Job Area:Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Systems Engineering
General Summary:As a Qualcomm Datacenter AI Systems and Solutions Engineer, you will research, develop, optimize, and validate software, hardware, architecture, algorithms, and machine learning solutions that enable the deployment of cutting-edge AI datacenter technology.
Qualcomm Solution Engineers collaborate across functional teams to meet and exceed system-level requirements and standards. This is a great opportunity to innovate and develop leading-edge products and solutions around best-in-class Qualcomm AI inference accelerators for data center, and hybrid AI applications.
Preferred Qualifications:- Master's or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Physics, or a related discipline
- Strong proficiency in Python and experience with ML frameworks, APIs, REST services, and microservice-based architecture
- Hands-on experience designing, deploying, and operating AI/ML systems in production
- Solid understanding of Generative AI architectures, including transformers, diffusion models, and hybrid systems (LLMs, LVMs, embeddings)
- Experience with large-scale AI systems architecture, including microservices, distributed systems, event-driven designs, and fault-tolerant/resilient architectures
- Practical experience with AI inference serving, performance optimization, and scalability across heterogeneous hardware
- Experience with MLOps practices for AI application development, deployment, monitoring, and lifecycle management
- Familiarity with automation and DevOps tooling, including GitOps workflows, containerization (Docker), orchestration platforms (Kubernetes), and ML lifecycle tools
- Strong problem-solving skills with a customer and solution-focused mindset
- Experience with cluster schedulers and resource managers (e.g., Slurm, PBS) and workload orchestration is a plus
- Experience with observability, monitoring, and debugging tools for ML pipelines and inference services
- Proven ability to operate effectively in a large, matrixed organization, influencing across teams
- Experience with fine-tuning and optimization of GenAI models, including reinforcement learning techniques, is a plus
- Well versed in open-source development practices, collaboration, and code quality standards
- Exposure to rack-level orchestration, fleet management, and data center automation is a plus
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:- Lead the development of end-to-end AI/ML solutions that integrate Qualcomm AI hardware, system software, and ecosystem components to deliver best-in-class AI inference performance, power efficiency, and scalability
- Drive the design, development, deployment, and optimization of Generative AI and LLM-based applications, with a focus on production readiness and inference efficiency
- Contribute to and guide the implementation of model fine-tuning, distillation, and optimization strategies tailored for deployment on target hardware
- Apply deep systems-level expertise to research, design, develop, simulate, validate, and optimize AI systems spanning hardware, system software, AI frameworks, and models, while ensuring system-level requirements are met
- Perform AI model benchmarking, workload characterization, and performance analysis to influence system requirements, hardware/software co-design, and product direction
- Serve as a technical lead for customer engagements, supporting AI model onboarding, inference optimization, deployment, and performance tuning
- Own and drive system-level architecture and design, including requirements definition, interface specifications, performance targets, and implementation of new systems or enhancements to existing platforms
- Collaborate across cross-functional teams (hardware, software, tools, frameworks, and product) to deliver features, validate AI system correctness, and ensure high-quality execution
- Stay current with advancements in AI/ML models, inference techniques, and hardware/software innovations, and proactively translate them into impactful solutions
- Propose and drive new, innovative ideas that meaningfully improve products, platforms, or developer experience
- Lead system-level debugging and triage, identify root causes across the stack, and clearly communicate findings, trade-offs, and recommendations to team members and stakeholders
Minimum Qualifications:• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
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Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
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PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits: $162,600.00 - $244,000.00
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.
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