Qualcomm · 2 days ago
Sr. Staff Software Engineer, AI Software IOT
San Diego, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$178K/yr - $268K/yr
6+ years expQualcomm Technologies, Inc. is a leading technology innovator that drives digital transformation to create a smarter, connected future. The role involves creating and implementing machine learning techniques for the Qualcomm AI Stack within the IOT domain, leading feature development, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to deliver scalable AI software solutions.
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Responsibilities
As the AI software lead, you will be hands-on and leading the team responsible for ensuring AI SDK support for a variety of IOT product platforms
Drive feature development and enhancements needed in the Qualcomm AI Stack SDKs for IOT products
You will work closely with the rest of the AI software team and with other teams within Qualcomm involved in supporting IOT platforms
Decision-making is significant in nature and affects work beyond the immediate work group. You will provide supervision/guidance to other team members, and you will participate in strategic planning for integrating the Qualcomm AI Stack SDKs into IOT products
You will also have to keep up with the fast-paced development happening in industry and academia to continuously enhance our solution from a software engineering as well as a machine learning standpoint
Qualification
Required
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
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field
8+ years of industry and general software development experience
Proficiency in software development using C/C++
Experience with Linux or Unix based OS systems software development environment
Strong software development skills (e.g. data structure and algorithm design, object oriented or other software design paradigm knowledge, software debugging and testing, etc.)
Ability to work independently with no supervision
Ability to lead a software team and effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver robust, scalable AI software solutions
Excellent communication skills (verbal, presentation, written)
Ability to convey complex and detailed information to multiple audiences and high-level stake holders
Ability to make decisions and construct plans with incomplete information
Preferred
Master's Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering
Software development experience with Python
Experience with Windows software development environment
Experience building embedded software applications
Experience debugging complex problems across multiple layers of hardware, OS, compiler, and drivers
Experience with different Neural Network architectures: DNNs, CNNs, RNNs/LSTMs, GANs, LLMs, etc
Experience with low level interactions between operating systems (e.g., Linux, Android, QNX) and Hardware
Experience using/integrating Qualcomm AI Stack products (e.g. QNN, SNPE, QAIRT)
Experience with agile software development practices and git based SCM
Ability to collaborate across a globally diverse team and multiple interests
Benefits
Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
Opportunity for annual RSU grants
Highly competitive benefits package
Company
Qualcomm
Qualcomm designs wireless technologies and semiconductors that power connectivity, communication, and smart devices.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$3.5M1991-12-20IPO
1988-01-01Undisclosed· $3.5M
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