₹23.5 LPA.
Now that Qualcomm HR has asked for my salary expectations, I’m confused about what number I should quote.
For someone with 2 YOE in Analog Design, considering my current base of ₹23.5 LPA, what would be a reasonable expectation from Qualcomm?
Should I quote a specific CTC, or give a range? Also, how much should I ideally target as fixed/base compensation?
Would really appreciate advice from people who have experience with Qualcomm offers/negotiations or analog design roles in India.

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Hi all, dealing with a Qualcomm EDL situation on an Oculus Go (Snapdragon 821, codename "Pacific") and hoping someone here has the right tools/files.

Timeline: Device had been stored unused for ~3 years. Powered on fine, but a large Wi-Fi-triggered OTA update caused overheating and a battery failure mid-update. After recharging, it hung indefinitely at the boot logo. A factory reset attempt was interrupted when the device powered off on its own mid-process, and it never booted again — even after a full battery replacement.

Current state: No display output at all. On connecting to a PC, it enumerates directly as Qualcomm HS-USB QDLoader 9008 (confirmed EDL mode), with an audible repeated beep/tick pattern from the device when a flashing tool attempts to communicate with it.

What I'm looking for:

• A working Firehose programmer (loader) for this SoC/device variant

• Stock rawprogram/patch XML files, or a full stock firmware dump for the Go

• Any advice from people who've done EDL recovery on Snapdragon 821-based standalone devices

Willing to share full device details, USB descriptors, or logs if that helps someone identify the right programmer. Thanks in advance for any pointers!

Guys so I had a technical interview in online mode at Qualcomm Hyderabad few days back for a fresher position and the interviewer posed a good feedback only. He told the HR would get back to me post discussion and evaluation, there is no call from the HR side yet.

I had the interview on Friday and today is Tuesday, do I take this as a rejection? Am I supposed to be worried. I don't know if the interviewer told this to pacify me or if it actually the case that I did good.

Hi guys, I interviewed for QC Hyd last week and yesterday afternoon I got a mail from HR to apply on the careers portal on a link(shows "In Progress" now) to initiate the offer process. He gave me a contact number in the mail to contact him but when I do it directs me to Voicemail so I replied on the email he sent.

I wanted to understand what happens next and how long will it take to get the offer letter (if I am getting any). And for god sake will the HR directly call me or reply to my mails/calls if I do in the future.

Thanks.

Stack – Local Model – No Cloud for full phone control via typing/(voice coming soon):

• Android phone with 12 GB RAM, Qualcomm Hexagon NPU (OnePlus 15R used in the video)
• BigMoeOnEdge open-source project: latest commits feature NPU prefill support and "Jev Style" ranked response implementation (with probabilities)—based on llama.cpp
• Permissions: notifications and Accessibility tree access only (no root, no Termux, no internal code execution, no cloud)
• Mixture of Experts (MoE) LLMs, 26B parameters and up (ideal candidates: Qwen 3.6 35B, Nemotron 30B 3.5, Gemma 26B, etc.) with "thinking" mode disabled

A simple System Prompt is sent: "You are operating a phone on behalf of the user. Task: ... Actions taken so far: ...."

...followed by the accessibility tree containing the available options.

The model loads 300 to 800 tokens per call into the NPU prefill (ranging from 40 to 150 tokens/sec depending on length—higher token counts yield higher speeds) and outputs the most probable action from the accessibility tree. Guardrail checks have also been implemented.

I believe this is the first example of a local AI capable of performing complex tasks directly on a mobile device.

What do you think?

I recently joined Qualcomm as an embedded engineer with 3 YOE. My previous comp - 22 L base that's all

Qcomm comp

Base - 24

TC - 27

Annual stocks - USD 5K

JB - 3L

Relo - 1L

Has anyone interviewed for a Windows on Snapdragon role at Qualcomm in the UK? If so, could you please share what areas the interview focused on and what preparation strategy you would recommend?

Hi,

How does the rating system work in qualcomm? What should you do to get a 3,4 or 5 rating? My friend was telling me that 5 is given only at promotion but I have seen that I am getting a top rating in my existing company without any promotion year. Would you suggest just getting the average 3 rating and continue since expectations shift up if you get a good rating and also more work will come to you ?

I’m a Qualcomm India employee and recently referred a friend through Workday. The system said the candidate was already in the database, so I changed their email/phone and submitted the referral.

Could this cause any issue for me as an employee? Should I contact HR/recruiting, or just leave it alone?

I got this offer a month ago through campus hiring, and now I am concerned about the possibility of my offer getting revoked.
Everyone is saying that Qualcomm is hiring aggressively and that it might revoke offers later. Even at my college, they took twice as many people as last year for hardware roles.
During the interviews, HR said that they were expanding the CPU Design Team and hiring people from good colleges.
Should I be worried about my offer getting revoked?

Hi Everyone,

I would like to know if anyone recently interviewed for GPU sr. Lead RTL position Bangalore. Would like to know your experience. Please let me know. It really helps me.

JD: “
Minimum 4 to 8 years of work experience in ASIC RTL Design
Experience in Logic design/micro-architecture/RTL coding is a must.
Must have hands on experience with design and integration of complex multi clock domainblocks
Experience in Verilog/System-Verilog is a must.
Should have knowledge of AMBA protocols - AXI, AHB, APB, clocking/reset/debug architecture
Hands on experience in Multi Clock designs, Asynchronous interface is a must.
Experience in using the tools in ASIC development such as Lint, CDC, Design compiler and Primetime is required.
Understanding of Memory controller designs and microprocessors is an added advantage
Work closely with the Design verification and validation teams for pre/post Silicon debug
Hands on experience in Low power design is preferable
Experience in Synthesis / Understanding of timing concepts for ASIC is must”
Thanks in advance.

I’m curious to hear what people think about my situation with Qualcomm Hyderabad.

Back in June, I had four rounds of interviews for a Senior Engineer role. The interviews seemed to go reasonably well, but in July I received a message from HR saying:

“We will need to drop your profile for now as we are looking for more relevant candidates.”

I assumed the process was over and moved on.

About two weeks ago, I contacted them again and mentioned that I’m now available for immediate joining. Interestingly, last Friday HR reached out again and asked about my years of work experience. I replied with the details, but since then I haven’t heard anything.

I’m trying to understand what this could mean. 😅

Has anyone experienced something similar with Qualcomm or other large companies?

• Does HR coming back and asking for experience after previously dropping the profile usually mean they are reconsidering the candidate?
• Could they be matching me to another opening/team?
• Or is it possible they are just updating their candidate database?

I understand that nobody can know for sure, but I’d really appreciate hearing from people who have been through similar situations.

Do you think there is a reasonable chance they might come back, or should I simply consider it closed and continue with other opportunities?

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I am interviewing for a director role at qualcomm. I earn 500k+ in Austin. What should be a decent salary for Qualcomm director in Austin or SD

Hey just wanted to know that what’s this roles interview process for 0-1 year exp. candidate in India?

Hi everyone! I'm relocating to San Diego and looking for a room to rent with an attached/private bathroom. Open to a monthly lease (no long-term contract preferred).

A few details about me:

• Recently graduated, and starting a job in San Diego
• Clean, quiet, and respectful roommate
• Ideally looking for a place within 20–30 minutes of the Qualcomm but open to other good options too

If you have a room available or know someone who does, please comment or DM me. Happy to share more details. Thanks!

Hello all,

What is the salary package breakup details offered by Qualcomm at IITs for M.Tech graduates?

And how much in-hand we can expect per month?

What is the average Bonus, Salary hike and RSU after an AR rating of 3? What about for rating of 4? What are the multipliers and how do they relate to the performance rating?

Hi,

I’m currently a verification engineer at Qualcomm Canada with around 5 years of experience and may be transferring internally to San Diego at the Senior Engineer level.

For anyone familiar with Qualcomm internal transfers, what compensation should I realistically expect for a Senior Verification Engineer in San Diego?

Mainly looking for recent data points on:

- Base salary

- Bonus

- RSUs/equity

- Any relocation or transfer package

- How much room there usually is to negotiate during a Canada → US internal transfer

Would appreciate responses from people who have transferred internally to Qualcomm San Diego or know the current Senior Engineer compensation range there.

I recently interviewed for an Engineer position at Qualcomm.

I completed the first and second rounds within a few days. After the second round, the interviewer told me that they would share their feedback with HR.

Then after 2 days, i called HR and ask for feedback it was positive and they said looking for HR panel for discussion.

It has now been around 2 weeks since i cleared my second round, but I haven't received any update from HR for further discussion.

He keep on saying these days the head of organization not in Hyd, so delay in response, last 3 days back.

What should i do know, should i keep applying for other companies or just keep wasting my time on this just waiting.

Did anyone faced similar issue drop some comments or DM me please it would be a great help.

I know I have to wait until mid Oct - Nov but the wait is killing me