Software Engineer, AI Tools – Delegate
Qualcomm· Semiconductors· May 7, 2026 · 6mo agoPosted 173 days ago
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
In office
Full-time
Mid
$130K–$175K est.
2+ years exp
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Open since May 7, 2026 — 173 days, and still accepting applications.
Job description
Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Machine Learning Engineering
General Summary:
Job Description
As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drive digital transformation, creating a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Machine Learning Engineer, you will develop and implement cutting-edge machine learning techniques that enable the efficient utilization of state-of-the-art solutions across various technology verticals.
In this position you will be responsible for contributing to the software design and development of the Qualcomm AI Runtime (QAIRT) delegate for both the ExecuTorch, ONNX Runtime and LiteRT frameworks enabling efficient AI inference on edge devices. You will have the opportunity to show your passion for software design and development with your analytical, design, programming, and debugging skills. You will participate in the agentic transformation of Qualcomm’s development and tooling workflow.
All Qualcomm employees are expected to actively support diversity on their teams, and in the Company.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.
Additional Job Description
Responsibilities
• Design and develop the graph compilation stack that lowers the ExecuTorch Edge IR, ONNX and LiteRT graphs to QAIRT APIs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams in the AI Software team at Qualcomm to gain knowledge of the capabilities of QAIRT SDK and use it to optimize inference of AI models on Qualcomm AI accelerator IP.
• Validate and optimize the performance and accuracy of software through detailed analysis and testing of machine learning use cases.
• Debug complex issues, perform root cause analysis, and ensure high system reliability.
• Participate in the team's adoption of agentic AI workflows — leveraging tools such as Claude Code, or similar frameworks — to help automate testing, benchmarking, and development activities.
• Participate in design and code reviews.
Minimum Qualifications
• 2+ years software development experience using C/C++/Python
• Strong software development skills (e.g. data structure and algorithm design, object oriented or other software design paradigm knowledge, software debugging and testing, etc.)
• Strong communication skills (verbal, presentation, written)
• Foundational knowledge of Machine Learning and Deep Learning
• Experience working with one of the Deep Learning frameworks like TensorFlow, PyTorch, ONNX, JAX
Preferred Qualifications
• 1+ years Python programming experience
• Experience with different NN architectures: DNNs, CNNs, RNNs/LSTMs, GANs, LLMs, etc.
• Experience with Graph Compilation technologies, like MLIR, a plus
• Familiarity with ExecuTorch, TorchAO, and other related technologies in the PyTorch ecosystem
• Familiarity with TfLite, LiteRT, TF, and other related technologies in the TF ecosystem
• Familiarity with GenAI model architectures – LLM, LVM, LMM
• Experience with optimizing software, specifically AI graph workloads, for embedded platforms
• Interest in or exposure to agentic AI frameworks (e.g. Claude Code) and their application to development or testing automation
• Ability to collaborate across a globally diverse team and multiple interests
Education Requirements
• Required: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
• Preferred: Master's in Computer Science or Computer Engineering
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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits :
$110,600.00 - $165,800.00
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 .
If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers .
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