Machine Learning Researcher - Edge & On-Device Innovation

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 159,100 - 238,700; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. seeks a Machine Learning Researcher in the Engineering Group to drive fundamental ML research and develop methods that push beyond state-of-the-art for mobile, edge, auto, and IoT products.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to advance intelligent systems and scalable ML capabilities. Responsibilities include creating new models and training methods, publishing findings, and contributing to patents and technical demonstrations while documenting

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
• OR PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 6+ months of academic and/or work experience developing and/or optimizing machine learning models, systems, platforms, or methods.

Responsibilities

• Applies Machine Learning knowledge to conduct fundamental research to create new models or training methods in various technology areas (e.g., deep generative models, Bayesian deep learning, equivariant CNNs, Bayesian optimizations, reinforcement learning, unsupervised learning, and graph NNs).
• Drives systems innovations for model efficiency advancement on device as well as in the cloud, including auto‑ML methods for the creation and optimization of efficient models (e.g., model compression, quantization, architecture search, and kernel/graph compiler/scheduling).
• Performs platform research to enable new machine learning compute paradigm (e.g., compute in memory, on‑device learning/training, edge‑cloud distributed/federated learning, and quantum machine learning).
• Develops and publishes research findings in the form of presentations and conference papers.
• Conducts research on machine learning and develops innovative or patentable ideas for new solutions.
• Develops, tests, optimizes, and documents complex new or updated machine learning algorithms, models, and methods that are aligned with research strategies.

Skills

Machine Learning

Research

Education

Master's degree in Computer Engineering/CS/EE

PhD in Computer Engineering/CS/EE

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. seeks a Machine Learning Researcher in the Engineering Group to drive fundamental ML research and develop methods that push beyond state-of-the-art for mobile, edge, auto, and IoT products.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to advance intelligent systems and scalable ML capabilities. Responsibilities include creating new models and training methods, publishing findings, and contributing to patents and technical demonstrations while documenting