Qualcomm

Industrial Engineer

Qualcomm • $81K — $122K *
San Diego, CA 92154In-Person
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
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Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a related engineering field or equivalent experience.
  • 5+ years of experience in lab or infrastructure planning.
  • Knowledge of electrical distribution and cooling concepts.
  • Experience conducting site assessments and due diligence.
  • Strong analytical skills, particularly with Excel and structured datasets.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain an accurate inventory of lab infrastructure attributes.
  • Perform site assessments to validate capacity and identify constraints.
  • Develop and maintain infrastructure profiles and templates by lab type.
  • Evaluate spaces and develop option trade studies for upgrades or new builds.
  • Model demand vs. capacity to identify optimization opportunities.
  • Translate equipment needs into space requirements and utilization standards.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment and compliance.

Benefits

  • Competitive annual discretionary bonus program.
  • Opportunity for annual RSU grants.
  • Comprehensive benefits package for personal and professional success.
Full Job Description
Job Area:
Operations Group, Operations Group > Industrial Engineering

General Summary:

Own and improve lab infrastructure readiness and space utilization by maintaining an accurate power/cooling system of record, performing early feasibility and due diligence, and standardizing planning assumptions. Provide data-driven recommendations that help teams match lab demand to the right spaces and sequence upgrades effectively.

Key Responsibilities
  • System of Record & Data Governance: Maintain an audit-ready inventory of lab infrastructure attributes (power/cooling and key constraints), define data standards, and perform periodic accuracy checks.
  • Site Assessments & Due Diligence: Perform site walks and technical due diligence to validate capacity, identify constraints/risks, and document upgrade needs.
  • Standard Profiles & Planning Assumptions: Develop and maintain repeatable infrastructure profiles and load templates by lab type to enable consistent estimates and comparisons.
  • Feasibility, Trade Studies & Recommendations: Evaluate candidate spaces and develop option trade studies (reuse/upgrade/new build) with high-level cost/schedule/risk inputs; present decision-ready recommendations to planners and leadership.
  • Capacity Modeling, Utilization & Forecasting: Model demand vs. capacity, identify bottlenecks and optimization opportunities, and translate forecasted demand into roadmap triggers and sequencing recommendations.
  • Workflow Fit & Layout Standards: Translate equipment/workflow needs into space requirements; define utilization standards and scorecards to compare spaces on readiness, flexibility, and time-to-ready.
  • Cross-Functional Alignment: Partner with Facilities/QREF, IT/Networking, EHS, and lab operations to validate requirements, align on implementation approaches, and ensure code/safety considerations are addressed.
  • Engineering Lab Development & Optimization: Design and optimize engineering lab layouts, workflows, and material/equipment flows to improve productivity, safety, and utilization.
  • Conduct time studies, capacity modeling, and throughput analysis for lab operations and equipment usage.
  • Support lab deployment, reconfiguration, and scaling initiatives in collaboration with engineering, facilities, IT, and EHS teams.
  • AI & Advanced Analytics Applications: Apply AI/ML techniques (e.g., predictive modeling, clustering, anomaly detection) to lab operations data such as utilization, demand forecasting, failure trends, and space planning.
  • Develop data-driven tools, dashboards, or decision models to support lab planning, asset lifecycle management, and infrastructure prioritization.
  • Partner with data science, IT, or platform teams to operationalize AI solutions within existing enterprise systems.
  • Process Improvement & Standardization: Lead Lean, Six Sigma, or similar process improvement initiatives across lab operations and support workflows.
  • Define standard methodologies, metrics, and KPIs for lab performance, efficiency, and scalability.
  • Support continuous improvement through root cause analysis, experimentation, and data-backed recommendations.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration & Influence: Serve as a technical liaison between engineering teams, lab operations, facilities, and leadership.
  • Translate complex operational data into clear insights, recommendations, and executive-ready materials.
  • Contribute to global lab strategy by identifying best practices, scalability opportunities, and automation candidates.
Core Competencies
  • Lab infrastructure engineering fundamentals (power distribution, UPS/generators, cooling capacity, airflow constraints, heat-load assumptions).
  • Capacity planning and modeling (demand vs. supply, diversity factors, growth scenarios, bottleneck analysis).
  • Data management and governance (system-of-record ownership, data quality checks, audit-ready documentation).
  • Standardization and repeatable frameworks (infrastructure profiles by lab type, scorecards, checklists, planning assumptions).
  • Cross-functional partnership (QREF/Facilities, IT/Networking, EHS, lab operations) to validate requirements and constructability.
  • Codes, standards, and safety mindset (electrical, fire/life safety, chemical and specialty-lab constraints as applicable).
  • Executive-ready communication (clear recommendations, risk escalation, and decision support for governance/leadership).
Primary Deliverables
  • Maintained lab infrastructure system of record (power/cooling inventory, constraints, and periodic accuracy checks).
  • Standard lab-type infrastructure profiles and planning assumptions (load templates, checklists, design criteria).
  • Feasibility assessments and readiness scorecards for candidate spaces (constraints, risks, and required upgrades).
  • Capacity/utilization models and dashboards (demand vs. supply, bottlenecks, and optimization opportunities).
  • Option trade studies with recommendations (reuse/upgrade/new build) including high-level cost/schedule/risk inputs.
  • Forecast-to-plan outputs (roadmap triggers, sequencing recommendations, and build-out priorities).
Minimum Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Facilities Engineering, Industrial Architecture or a related field (or equivalent practical experience).
  • 5+ years of relevant experience in lab, facilities, critical environments, manufacturing, or infrastructure planning (design, operations, capacity planning, and/or project delivery).
  • Working knowledge of building electrical distribution and/or cooling concepts (heat-load estimation, airflow constraints, capacity vs. demand).
  • Experience performing site assessments/due diligence and translating findings into feasibility recommendations and documented risks.
  • Strong analytical and communication skills (Excel-based modeling, structured datasets, and cross-functional stakeholder communication).


Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience supporting R&D or specialty labs (e.g.,, high-density compute).
  • Proficiency with reporting/analytics tools (e.g. Power BI) and/or querying data (e.g., SQL); Python is a plus.
  • Experience applying AI/ML (including generative AI) for data quality, document extraction, forecasting/capacity analytics, or decision-support automation, with strong data governance and confidentiality practices.
  • Familiarity with layout tools (e.g., AutoCAD, Visio) and translating test-fits into requirements.
  • Experience developing trade studies and presenting recommendations to governance/leadership.
Certifications (Preferred, Not Required)
  • Professional Engineer (PE) license (Electrical/Mechanical) or Engineer-in-Training (EIT).
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) or equivalent project delivery certification.


Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$81,400.00 - $122,000.00

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.

About Qualcomm

Qualcomm Ventures is the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated. Founded in 2000, Qualcomm Ventures is a corporate venture capital fund with over 150 active portfolio companies and more than 20 exits over a billion dollars, including 99 Taxis, Cruise Automation, Fitbit, Invensense, NQ Mobile, Waze, and more. As a global investor, Qualcomm Ventures helps connect entrepreneurs to the resources, relationships, and deep industry expertise they need to succeed in the mobile technology ecosystem.

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Size
45,000 employees
Market Cap
$122.5 billion
Industry
Manufacturing & Automotive
Net Income
$6.7 billion
Founded
1985
5 Year Trend
+14.7%
Revenue
$26.6 billion
NASDAQ
QCOM
* Ladders Estimates

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