Senior Machine Learning Engineer – AI/ML Compiler

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Machine Learning Engineering

General Summary:

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 2+ 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 1+ year of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

- Build & maintain machine learning compiler technologies that turn AI models (from PyTorch or ONNX) into efficient code that runs on

   device chips (CPU, GPU, and NPU processors).

 - Contribute to AI hub compiler, ONNX Runtime QNN —doing graph optimization, partitioning, and making sure models work correctly across

   backends.

 - Build debugging tools to spot and fix failures, accuracy loss, or slowdowns, with clear diagnostics for other developers.

 - Solve open-ended problems independently while mentoring teammates and giving technical guidance.

 - Explain complex compiler ideas clearly to chip engineers, business partners, and outside developers.

Level of Responsibility:
•    Works independently with minimal supervision.
•    Decision-making may affect work beyond immediate work group.
•    Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information. May require basic negotiation, influence, tact, etc. 

•    Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is consulted by senior leadership to make key decisions).

•    Tasks require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; some planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$151,200.00 - $226,800.00

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.

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