Qualcomm

Senior Systems Engineer, Data Center AI

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2 months ago
San Diego, CA, USASenior
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Base Salary

$118k - $177k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Develop AI/ML solutions integrating Qualcomm AI hardware, software, technologies, and ecosystem components for inference performance, power efficiency, and scalability.
  • Design, implement, and deploy GenAI and LLM applications, including fine-tuning and model distillation techniques.
  • Research, design, simulate, validate, and optimize system-level software, AI hardware, architectures, deep learning algorithms, and AI solutions.
  • Benchmark AI models, perform functional analysis, define requirements and specifications, and develop workload deployment strategies.
  • Optimize AI inference across CPUs, GPUs, and specialized accelerators using caching, batching, and parallelization strategies.
  • Develop and analyze system-level designs covering requirements, interfaces, functional behavior, performance, and implementation.
  • Collaborate across teams to implement and test features, verify AI system accuracy, and triage system-level issues to determine root causes.
  • Drive innovative product and feature ideas while tracking advancements in AI/ML models, hardware, and software.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field plus 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related experience; alternatively, a master's degree plus 1+ year or a PhD in a related field.
  • Strong proficiency in Python and ML frameworks including PyTorch and TensorFlow.
  • Deep understanding of machine learning development, deployment, applications, system performance profiling, and parallel computing.
  • Preferred qualifications include a master's or PhD, GenAI architectures, fine-tuning, reinforcement learning, ML compiler optimization, distributed systems, hardware acceleration, and large-scale AI architectures.
  • Experience with version control and code review tools such as Git, Gerrit, GitHub, and GitLab is preferred.
  • Familiarity with MLOps, GitOps, Docker, Kubernetes, ML lifecycle management, rack-level orchestration, data center automation, and large matrixed organizations is preferred.

Benefits

  • Annual pay range of $117,800.00 to $176,600.00, plus a discretionary bonus program and potential annual RSU grants.
  • Competitive benefits package supporting employees at work, at home, and at play.
  • Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer and provides reasonable workplace and application-process accommodations.
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About Qualcomm

10,000+ employees

Qualcomm is a public semiconductor company headquartered in San Diego, founded in 1985, that designs and sells wireless chipsets and platforms for mobile devices, automotive, IoT, and networking, notably the Snapdragon application processors and 5G modems. It also licenses a large portfolio of cellular patents to device makers, generating revenue alongside chip sales; its technology underpins many Android smartphones and emerging automotive and edge-compute systems, and it trades on NASDAQ as QCOM.

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