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Product Security Engineer, Senior Staff

Qualcomm Incorporated

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SAN DIEGO, CA
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Job overview

The Product Security Engineer will participate in product security incident response, research Qualcomm products to detect and mitigate vulnerabilities, and communicate with customers about security issues. The role may involve binary analysis of active exploits, reviewing incident-response resolutions, helping customers adopt patches, conducting internal vulnerability detection and risk assessment, evaluating security tools, and fostering coordinated vulnerability disclosure.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Software Security AuditsIndependent WorkBinary AnalysisMalware Reverse EngineeringExploit Reverse EngineeringGhidraIDABinary NinjaProduct Security Incident ResponseSecure Code ReviewVulnerability AssessmentSecurity TestingFuzzingPenetration TestingOperating System SecurityMobile Platform SecurityLinux Android SecurityEmbedded SecurityAutomotive SecurityExploit MitigationThreat ModelingExternal Researcher CollaborationLLVMCustom FuzzersFuzzing HarnessesLLVM PassesRuntime DetectionHypervisorsContainersSecure Execution EnvironmentsLinux InternalsWindows InternalsZephyr InternalsQNX InternalsWireless Communication SystemsCDMAGSMUMTSLTEWLAN

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Engineering, Computer Science, or Related Field or Master's in Engineering, Computer Science, or Related Field or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or Related Field6+ Years Security Engineering or Related Work Experience With Bachelor's5+ Years Security Engineering or Related Work Experience With Master's4+ Years Security Engineering or Related Work Experience With PhD5+ Years Software Security ExperienceEnglish Communication

Full job description

Company:Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.Job Area:Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Security EngineeringGeneral Summary:Job function includes participation in product security incident response, security research on Qualcomm products in detecting and mitigating security vulnerabilities, customer communications on product security related issues. Specific responsibilities may include binary analysis to identify vulnerabilities being used in active exploits; review of resolutions as part of the incident response; assisting customers to adopt security patches; internal vulnerability detection and risk assessment using both manual methods and automated tools; evaluating new technologies/tools to help detect, triage, and mitigate security vulnerabilities; reaching out to security research community and fostering coordinated vulnerability disclosure. Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Security Engineering or related work experience. ORMaster's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Security Engineering or related work experience. ORPhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Security Engineering or related work experience. Applicants should possess at least five years of experience (work or academic) in the field of software security and, specifically, with experience of performing software security audits. Ability to work independently with minimal supervision is a must. Applicants should have expertise or experience in two or more of the following areas: - Binary analysis and malware/exploit reverse engineering using tools like Ghidra, IDA or Binary Ninja * Product security incident response in Mobile, IOT or automotive industry * - Secure code review, analysis and vulnerability assessment * - Security testing, e.g. fuzzing and pen-testing * - Operating system security * - Mobile platform security such as Linux Android * - Embedded security on embedded firmware * - Automotive Security * - Exploit mitigation techniques * - Threat modeling The following skills/experience will be considered a plus. - Experience in product security incident response and working with external security researchers * - LLVM experience * - Experience in fuzzing (Custom fuzzers/harnesses, custom bug detection LLVM passes or runtime detection) to large code base for vulnerability detection * - Knowledge of hypervisors, containers, and secure execution environments * - Familiarity in the internals for Linux, Windows, Zephyr and QNX * - Familiarity of wireless communication systems and protocols (CDMA/GSM/UMTS/LTE, WLAN, Bluetooth, NFC, etc) Soft Skills: * - Teamwork across various teams and geolocations * - Able to communicate in English, both verbal and written Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail [email protected] or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries). To all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies: Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does no

How this job compares

Set against the 4,079 open Security Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 31, 2026.

Pay
  • This postingNot listed
  • California median$165–250K/yr626 salary ranges
  • US median$60–70/hr79 hourly ranges
Openings
Olive Jobs lists 769 open Security Engineer jobs in California and 4,079 across the US. 10% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
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Experience
This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Security Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (3,520 postings).
Education
1,379 of the 4,079 open Security Engineer jobs (34%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

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