Qualcomm

Senior SW Engineer, Constrained AI Software

Qualcomm$158K — $237K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field with relevant experience.
  • Knowledge of ML runtime frameworks operating on low power platforms.
  • Experience in C/C++ development for runtime kernels and system integration.
  • Familiarity with generative AI model architectures and hardware acceleration.
  • Proficient in using AI frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, or ONNX.

Responsibilities

  • Design core components for ML runtime on constrained AI systems.
  • Develop and maintain C/C++ code for system-level integration.
  • Create tools for model analysis for internal and external clients.
  • Profile performance KPIs for AI workloads across multiple platforms.
  • Adopt third-party AI toolchains for Qualcomm's AI platforms.
  • Debug customer machine learning use cases on Qualcomm AI Stack.
  • Collaborate within a diverse global team to improve software quality.
  • Engage in agile development practices and iterate on solutions.

Benefits

  • Competitive annual discretionary bonus program.
  • Opportunities for annual RSU grants.
  • Comprehensive benefits package supporting work-life balance.
  • Resources for career success in and out of the workplace.
Full Job Description
Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Machine Learning Engineering

General Summary:

In the AI Software team, we build the Qualcomm AI Engine to enable OEMs and developers to run their Machine Learning workloads on Qualcomm's low-power AI accelerators in a Constrained Operating Environment.

In this position, you will be responsible for assisting with the software design and development of the Qualcomm AI engine that enables OEMs and developers to run their Machine Learning workloads on Qualcomm's low-power AI accelerators. Your work will directly impact the runtime efficiency, latency, and power consumption of AI applications running on Qualcomm hardware deployed on cars, notebook computers, phones, and wearables. Come join us to work on bleeding edge AI technology.

Responsibilities:
  • Design and implement core components of the ML runtime framework for inference on Constrained AI systems, operating in low power, small memory footprint platforms
  • Develop and maintain C/C++ code for runtime kernels and system-level integration
  • Development of model analyzing tools for internal and external customers
  • Development and profiling of performance KPIs and footprint across AI workloads for platforms such as Android/Aluminum, Linux, QNX, Windows and future platforms
  • Track and adopt leading 3rd party AI toolchains across Qualcomm AI platforms/SoCs
  • Address issues found in existing and past Qualcomm AI products
  • Debug customer machine learning use cases executing on Qualcomm AI Stack
  • Communication across globally diverse team
  • Participate in software quality process improvements


Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering
  • 1+ years of experience building embedded software applications.
  • Familiarity with various generative AI model architectures such as LLMs.
  • Strong understanding of hardware acceleration and deployment of generative AI inference at the connected edge.
  • Experience with Hexagon DSP SDK or cross compiler toolchains for embedded systems
  • Familiarity with TensorFlow, PyTorch or ONNX
  • Experience using/integrating Qualcomm AI Stack products (e.g. QAIRT, QNN, Genie).
  • Experience with development in various platforms such as Linux, Android, or Windows.
  • Knowledge of low-level interactions between operating systems (e.g., Linux, Android, Windows) and hardware.
  • Experience with CMake-based build environments.
  • Experience with agile software development practices and git-based SCM.
  • Ability to collaborate across a globally diverse team and manage multiple interests.


Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$158,400.00 - $237,600.00

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.

About Qualcomm

Qualcomm Ventures is the investment arm of Qualcomm Incorporated. Founded in 2000, Qualcomm Ventures is a corporate venture capital fund with over 150 active portfolio companies and more than 20 exits over a billion dollars, including 99 Taxis, Cruise Automation, Fitbit, Invensense, NQ Mobile, Waze, and more. As a global investor, Qualcomm Ventures helps connect entrepreneurs to the resources, relationships, and deep industry expertise they need to succeed in the mobile technology ecosystem.

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45,000 employees
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Net Income
$6.7 billion
Founded
1985
5 Year Trend
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Revenue
$26.6 billion
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