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Senior Mechanical Engineer

Qualcomm · San Diego, CA, US

Qualcomm is hiring a senior Senior Mechanical Engineer in San Diego, CA, US.

Hiring signals for Mechanical Engineers

SOC 17-2141 — measured across all currently-active postings classified to this occupation.

35
/ 100
Weak

Mechanical Engineers Job Market Score

Driven by
  • Slow inflow of new postings (only 0% from the last 14 days)
  • Pay matches the national median ($130k vs $130k national)
  • High share of long-open postings (93% open 30+ days)

Mechanical Engineers job market

Aggregated from currently-active postings tracked in Mechanical Engineers.

  • 265Active postings
  • 0Posted this week
  • 247Open 30+ days93% of active
  • 11Remote / hybrid4% of active
  • 8%List salary20 of 265
  • 0%Hourly0 of disclosed
  • $130kMedian annual (max)
  • Median hourly (max)
  • 52dMedian agep90 90d (long tail)

Wages by category

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Engineering240$130k n=17
Engineering Manager1

Wages by employment type

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Full-time13$130k n=9
Contract6$120k n=5
Intern4
Temporary2

Wages by sector

BucketJobsMedian annualMedian hourly
Manufacturing212$107k n=10
Technology100$173k n=12
Government / Public Sector94
Healthcare24
Retail15$173k n=4

Top categories

  • Engineering240
  • Engineering Manager1

In-demand skills

  • AWS8
  • Python6
  • Go6
  • Agile4
  • Airflow3
  • REST2
  • C++1

Top sectors

  • Manufacturing212
  • Technology100
  • Government / Public Sector94
  • Healthcare24
  • Retail15
  • Transportation & Logistics15

Employment mix

  • Unspecified240 · 91%
  • Full-time13 · 5%
  • Contract6 · 2%
  • Intern4 · 2%
  • Temporary2 · 1%

Top hiring companies

Category
Engineering
Source
careers.qualcomm.com
Original link
https://careers.qualcomm.com/careers/job/446717847045
ATS
Workday
Posted
1 month ago (2026-04-26)
Status
active

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