Staff Engineer: Ambient AI & Edge Intelligence Architect

Polluxa, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead ambient perception frameworks and context-aware engines across ARM-based platforms. You will define architecture and low-power AI runtimes for edge devices and shape the next generation of on-device intelligence.

Collaborate with software, hardware, and AI teams, drive technical roadmaps, and mentor engineers while ensuring secure data delivery and cross-platform integration across Android, Linux, XR, automotive, and IoT.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or computer science; 4+ years of software engineering or related work experience.
• 2+ years of experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture design and technical roadmaps for ambient perception frameworks.
• Guide cross-functional engineering initiatives across software, hardware, and AI.
• Architect SDKs, middleware, or platform frameworks for AI-enabled applications.
• Drive on-device AI workload optimization across CPU, DSP, NPU, and GPU architectures.

Skills

C/C++

Python

Software architecture

ARM architectures

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering

Job description

Qualcomm is seeking a Staff Engineer to lead ambient perception frameworks and context-aware engines across ARM-based platforms. You will define architecture and low-power AI runtimes for edge devices and shape the next generation of on-device intelligence.

Collaborate with software, hardware, and AI teams, drive technical roadmaps, and mentor engineers while ensuring secure data delivery and cross-platform integration across Android, Linux, XR, automotive, and IoT.