On-Device Robotics Engineer: Perception to Actuation

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 123,000 - 184,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. seeks hands-on roboticists to build state‑of‑the‑art AI-enabled robots. You will deploy models to hardware, validate real‑world performance, and translate Qualcomm AI, compute, and connectivity into practical robotic solutions in a new robotics lab.

You'll work across perception, planning, control, and integration with sensors, actuators, and networks, delivering demos and reference platforms to advance on‑device AI.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field with 2+ years Systems Engineering experience.
• Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field with 1+ year Systems Engineering experience.
• PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Build end-to-end robotics applications involving perception, planning, control, and actuation on-device.
• Deploy AI and robotics models to physical robots and evaluate real-world performance.
• Translate Qualcomm's AI, compute, and connectivity into working robotics solutions.
• Integrate sensors, actuators, compute platforms, and networking in robot systems.
• Develop and maintain robot apps for internal testing, demos, and sample solutions.
• Design and execute robot testing, validation, and benchmarking in lab environments.
• Prepare robots for demo readiness with reliable, repeatable, polished behavior.
• Collaborate with AI, systems, hardware, and platform teams to close the loop.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

Tools

ROS/ROS2

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. seeks hands-on roboticists to build state‑of‑the‑art AI-enabled robots. You will deploy models to hardware, validate real‑world performance, and translate Qualcomm AI, compute, and connectivity into practical robotic solutions in a new robotics lab.

You'll work across perception, planning, control, and integration with sensors, actuators, and networks, delivering demos and reference platforms to advance on‑device AI.