Pros
You get to sample a little bit of everything as a design/analysis engineer. The technologies that Qualcomm is involved in are cool and you get an opportunity to see where the electronics industry is headed in the future. I would say there's a lot of flexibility and job training, depending on what team you're on. There are really smart people at this company...for now. If you're in it for U.S. citizenship it seems that their immigration support is great, but you will work for it. The pay is okay compared to most companies.
Cons
The CEO is absolute GARBAGE and so are most of the SVP's. They don't know what they're doing with this company. The culture is dead, benefits are going downhill, engineers are no longer motivated to work, and top talent is leaving. Not to mention the CEO did nothing when immigration was threatened and he paid himself $60.7M during the year of layoffs. The previous CEO cared about his workers, this current one does not. The cultural downturn is a drag on your work ethic because everyone is moping around. Teams are now hoarding information in fear of being let go. They're acquiring companies left and right and the jobs are moving overseas. I honestly would say unless you're in it for the H1B and U.S. citizenship, run far FAR away if you have another offer in hand. Projects get cancelled before they're completed, even if QC is trying to enter a viable market. I think the company is however large enough that it will survive. They're not opening reqs, so if 10 people from your team leave and there were 20 people to begin with, you're stuck with the work of those 10 people. Apparently when Paul and Erwin Jacobs were running the company it was more family oriented and the employees were valued. If Intel catches up to QC's modem technology or they lose the Apple lawsuit, the company is dead. That's sort of a scary thing considering how they're investing billions into it as well. The constant threat of layoffs and lack of perks that other tech companies provide will add way too much stress to your life that it's best just not to care much about your work, which means your career won't grow as best as it should.
