Qualcomm
Software Applications Engineer for AI/ML
QualcommCanada4 days ago
Full-timeOther
Company

Qualcomm Canada ULC

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Applications Engineering

General Summary

General Summary:

As a pioneering technology innovator, Qualcomm expands the limits of possibility to deliver next-generation experiences and spearheads digital transformation, fostering a smarter, more connected future for everyone. As a Qualcomm Customer Engineer, you will collaborate with leading application vendors to integrate advanced AI models, ensuring they operate efficiently on powerful NPU engines built into Qualcomm chipsets. This position will expose you to Qualcomm’s cutting-edge CPU, GPU and NPU features, and ML/AI acceleration needed for the industry.

Must Have Experience

  • Strong experience in embedded software development, integration, optimization and debugging
  • Proficiency in C/C++ and modern scripting languages such as Python


Preferred Qualifications

  • 2+ years of experience working with embedded platforms
  • 2+ years experience with high level OS (QNX, Linux, or Android)
  • Experience with ML applications in Automotive Infotainment or Autonomous Driving
  • Experience with dedicated ML accelerators or hardware blocks for embedded AI, inference optimization and edge deployment
  • Hands on knowledge of major CV/DL frameworks: OpenCV, OpenCL, PyTorch, TensorFlow, Caffe/Caffe2
  • Experience with supervised & unsupervised ML, including CV, NLP, and LLM based systems, tuning GenAI models or reinforcement learning
  • Experience with ML/MLOps pipelines for AI application development and deployment
  • Solid understanding of neural network operators, linear algebra, quantization and ML/DL related fundamentals, including CNNs, object detection, segmentation, and related algorithms
  • Experience with debugging tools (JTAG, ftrace, GDB)
  • Strong communication, collaboration, and customer focused mindset
  • Ability to manage tasks, timelines, and drive cross-functional execution
  • Ability to quickly learn new technologies and perform deep technical analysis


Principal Duties And Responsibilities

  • Responsible for CV models, LLMs, VLMs, VLAs deployment in ADAS and Cockpit Edge platforms and support customers for successful commercialization
  • Develop end to end applications for inference deployment on customer platforms
  • Plan with team lead, take ownership of on-time delivery and quality.
  • Train and support internal teams in issue resolution.
  • Participate in cross department initiatives & activities to solve technical problems with cross-functional team.
  • Contributing towards the continuous development & innovation of tools, technology and user experience
  • Assist in the design, development, and implementation of Gen AI and LLM applications
  • Contribute towards implementing fine tuning and distillation techniques
  • Perform ML model benchmarking and functional analysis to drive requirements and specifications
  • Support customer engagement with AI model/workload optimization and deployment
  • Collaborates with own team and other teams to complete project work, including implementing and testing features and verifying the accuracy of systems
  • Develops new and innovative ideas for a product or feature area.
  • Drives triage of problems at the system level to determine root cause and presents results of testing and debugging to team members.


Minimum Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.


OR

Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.

OR

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

  • 1+ year of any combination of academic and/or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
  • 1+ year of any combination of academic and/or work experience with debugging techniques.


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Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits

$88,000.00 - $132,000.00

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.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

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