Qualcomm

Automotive Engineering Internship – Summer 2027

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San Diego, CA, USAIntern
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Responsibilities

  • Build solutions and tools for next-generation platforms for autonomous vehicles.
  • Collaborate with researchers, software developers, and internal multidisciplinary teams to advance automotive innovation.
  • Contribute to project work in areas such as positioning, perception, planning, sensor fusion, SLAM, motion planning, robotics, embedded software, and systems engineering.
  • Support development of automotive technologies and software for ADAS, autonomous driving, and related platforms.

Requirements

  • Currently enrolled in a bachelor's, master's, or Ph.D. program in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field.
  • Must be available for 11–14 weeks during Summer 2027, from May through September.
  • Expected graduation date must be November 2027 or later.
  • At least 1 year of experience with programming languages such as C, C++, or Python.
  • Preferred candidates are enrolled in a master's or Ph.D. program and anticipate graduating between November 2027 and June 2028.
  • Preferred experience includes positioning, perception, or planning in ADAS, autonomy, or autonomous driving.
  • Preferred knowledge includes functional safety, ASPICE, ASIL, ISO 26262, MISRA C++, AUTOSAR C++, ROS/ROS2, DDS, Adaptive AUTOSAR, robotics, autonomous driving, lidar, scene segmentation, object detection, sensor fusion, SLAM, and motion planning.
  • Preferred experience includes embedded driver development, operating-system and multiprocessor concepts, multi-task learning networks, SysML, systems engineering, MBSE, system modeling, model-based development, safety analysis, DFMEA, and FMEDA.
  • Preferred familiarity includes UML, UML-RT, MagicDraw, IBM Rhapsody, and Sparx Enterprise Architect.
  • Preferred programming experience includes C, C++, C#, Python, JavaScript, Java, and Shell.

Benefits

  • 11–14-week internship during Summer 2027, scheduled between May and September.
  • Competitive hourly pay and accrued vacation time.
  • Relocation coverage and furnished housing accommodations for the internship duration.
  • Mentorship, manager support, access to Qualcomm's employee community, professional development workshops, social events, cross-functional speaker sessions, and an executive speaker series.
  • Potential internship locations include Austin, Boulder, Boxborough, Bridgewater, Chandler, Irvine, New York City, Louisville, Raleigh, San Diego, Santa Clara, and Seattle.
  • Project-specific assignment and location depend on team and project needs; this application covers multiple automotive engineering internship opportunities rather than one specific role.

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About Qualcomm

10,000+ employees

Qualcomm is a public semiconductor company headquartered in San Diego, founded in 1985, that designs and sells wireless chipsets and platforms for mobile devices, automotive, IoT, and networking, notably the Snapdragon application processors and 5G modems. It also licenses a large portfolio of cellular patents to device makers, generating revenue alongside chip sales; its technology underpins many Android smartphones and emerging automotive and edge-compute systems, and it trades on NASDAQ as QCOM.

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