Senior Software Engineer - Edge AI/GenAI

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what is possible to enable next-generation experiences and drive digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Software Engineer, you will design, develop, create, modify , and validate embedded and cloud edge software applications across subsystems- AI/Gen AI, and Computer Vision-and/or specialized programs that launch cutting-edge , world-class products that meet and exceed customer needs. Qualcomm Software Engineers collaborate with systems, hardware, architecture, and test engineers, as well as other teams, to design system-level software solutions and obtain information on performance requirements and interfaces., * Design and development of AI, GenAI SDKs, and workflows that enable application developers to build commercial-quality applications.

• Design and develop GenAI large language model (LLMs) and vision-language model (VLMs) inference workflows, including pre-processing, inference, post-processing, and orchestration.

• Design and develop multi-stream AI and chained AI/GenAI pipelines for real-world IoT products and applications.

• Optimize AI Pipeline for performance, latency, memory footprint, and power efficiency.

• Participate in code reviews, regression testing, and issue triage to uphold strong engineering standards and product quality.

• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional stakeholders and project teams to align technical execution with broader product and program objectives .

• Author and review technical documentation for software components and features to support development, integration, and long-term maintainability.

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Do you have experience in Software engineering?, * Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience., Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

• 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Preferred Qualifications:

• 2+ years of experience programming in C, C++ and Python, with a strong track record of building high-performance software for embedded and industrial systems.

• 2+ Experience with AI and GenAI inference frameworks such as Py-Torch, TensorFlow, ONNX Runtime, Llama.cpp, and Lite-RT, along with a solid foundation in AI concepts, model architectures, model conversion techniques, tensor layouts, tensor transformations, and tensor-processing mathematics.

• 1+ years of experience designing and developing real-time embedded AI applications, with strong hands-on technical execution.

• Hands-on experience with GenAI orchestration frameworks such as Lang-Chain and Llama-Index, including building agent-based systems and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines and applications.

• Experience building AI applications for vision and audio use cases, including classification, object detection, segmentation, and pose estimation, as well as GenAI-powered applications. Strong ability to handle tensor pre-processing and post-processing and integrate AI models into end-to-end pipelines across inputs such as camera, audio, and text.

• Strong background in Linux system-level programming, including multithreading, concurrency, memory handling, standard IPC mechanisms , and zero-copy architectures.

• End-to-end experience across the software development lifecycle, including architecture, design, implementation, deployment, and support.

4.04.0 out of 5 stars San Diego, CA $111,300 - $166,900 a year, 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 : $111,300.00 - $166,900.00

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 .