AI Solutions Architect: Edge & Cloud Transformation

Qualcomm; Abu Dhabi; On-site; AED 360,000 - 700,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing allowance

Transport allowance

RSUs and performance bonus

Maternity Leave 16 weeks

Paternity Leave 6 weeks

Employee stock purchase plan

Child Education Allowance

Relocation support

Life and Medical Insurance

Wellness reimbursement

Job summary

Qualcomm Engineering FZ LLC is seeking a highly experienced Solutions Architect to lead AI-enabled digital transformation projects across the Middle East. You will design end-to-end architectures spanning edge devices, IoT platforms, and cloud infrastructure while guiding stakeholders from PoC to production.

The role requires deep expertise in AI/ML systems, edge computing, and scalable cloud architectures, with strong customer-facing leadership and a strategic mindset.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 2+ years of work experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Responsibilities

• Design and architect end-to-end AI and digital transformation solutions from edge devices to cloud platforms.
• Translate customer requirements into scalable technical architectures and deployment strategies.
• Drive architecture decisions across hardware, software, connectivity, AI models, cloud services, and system integration.
• Enable deployment and optimization of AI/ML workloads across Edge and Cloud environments.
• Understand trade-offs involving latency, power consumption, model accuracy, memory constraints, and system performance.
• Guide customers on AI model deployment, optimization, quantization, inference acceleration, and system scaling.
• Serve as a trusted technical advisor throughout the customer journey, from discovery and PoC to deployment and production scaling.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to define solution roadmaps and success metrics.
• Lead technical workshops, architecture reviews, and executive-level discussions.
• Architect scalable cloud-native and hybrid solutions supporting millions of connected devices.
• Design data pipelines, data lakes, analytics platforms, and AI-enabled backend services.
• Develop architectures supporting high availability, security, multi-tenancy, and enterprise-grade scalability.

Skills

Solution Architecture

AI/ML Systems

Edge Computing

Cloud Platforms

IoT Platforms

Distributed Systems

Data Engineering

Software Architecture

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS

Master's degree in Engineering/CS

PhD in Engineering/CS

Tools

C/C++

Java

Python

Job description

Qualcomm Engineering FZ LLC is seeking a highly experienced Solutions Architect to lead AI-enabled digital transformation projects across the Middle East. You will design end-to-end architectures spanning edge devices, IoT platforms, and cloud infrastructure while guiding stakeholders from PoC to production.

The role requires deep expertise in AI/ML systems, edge computing, and scalable cloud architectures, with strong customer-facing leadership and a strategic mindset.