LLM Engineer

Qualcomm

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Diego, CA
Salary
$122,800–$184,200 / yr
Posted
2 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Mar 16, 2027

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Below market

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This role $154k
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Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.

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TL;DR · LLM Engineer

As an LLM Engineer within the Machine Learning Engineering group, you will create and implement machine learning techniques, frameworks, and tools to facilitate the discovery and utilization of state-of-the-art solutions across various technology verticals. You will be responsible for modeling, architecting, and developing advanced machine learning hardware co-designed with software for inference or training. Your daily work involves developing critical optimized software such as machine learning kernels, compiler tools, and model efficiency tools to enable AI models on specific hardware features. You will utilize technologies including TensorFlow, Caffe, Pytorch, Keras, and programming languages like Python, R, C, and C++. The role focuses on solving technical challenges in mobile, edge, auto, and IOT products by integrating machine learning into complex systems and developing novel architectures for specialized domains like NLP and multi-media.

What you'll do

  • Extend training or runtime frameworks with new features and optimization tools.
  • Model, architect, and develop advanced machine learning hardware for inference or training solutions.
  • Develop optimized software such as kernels and compiler tools to enable AI models on specific hardware.
  • Lead the integration of machine learning techniques into products and customer-facing AI solutions.
  • Prototype novel machine learning solutions aligned with product roadmaps and system-level features.
  • Provide technical expertise and oversight for experiments involving training and evaluating machine learning solutions.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 6+ years of relevant engineering experience.
  • Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 5+ years of relevant engineering experience.
  • PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 4+ years of relevant engineering experience.
  • 5+ years of experience with Machine Learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, Caffe, PyTorch, or Keras (preferred).
  • 5+ years of experience with low-level interactions between operating systems and hardware (preferred).
  • 5+ years of experience in embedded system development and optimization for ML domains like NLP or multi-media (preferred).
  • 5+ years of experience with programming languages suitable for machine learning such as Python, R, C, or C++ (preferred).
  • 5+ years of experience using statistics and probability (preferred).

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