Company:Qualcomm Incorporated

Job Area:Legal Group, Legal Group > Legal Counsel

General Summary:

Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning – Qualcomm continues to innovate onward to 6G and a world where everyone and everything is intelligently connected. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform Qualcomm's breakthrough connectivity technologies and other ongoing advanced R&D efforts into world-changing technologies and products. We seek talented individuals to join our attorney team as we continue technical advancements for connectivity and beyond. This is the Invention Age - and this is where you come in.

Qualcomm, a world leader in the development of wireless technology and products, relies on its valuable patent portfolio to generate substantial revenue for investment in research and development. Qualcomm  seeks talented and motivated patent attorneys to apply their legal, technical, and communication skills with engineers and business units to develop high-quality, high-value patents throughout the world. Candidates should understand the technology, business plans, product roadmaps, industry practices, domestic and international patent laws, and desire to work in a cooperative atmosphere to achieve these goals. Specific responsibilities include portfolio management, managing outside counsel for strategic preparation and prosecution of patent assets, drafting responses to official communications, interviewing examiners, performing patent analyses including infringement, clearance, patentability and validity analyses, and collaborating with counsel across multiple jurisdictions to ensure compliance with local jurisdictional practices and laws. Other responsibilities include participating in design-around analysis, license and contract analysis, and performing due diligence analysis for potential acquisitions and investments.

Minimum Qualifications:

•    Juris Doctorate degree or international equivalent.
•    5+ years of relevant experience as counsel at a law firm or in-house.
•    Active bar license to practice law in the state or jurisdiction where the employee will be practicing (or ability to obtain upon hiring).

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or related field.5+ years of patent law experience at a law firm or in-house.3+ years of experience in patent preparation and prosecution.2+ years of engineering experience in software, electrical, communications, or related fields.2+ years of experience in patent preparation and prosecution in software, electrical, communications, or related fields.2+ years of managing a portfolio, including budgets.US: Admitted to a state bar and in good standing.2+ years of experience in patent preparation, prosecution, or litigation experience.Applicants must be willing to register as in-house counsel with CA state bar if not already a member of Cal state bar.

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 disability-accomodations@qualcomm.com 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).

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Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

 

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$165,600.00 - $248,400.00

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.