Staff Software Engineer, Core AI Software (Mobile BU Focus) — Onsite

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Lead development of software for Qualcomm AI Stack SDKs (QAIRT, Genie) to enable execution of generative and traditional AI models on Snapdragon mobile platforms
• ▹Design and implement core AI runtime framework components for inference on resource-constrained mobile systems
• ▹Work with Mobile BU points-of-contact to deliver features, bug fixes and optimizations required for customer success
• ▹Improve internal and customer workflows related to AI tools, SDKs and documentation
• ▹Validate, analyze and optimize software performance, accuracy and robustness through detailed testing
• ▹Debug complex system issues, perform root-cause analysis and drive fixes across software-hardware boundaries
• ▹Mentor junior engineers and participate in design and code reviews

Requirements

• ▹Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems or related field plus 4+ years of hardware, software or systems engineering experience (3+ years with a Master's, 2+ with a PhD)
• ▹5+ years of professional software development experience
• ▹Strong proficiency in C/C++
• ▹Experience developing software in Linux environments
• ▹Solid grounding in data structures, algorithms, software design, debugging and testing
• ▹Strong verbal and written communication skills across teams and customer-facing stakeholders

Nice to have

• ▹Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering
• ▹Experience building embedded and systems-level software for mobile or edge platforms
• ▹Familiarity with generative AI model architectures (e.g. LLMs) and inference pipelines
• ▹Understanding of hardware acceleration and AI inference deployment on edge devices
• ▹Experience across Linux, Android and/or Windows platforms
• ▹Knowledge of low-level OS-hardware interactions
• ▹Familiarity with CMake-based build environments
• ▹Prior experience with Qualcomm AI Stack products (e.g. QNN, Genie)
• ▹Experience with agile development practices and git-based source control

Soft skills

About the company

Qualcomm Technologies is a leading technology innovator building mobile, compute, XR, automotive and IoT SoCs and software. Its Snapdragon platforms deliver highly integrated CPU/DSP/NPU capabilities with industry-leading power efficiency.