Senior Director, Engineering Mobile Handset AI Software

QUALCOMM, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 217,000 - 325,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

RSU grants

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in San Diego, CA, seeks a senior Mobile software architect for Snapdragon Mobile Handset products.

You will lead architecture and design of AI-enabled features, drive performance and power optimizations across SW/HW stacks, and collaborate with engineering, product, and partners to deliver state-of-the-art mobile AI solutions. The role requires 10+ years in software engineering or related fields, strong leadership, and deep experience with AI frameworks, C++, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.
• PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Develop architecture for AI features in Snapdragon Mobile Handset products.
• Hands-on prototype development and cross-functional requirements definition.
• Serve as technical expert in AI and Mobile trends; participate in design reviews.

Skills

AI frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch)

Software architecture

C++

Python

Technical leadership

Communication

Education

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

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

PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Mobile Chipset PE, MDM & MSM

General Summary:

Seeking an experienced Mobile software engineer for a role as a Software architect focused on Snapdragon Mobile Handset products. As a senior member of the team working on Mobile Handset software architecture and software system design, you will have the opportunity to analyze requirements and architect/develop high level designs for new Use-cases and features. You will also drive technical initiatives to evolve Snapdragon Mobile AI software, helping to drive performance and power enhancements into the SW and HW stacks and SW tools of state-of-the-art machine learning solutions on Snapdragon Mobile platform. You will work closely with development leads, software and hardware architects, project engineers, product managers, customer engineers, OEMs and external partners.

Responsibilities:

• Develop architecture for complex features and experiences built around AI for Snapdragon Mobile products; recommend architecture enhancements.
• Independently research and work cross-functionally to define requirements. Hands on prototype development.
• Serve as a technical expert in developing and commercializing solutions; participate in design reviews and recommend improvements to ensure alignment with business goals and customer needs.
• Influence and negotiate with external partners to gain buy-in for ideas and align on project and subsystem implementation plans and milestones to ensure the needs of all stakeholders are met.
• Act as a technical expert on AI and Mobile industry trends, competitors' products, and advances in various engineering fields; share expertise within and/or across teams.
• Leverages technical expertise to identify trends and define future solutions by contributing to discussions on the short - and long-term strategic direction of the product/technology roadmaps.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 10+ years of Electrical, Computer, or Software Engineering or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 9+ years of Electrical, Computer, or Software Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of Electrical, Computer, or Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 10+ years of experience in one or more areas of semiconductor product development.
• 5+ years in a technical leadership role.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Excellent understanding of AI frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch), Experience with large language models/foundational models development and deployment a plus
• Experience in architecting, designing, and implementing SW framework for complex heterogenous or multi-processor system.
• Good Understanding of complete AI Software stack and familiarity with AI hardware acceleration technologies
• Experience with performance optimization of AI application on Windows using processor specific optimization tools/libraries/primitives on GPU, NPU
• Experience in modeling AI networks and workloads to extract performance and power estimates, and converting that into optimization
• Strong background in algorithm development, performance analysis using profiling tools, and algorithmic modification methods for performance improvement
• Knowledge of state of the art in AI for one or more of the domains such as Computer Vision, Audio, Generative AI
• Knowledge of Mobile platforms, Android framework, Embedded system implementations
• Strong software engineering principles
• Proficiency in programming languages such as Python, C++
• Excellent communication skills to articulate complex technical concepts to non-technical and technical stakeholders.
• Strong leadership abilities to motivate and guide development teams.
• Detail-oriented with strong problem-solving, analytical, and debugging skills with the ability to think strategically and drive innovative solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to learn, think and adapt in a fast-changing environment
• Familiarity with software development methodologies, version control systems, and agile project management practices.
• 10+ years of experience in High Performance Computing System Engineering or Software with 5+ years in AI system optimization
• Master’s or PhD in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail [e-mail] or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).

EEO Employer:

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$216,600.00 - $325,000.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

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