Senior AI Technical Lead – Applied AI for VLSI / EDA (Individual Contributor)

Qualcomm

Actively hiring
San Diego, CA Posted 54 days ago $249,900–$374,900 / year
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TL;DR

Qualcomm’s Global CAD team is hiring a senior AI technical lead to drive the application of advanced AI technologies in VLSI and EDA workflows, focusing on areas like design automation, verification, debug, optimization, QA, and engineering productivity. This hands-on role involves designing, prototyping, and deploying production-quality AI/ML solutions while continuously evaluating emerging technologies to maintain relevance and impact. The candidate will collaborate with global CAD teams to develop agentic and adaptive systems, serving as an advisor through design reviews and knowledge sharing. Essential skills include expertise in LLMs, prompt engineering, embeddings, RAG pipelines, tool/function calling, and agent frameworks, alongside a strong background in software development and AI workflows within VLSI CAD or related fields.

Skills

LLMs prompt engineering embeddings RAG pipelines tool/function calling agent frameworks AI/ML Python VLSI EDA CI/CD Git Docker Kubernetes Terraform PostgreSQL AWS Google Cloud

What you'll do

  • Design and deploy AI/ML solutions for VLSI and EDA problems.
  • Evaluate and adapt emerging AI technologies to maintain technical relevance.
  • Develop agentic and adaptive AI systems in collaboration with global CAD teams.
  • Serve as an AI technical advisor through design reviews and knowledge sharing.
  • Contribute to rethinking traditional CAD abstractions in an AI-driven workflow.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in a relevant technical field with 10+ years of software development or VLSI CAD experience.
  • Hands-on expertise in building and applying modern AI/ML systems in engineering environments.
  • Deep knowledge of LLMs and related technologies, including prompt engineering and agent frameworks.
  • Proven track record of designing, implementing, and maintaining production-level AI systems beyond research.
  • Strong software engineering background with experience integrating AI solutions into production codebases.

Market check

Salary context

This $249,900–$374,900 range sits above 98% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$172,650–$258,750

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$185,375–$246,150

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

About Qualcomm

Qualcomm is a leading American semiconductor and telecommunications company based in San Diego, CA.

Qualcomm currently has 595 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $148,300–$222,500 across 540 roles with salary data.

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