Qualcomm

Staff Machine Learning Engineer – Automotive Cybersecurity

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1 month ago
San Diego, CA, USAStaff+
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Base Salary

$158k - $238k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop AI/ML automation solutions for automotive cybersecurity and functional safety engineering workflows.
  • Build intelligent systems for document understanding, review automation, knowledge reuse, decision support, and engineering productivity.
  • Develop and deploy solutions using LLMs, GenAI, and agentic AI frameworks.
  • Build scalable end-to-end automation pipelines spanning cybersecurity, safety, semiconductor, and other engineering domains.
  • Apply AI/ML to security analysis, compliance monitoring, audit and regulatory process automation, and process optimization.
  • Support hardware security analysis, verification automation, silicon validation, and AI-assisted design workflows.
  • Work independently on complex, ambiguous problems and influence senior leadership and cross-functional technical decisions.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field and 4+ years of relevant engineering experience; or a master's degree and 3+ years; or a PhD and 2+ years.
  • Strong background in machine learning and artificial intelligence, including scalable ML pipelines, model training workflows, or inference systems.
  • Strong programming skills in Python, C++, or similar languages and solid software engineering fundamentals.
  • Experience with LLMs, GenAI, agentic AI systems, intelligent automation, knowledge systems, semantic search, RAG, or workflow orchestration.
  • Preferred experience includes 5+ years in machine learning, artificial intelligence, software engineering, or applied intelligent systems.
  • Preferred experience includes 4+ years with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, or Python.
  • Preferred qualifications include a master's or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, or a related technical field.
  • Familiarity with ISO/SAE 21434, ISO 26262, or UNECE WP.29 and exposure to hardware security, RTL design, design verification, or silicon validation are preferred.
  • Experience with production AI deployments, multi-agent orchestration, autonomous workflow automation, compliance or regulatory tools, and platform-level AI/ML initiatives is preferred.

Benefits

  • Annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants are available in addition to base pay.
  • Qualcomm offers a competitive benefits package supporting employees at work, at home, and at play.
  • The posted annual pay range is $162,000.00-$243,000.00 for the listed location.
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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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