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Qualcomm is one of scores of engineering companies in the southern CA area with origins that are in some way related to Linkabit. A far from complete tree of Linkabit-origin companies is at <a href=“http://legacy.utsandiego.com/news/business/images/080122linkabit.pdf”>http://legacy.utsandiego.com/news/business/images/080122linkabit.pdf</a> . There are far more SD area companies that hire HW EEs for related positions that are not related to Linkabit. I’d guess the total number of SD area companies that work with HW EEs to be in the hundreds. A quick search on a job listing website shows open HW EE positions in many SD companies including Altera, APN, ATR, Beyondsoft, Broadcom, Collabera, Cymer, Eastridge, Encore Semi, Ethertronics, L-3, Leidos, HGST, HP, Huawei, Ingenium, Oracle, Mentor Graphics, Mitre, MLS, Northrop Grumman, Peregrine Semi, SDHR, and Systel, among many others.</p>