Sr. Staff SW Engineer, Constrained AI Software

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drive digital transformation, creating a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm AI Software Engineer, you will develop and implement cutting-edge machine learning techniques that enable the efficient utilization of state-of-the-art solutions across various technology verticals.

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. 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.

At the Staff Engineer level, you will play a key role in shaping the technical direction of the Qualcomm AI Engine, working with a high degree of autonomy across complex runtime features and subsystems. You will drive architectural decisions that span multiple projects, partnering closely with hardware, systems, compiler, and product teams to deliver scalable, high‑performance solutions. In addition to hands‑on development, you will provide technical leadership through design reviews and mentorship, ensuring that our software meets demanding requirements for performance, power efficiency, and long‑term maintainability across Qualcomm’s low‑power AI platforms.

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 compiler toolchains / packages 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

Preferred Qualifications:

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