Senior Staff Engineer, Machine Learning Engineering ( On-device Learning SW )

QUALCOMM, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 194,000 - 292,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm AI Research is seeking talented AI software engineers to enable AI technologies on edge devices. You will join a high-caliber team building GenAI solutions with model optimization tools to deploy state-of-the-art models to edge devices with optimal power, memory, and computation use.

In this role, you will be part of a multi-disciplinary team that collaborates across hardware, software and systems and ships on Qualcomm AI accelerator engines for devices such as smartphones, autonomous

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with ML frameworks and Deep Learning (PyTorch).
• 5+ years of experience with Python, C, or C++ for ML.
• Strong software design, development and debugging skills.
• Knowledge of Android programming is a plus.
• Experience optimizing algebraic operations for HW cores is a plus.
• Knowledge of neural network training and quantization is a plus.
• Experience with Qualcomm QNN SDK is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Development of end-to-end embedded AI software to train and finetune neural network models on Qualcomm leading edge hardware with optimal resources.
• Design and enhance the implementation of ML/AI SW stack, kernels, and runtime software to improve performance and power efficiency.
• Collaborating with our AI Processor Hardware team to implement high-quality solutions for new ML operators/layers that optimally utilize new capabilities in next-gen AI processors.
• Development of debugging/profiling tools and user‑friendly SDKs for customers to foster rapid deployment of their new use cases.

Skills

ML frameworks

Deep Learning

Python

C/C++

Android

Algorithm optimization

Neural network training

Neural network quantization

QNNSDK

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Eng

Master's degree in CS/Eng

PhD in CS/Eng

Tools

QNNSDK

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Machine Learning Engineering

General Summary:

Qualcomm AI Research is looking for talented AI software engineers to enable AI technologies on edge devices. This is your opportunity to join a high-caliber team of engineers, building best-in-class GenAI solutions with model optimization tools to deploy state-of-the-art models to edge devices with optimal power, memory, and computation use.

In this role, you will be part of a multi-disciplinary team that has continually enabled first-of-its-kind and competitive generative AI models on Qualcomm AI accelerator engines, such as the world’s first on device text-to-image generation with stable diffusion, and text-to-text with large language model on device. You will collaborate in a cross-functional environment spanning hardware, software and systems and see your design in action on industry-leading chips embedded in the next generation of intelligent devices, such as smartphones, autonomous vehicles, robotics, and IOT devices.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 5+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
• PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

Responsibility:

• Development of end-to-end embedded AI software to train and finetune neural network models on Qualcomm leading edge hardware with optimal resources.
• Design and enhance the implementation of ML/AI SW stack, kernels, and runtime software to improve performance and power efficiency.
• Collaborating with our AI Processor Hardware team to implement high-quality solutions for new ML operators/layers that optimally utilize new capabilities in next-gen AI processors.
• Development of debugging/profiling tools and user‑friendly SDKs for customers to foster rapid deployment of their new use cases.

PreferredSkillsandExperience:

• 5+ years of experiencewithMachineLearningframeworksandDeepLearning (Pytorch).
• 5+ years of experiencewithoneormoreprogramminglanguagesuitableformachinelearning(e.g.,Python,C,C++)
• Strong software design, development, and debugging skills.
• KnowledgeofAndroidprogrammingisplus.
• OptimizationofalgebraicoperationsinalgorithmsforHWcoresisaplus.
• Knowledgeinneuralnetworkmodeltrainingisabigplus.
• Knowledgeinneuralnetworkmodelquantizationisabigplus.
• ExperiencewithQualcommQNNSDKisabigplus.

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EEOEmployer:

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:

$194,400.00 - $291,600.00

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.