Lead a machine learning engineering team designing Visual Language Action Models, Vision Language Models, and Large Language Models for autonomous driving and infotainment on Qualcomm's Snapdragon Ride platform. Optimize deep networks for accuracy-latency trade-offs on resource-constrained edge devices, focusing on low-level perception, end-to-end autonomous driving (L2/L3 ADAS), and multi-modal sensor fusion.… Drive cross-functional collaboration with automotive OEMs and internal Qualcomm teams while building a world-class AI/deep learning engineering organization. Requires 6–8+ years of systems engineering or machine learning experience (depending on degree level), with hands-on expertise in deep learning network design, quantization, and deployment on edge AI accelerators.
Jobs at Qualcomm
Director of Product Management for Qualcomm's Cloud Business Unit, responsible for strategizing and executing the Server SoC and platform roadmap targeting cloud service providers' general-purpose and AI workloads. The role requires end-to-end product ownership, driving customer engagement across leading cloud providers while balancing requirements from engineering, sales, and business development teams.… Responsibilities include strategic planning, competitive analysis, financial analysis, and lifecycle management of server platforms and racks from concept through post-launch. The candidate will work cross-functionally to align CSP and OEM/ODM requirements, evangelize solutions, and drive adoption of cloud server platforms.
As a Sr. Software Integration Engineer on Qualcomm's Cloud software team, you will design and implement CI/CD pipelines, testing strategies, and automation frameworks for a new machine learning accelerator program.… You'll develop Jenkins-based build infrastructure, integrate code coverage tools, manage build servers and dependencies, and collaborate across hardware, software, and systems teams to deliver production-grade software and firmware. The role requires strong experience with CI/CD, programming languages (Python, C++, Java), source control (Git, Gerrit, Perforce), and build automation, with growing team leadership responsibilities.
Design, develop, and optimize Windows camera drivers and imaging solutions on Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms, including kernel-mode and user-mode drivers, camera frameworks, image signal processing, and AI-enhanced features. Collaborate with OEMs, hardware teams, silicon engineers, and Microsoft to deliver high-quality camera experiences.… Lead camera sensor bring-up, debug complex system and hardware issues across the camera stack, and mentor junior engineers while influencing architecture decisions.
Design and architect RISC-V System-on-Chip (SoC) platforms, leveraging deep expertise in heterogeneous compute, interconnect, memory systems, security, and power management. Develop and improve analysis tools including functional/performance simulators and profilers using C++ and Python.… Apply systems engineering rigor to define SoC-level architectures across boot, debug, timebase management, and real-time control components. Candidates should have 4+ years of systems engineering or SoC/IP architecture experience and demonstrate proficiency in behavioral/performance modeling and analytical techniques.
Design, develop, and optimize Windows camera drivers and imaging solutions for Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms, working across kernel-mode and user-mode drivers, image signal processing, and AI-enhanced camera features. Lead camera sensor bring-up, hardware integration, and debug complex issues across the camera stack.… Collaborate with OEMs, hardware teams, silicon engineers, and Microsoft to deliver high-quality camera experiences. Mentor junior engineers and influence camera architecture decisions across product generations.
The Product & Test Engineer will validate and debug new silicon, develop ATE hardware and software solutions, and characterize device performance across process and operating conditions. The role involves cross-functional collaboration to develop test methodologies for advanced packaging technologies and release cost-effective production test solutions to mass production.… Required qualifications include a Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering and 3+ years of silicon bring-up, high-volume manufacturing, or related hardware engineering experience. Experience with test equipment (oscilloscopes, spectrum analyzers, logic analyzers), ATE platforms like Advantest 93K SOC, and DFT techniques is preferred.
Senior Program Manager overseeing datacenter software initiatives at Qualcomm, managing cross-functional teams across multiple global design centers. Responsible for establishing plan of record, driving execution schedules, coordinating resources, and managing risks across semiconductor/AI product development.… Will interface with senior leadership, represent the program to stakeholders, and coordinate with engineering, product, and external teams to ensure on-time delivery and milestone achievement. Requires 7+ years of program management experience in semiconductors or telecommunications, with 3+ years on x86/ARM/RISC-V platforms and 2+ years on AI products.
Staff Data Engineer at Qualcomm responsible for designing, building, and maintaining scalable batch and streaming data pipelines on AWS and Databricks. Develop reusable data engineering frameworks, libraries, and templates while implementing AI-driven automation for schema inference, data quality checks, pipeline orchestration, and self-healing mechanisms.… Lead reliability and operations efforts by defining SLIs/SLOs, participating in incident response, and driving performance tuning and cost optimization. Mentor junior engineers, collaborate across analytics and platform teams, and drive adoption of standardized data frameworks and best practices.
The SOC Platform Architect will work with hardware designers to gather and analyze power estimation data for Qualcomm SoC infrastructure IPs (interconnect, system cache, memory controllers, MMU), identify architectural bottlenecks and bugs, and propose optimizations. The role requires deep ASIC design and computer architecture expertise, along with understanding of system-level design, hardware-software trade-offs, and complete silicon design flows.… The candidate will coordinate with domain leads to ensure robust infrastructure deployment aligned with product requirements. Required background: 7+ years ASIC design/verification (or 5+ with a master's degree).
Qualcomm seeks a Staff Product Data Manager for AI Platforms & Systems Solutions to define product strategy and drive cross-functional decision-making for edge AI/ML platforms, inference runtimes, and agentic frameworks. The role requires deep technical expertise in Windows-ecosystem AI platforms, LLM/VLM models (1B–150B range), edge AI APIs/SDKs, and AI middleware frameworks, combined with the ability to work independently, influence senior leadership, and manage complex multi-year initiatives across matrixed organizations.… Responsibilities include assessing feasibility, translating innovation into shippable solutions, negotiating partnerships, and authoring technical specifications—all with minimal supervision and significant organizational impact. The ideal candidate brings 10+ years in product management or technical roles, experience shipping AI platforms, familiarity with standards bodies, and strong communication skills to convey complex information to diverse audiences.
Qualcomm seeks a Principal Engineer with 18+ years of Linux kernel, KVM, or TEE development experience to lead the design and development of security, virtualization, confidential compute, and trusted execution environment features for next-generation RISC-V SoCs. The role requires hands-on technical leadership at the hardware–software intersection, driving upstream contributions to OpenSBI, KVM, and the Linux kernel, collaborating with hardware teams on silicon and emulation bring-up, and guiding compliance test integration.… Strong expertise in virtualization, confidential compute, TEEs, and debugging tools (ftrace, perf, kgdb, crash) is essential; RISC-V architecture exposure and proven open-source community contributions are highly valued.
Qualcomm seeks an experienced software architect to lead the design and enablement of PCIe, CXL, and ARM GIC interrupt subsystems for next-generation ARM server SoCs. The role spans the full software stack—platform firmware (UEFI/EDK2, TF-A, OpenBMC), Linux kernel, KVM/hypervisors, and datacenter operating systems—requiring deep expertise in ARM64 server architecture, virtualization, and compliance standards (ARM SBSA, SBBR, SystemReady, PCI-SIG, CXL Consortium).… You will collaborate with SoC architects, hardware teams, and hyperscale customers to drive scalable, production-quality architectures and upstream-first open-source development. The position demands 8+ years of software engineering experience (or 7+ with a Master's, or 6+ with a PhD), including 4+ years with C, C++, Java, or Python.
Compiler Software Engineer responsible for designing and enhancing compiler toolchains and development tools for Qualcomm's mobile and compute products across gaming, image processing, AR/VR, and machine learning domains. The role involves working with processor architectures (DSP, CPU, NSP), optimizing code compilation, building simulators and debuggers, and applying mathematical techniques for performance and power efficiency.… Will assist in developing industry-standard tools using frameworks like LLVM, GCC, MLIR, and TVM, and work on intermediate representation and program optimization. Works under supervision on compiler infrastructure and programming tools to support software developers.
Lead large-scale enterprise data transformation programs at Qualcomm, managing multi-year initiatives across data modernization, cloud migration, and analytics platforms. Coordinate work across distributed data engineering, architecture, governance, security, and analytics teams while managing multi-million-dollar budgets and vendor relationships.… Drive adoption of modern data architectures (data lakehouse, data mesh, medallion patterns) and cloud platforms (Databricks, AWS, Azure, GCP), and establish federated data governance frameworks. Influence executives and technical stakeholders to deliver measurable business outcomes while handling legacy system retirement and enterprise data integration from CRM, ERP, HCM, and supply-chain systems.
Lead product strategy and roadmap for AI-centric data center platforms and rack-level systems, including compute nodes, interconnect fabrics, power delivery, and cooling. Define system-level requirements by collaborating with silicon architects, systems engineers, and software teams while engaging directly with hyperscale and enterprise customers to gather feedback and drive early deployments.… Track product performance post-launch across system metrics like power efficiency and thermal headroom, and mentor a high-performing product management team.
Senior ASIC design engineer role focused on next-generation high-speed HBM, LPDDR, and DDR memory subsystem architecture and RTL implementation for Qualcomm products. Responsibilities include developing memory controller and NoC-based subsystem specifications, RTL coding, micro-architecture design, synthesis, timing closure, physical design support, and gate-level simulation.… The role requires 5+ years of ASIC/RTL design experience, 3+ years of hardware architecture experience, and expertise in high-speed digital design (1GHz+) interfacing with CPU, GPU, DSP, and multimedia processors.
Design and architect safety mechanisms for system-on-chip (SoC) platforms across Qualcomm's product portfolio. Collaborate with hardware design, verification, software, and product teams to develop SoC-wide safety solutions that meet automotive and industrial safety standards.… Conduct workload analysis, prototype system solutions, and provide quantitative justification for architectural directions using simulators and profilers. Analyze failure modes, decompose complex safety use cases, and make safety recommendations to design and engineering teams.
Staff engineer responsible for designing and developing CPU software architecture for Qualcomm's custom processors across mobile, laptop, automotive, cloud, and server products. Will work on ARMv9 architecture features, participate in hardware-software co-design, system optimization, and firmware development.… The role requires strong C/C++ programming skills, deep understanding of ARM CPU architecture (ARMv8/v9), and experience with embedded systems, Linux/RTOS development, and performance optimization for ARM-based SoCs.
As a Staff Machine Learning Engineer focused on model optimization, you will create and implement ML techniques, frameworks, and tools enabling efficient discovery and deployment of state-of-the-art ML solutions across mobile, edge, auto, and IoT products. You will model, architect, and develop advanced ML hardware co-designed with software, develop optimized inference/training software and compiler tools, and collaborate with cross-functional teams on joint hardware-software design.… The role requires 4+ years of hardware/software/systems engineering experience (or equivalent with advanced degree), deep expertise in ML frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch, Keras, Caffe), embedded systems optimization, and programming languages like Python or C++. You will work independently with minimal supervision, provide technical guidance to team members, and influence key organizational decisions through consultation with senior leadership.
Design and develop performance modeling platforms and tools for Qualcomm's AI/ML hardware accelerators targeting cloud data server applications. Analyze and optimize LLM and AI workloads on SoC architectures, working across hardware architecture, DDR memory controllers, NoC design, and compiler frameworks.… Collaborate with multi-disciplinary hardware and systems engineers to find optimal architecture tradeoffs and improve performance and power efficiency. Apply deep expertise in AI workloads, ML frameworks, computer architecture, and RTL design/verification to build systems that validate LLMs and complex ML networks.
Qualcomm seeks a Principal Engineer to design and develop low-level firmware for CPU bootstrapping, power management, and debug functionality in embedded SoCs. The role requires deep expertise in computer architecture (memory consistency, coherency, virtualization, security), ARM/RISC-V ISA, and multi-core CPU software stacks, with responsibility for defining 3–5 year software roadmaps and coordinating with Arm architects and third-party partners.… The candidate will troubleshoot high-performance microarchitecture issues (prefetching, speculation, memory ordering) and drive software–hardware trade-offs across heterogeneous compute platforms. 8+ years of software engineering experience with strong C/C++ skills and 15+ years in embedded systems, real-time development, and low-level drivers/firmware is expected.
SoC Design and Integration Engineer at Qualcomm responsible for RTL design, architecture, and integration of high-performance ASICs for data center and AI applications. The role involves hands-on design and verification of complex chips, system simulation, large-scale design integration, and collaboration with cross-functional teams.… Candidates should have proven ASIC/FPGA design experience, knowledge of server/data center protocols, and expertise in arithmetic or machine-learning IP design. The position also values scripting, process automation, and the ability to identify flow improvements and provide silicon learnings feedback.
Staff-level software engineer responsible for designing, developing, and maintaining debug software across firmware, operating systems, platform software, and host tooling at the system level. The role requires deep expertise in debugging complex SoCs and high-performance CPU architectures, including JTAG, trace, and crash analysis, with proficiency in C, C++, assembly, and Python.… You will troubleshoot integrated system defects, collaborate across hardware and firmware teams to identify root causes, and drive technical decisions during design and debug reviews. This position demands strong systems knowledge, independent technical ownership, and the ability to influence architectural decisions across a cross-functional organization.
Sr. Staff DSP Software Integration Engineer at Qualcomm responsible for driving integration, validation, and commercialization of embedded DSP and NPU software across platforms.… The role requires debugging complex software and system issues in real-time embedded environments, developing continuous integration and automated testing processes, and collaborating across hardware, firmware, systems, and architecture teams. Required experience includes 6+ years of software engineering, 3+ years programming in C, C++, Python, or Java, embedded systems development, and source control/Git workflows. Preferred experience spans DSP, NPU, AI/ML, RTOS, SoC architectures, and large-scale software integration efforts.