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of similar roles. Most pay
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$191k
for comparable roles.
Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Qualcomm
Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.
Qualcomm currently has
623 open roles
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Listed pay typically runs
$148,300–$222,500
across 603 roles with salary data.
Entry Level & Senior Software Engineer, AI Software Platform will join the Machine Learning Engineering team to develop and implement machine learning techniques for the Qualcomm AI Stack. The role focuses on building tools and supporting the Qualcomm AI Runtime (QAIRT) SDK, specifically Generative AI Inference Extensions (Genie), while providing hardware ML accelerator back-end support on SoCs. Responsibilities include researching state-of-the-art AI toolchains, performing system-level performance and memory profiling for Edge-AI use cases, and debugging complex issues across various operating systems like Android, Linux, QNX, Windows, and Zephyr. The position requires proficiency in C, C++, Python, LLVM or GNU compiler toolchains, and Make/CMake build systems. This role solves the technical challenge of optimizing generative AI models for embedded SoC platforms by ensuring high performance, accuracy, and reliability across diverse hardware environments.
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Median $214000 from 775 postings across 63 companies.