Senior Engineer, System Engineering (AI/ML)

Company: Qualcomm
Location: San Diego
Posted on: June 2, 2025

Job Description:

Company:Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.Job Area:Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Systems EngineeringGeneral Summary:As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all.As a Qualcomm Systems Engineer, you will research, design, develop, optimize, and validate systems-level software, hardware, architecture, algorithms, and machine learning solutions that enable the development of cutting-edge technology, specifically in the AI/ML field.Qualcomm Systems 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 high-performance AI inference accelerators for cloud, edge, and hybrid AI applications.Minimum Qualifications:--- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.ORMaster's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Systems Engineering or related work experience.ORPhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.Required Skills:

• 2+ years of experience with Python, C++
• 2+ years of experience with PyTorch, TensorFlow or other ML framework
• 2+ years of experience in ML development, deployment and applicationsPreferred Qualifications:
  • Master's or PhD Degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, Physics or related field
  • 4+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience
  • 2+ years of Machine Learning systems based on CV, NLP and LLM architectures
  • Familiarity with architectural patterns for large-scale software applications
  • Experience with MLOps for AI application development and deployments
  • Experience with automation tools like GitOps, containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes), ML lifecycle management tools is a plus
  • Working knowledge of Rust is a plus
  • Experience with fine-tuning GenAI models and Reinforcement Learning is a plus
  • Problem solution experience and customer focus
  • 2+ years of experience working in a large matrixed organizationPrincipal Duties and Responsibilities:
    • Develop AI/ML solutions that bring together Qualcomm AI hardware products, technologies, software, and ecosystem and provide best-in-class AI inference performance, power efficiency and scalability
    • Assist in the design, development, and implementation of Gen AI and LLM applications
    • Contribute towards implementing fine tuning and distillation techniques
    • Apply Systems knowledge and experience to research, design, develop, simulate, and/or validate systems-level software, AI hardware, architecture, deep learning algorithms, and AI solutions while ensuring system-level requirements and standards are met
    • Perform ML model benchmarking and functional analysis to drive requirements and specifications
    • Support customer engagement with AI model/workload optimization and deployment
    • Build ML systems/solutions and develop and analyze system level design including requirements, interface definition, functional/performance definition, and implementation of a new system or modification of an existing system
    • Collaborate with own team and other teams to complete project work, including implementing and testing features and verifying the accuracy of systems
    • Keep abreast with the latest advancements in the AI/ML space (models, HW/SW) and drive innovative solutions.
    • Develop new and innovative ideas for a product or feature area.
    • Drive triage of problems at the system level to determine root cause and presents results of testing and debugging to team members.Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:$111,300.00 - $166,900.00The 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.If you would like more information about this role, please contact .
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