Company:Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Machine Learning Engineering

General Summary:

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Machine Learning Engineer, you will create and implement machine learning techniques, frameworks, and tools that enable the efficient discovery and utilization of state-of-the-art machine learning solutions over a broad set of technology verticals or designs. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams to enhance the world of mobile, compute, auto, and IOT products through machine learning hardware and software.

Artificial Intelligence is changing the world for the benefit of human beings and societies. QUALCOMM, as the world's leading mobile computing platform provider, is committed to enable the wide deployment of intelligent solutions on all possible devices – like smart phones, autonomous vehicles, laptops, robotics, IOT devices and so on. Qualcomm is creating building blocks for the intelligent edge.

We are part of Qualcomm AI Research.   In this role, you will work in a dynamic research environment, be part of a multi-disciplinary team of researchers and software developers, work with popular neural network frameworks, and understand the architecture of Qualcomm’s SOC compute and ML HW accelerators. You will architect, design, develop & test software for machine learning tools and frameworks for proof-of-concept of efficiency on all edge devices. The successful applicant should have a strong software background, and passion to work on neural network frameworks/libraries. Prior experience developing AI software toolkits would be a big plus.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

Responsibility:

Development of end-2-end embedded AI software to run neural network models on Qualcomm leading edge hardware with optimal resourceDesign and enhance the implementation of ML/AI SW stack, kernels, and runtime software to improve performance and power efficiencyCollaborating with AI Processor Hardware team (GPU, NPU, etc..), and high quality implementation of new ML operators/layers to optimal utilizing new capabilities in next-gen AI processorDevelopment of debugging/profiling tools for rapid prototyping & deployment of new use cases

Preferred Skills and Experience:

Related field at least 3  years of work experience.Excellent programming capability with C/C++ and PythonKnowledge on deep learning and frameworks PyTorchStrong software design, development, and debugging skillsKnowledge in Android programming is plusOptimization of algebraic operations in algorithms for HW cores (GPU, NPU, etc..) is a plusKnowledge in neural network model quantization is a big plusExperience on Qualcomm QNN SDK is a big plus

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$158,400.00 - $237,600.00

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.

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