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Staff Software Engineer role focused on building autonomous trajectory planning and motion control software for single and multi-agent systems. The engineer will develop reliable, maintainable C++ software with Python for prototyping and testing, diagnose complex algorithmic and software failures, and take features from ideation through flight testing.…See more Requires a Master's degree in computer science or robotics (or PhD) with 5+ years of professional experience building and debugging motion planning, robotics, or autonomous systems software. The role includes mentoring junior engineers and collaborating across teams to refine requirements and deliver scalable autonomy architectures.

Design and develop Qualcomm's in-house robotics simulation platform and AI infrastructure, integrating modern 3D engines, GPU-accelerated compute, and machine learning to enable robot policy training and validation. Build digital twins, synthetic data pipelines, and hardware-in-the-loop configurations that bridge simulation and real Qualcomm robotics hardware.…See more Partner with robotics researchers to iterate on simulation fidelity, sensor modeling, and continuous learning workflows that move algorithms from simulation to deployed robots. This role demands depth in robotics simulators (MuJoCo, Isaac Sim, Unreal/Unity), GPU programming (CUDA), reinforcement learning at scale, and AI infrastructure orchestration (Kubernetes, Argo Workflows).