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Senior AI Application Development Engineer

San Diego, CAOnsiteFull TimeSenior$115,347–$166,900 /yrPosted 1 month agoVisa sponsorship available

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Required skills

  • Windows on Snapdragon
  • AI models
  • Snapdragon optimized libraries
  • agentic AI
  • local AI models
  • cloud models
  • Qualcomm AI toolkit
  • technical specifications
  • intellectual property

Nice to have

  • performance diagnostics
  • accuracy diagnostics
  • 3rd party application developers
  • open-source agentic AI platforms
  • competing devices
  • user experience

Role summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior AI Application Development Engineer to develop and ensure sample application comprehensiveness for Application Developers on Windows on Snapdragon. This role involves analyzing AI models, optimizing Snapdragon libraries, and providing performance diagnostics. The engineer will interface with third-party developers and cross-functional teams to create user-friendly applications and documentation. Responsibilities include contributing to the Qualcomm AI toolkit, analyzing agentic AI platforms on Snapdragon and competing devices, developing new agentic AI user experiences, and identifying AI tools to improve development processes. The role also involves supporting customer issues, creating engineering documentation, and participating in design reviews. A Bachelor's degree in a related field and five years of progressive experience are required.


Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

This individual independently plans, performs the moderately-defined responsibility for developing and ensuring sample application comprehensiveness for Application Developers on Windows on Snapdragon to cover the gamut of models used, and use-cases including use of additional snapdragon optimized libraries and functions. Provides sufficient performance and accuracy diagnostics in the sample application to accurately reflect the expected behavior of 3rd party applications that include AI models. Interfaces with 3rd party application developers and other cross-site and cross-functional teams to arrive at easy-to-use sample application, and documentation that are directly leveraged by 3rd party app developers for Windows on Snapdragon. Contributes new features and designs to the Qualcomm AI toolkit to enhance the workflow experience of Application Developers. Analyzes 3rd party and open-source agentic AI platforms on Snapdragon as well as on competing devices for functionality, performance, and system behavior of on-device agentic AI use cases and user experience. Develops and debugs new agentic AI user experiences that benefit from local AI models working in hybrid with cloud models. Identifies, evaluates and implements AI tools and processes to continually improve software development processes. Provides support on customer issues and requirements to Software Application Engineers by providing input to project planning and timescales. Creates engineering documentation for intellectual property, prepares technical specifications and requirements. Acts as a strong contributor at design reviews and project meetings.

Will accept a Bachelor's Degree (or foreign academic equivalent) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science or related degree field and five (5) years of progressive experience in a related occupation.

Pay Range: $115,347.00 - $166,900.00/year

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