Senior Staff Engineer, Machine Learning Engineering, Agentic AI SW

Qualcomm

Confirmed live today High trust

Quick summary

Work type
On-site
Location
San Diego, CA
Salary
$194,400–$291,600 / yr
Posted
21 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today
Closes
Apr 4, 2027

Market check

Salary context

Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

Similar $215k
This role $243k
$157k $306k
below market most similar roles pay here above market

This role pays more than 66% of similar roles. Most pay $176,000–$254,750 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $243k versus about $215k for comparable roles.

Based on 240 similar postings.

Employer

About Qualcomm

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

Qualcomm currently has 575 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $147,900–$221,900 across 550 roles with salary data.

Most-posted roles

View all roles at Qualcomm

At a glance

TL;DR · Senior Staff Engineer, Machine Learning Engineering, Agentic AI SW

The Senior Staff Engineer, Machine Learning Engineering ( Agentic AI SW ) joins the Machine Learning Engineering team to advance state-of-the-art AI technologies on edge devices. This role involves leading the development of end-to-end embedded AI software and runtime systems to orchestrate neural network models on hardware. You will design, develop, debug, and optimize AI/ML frameworks, compiler technologies, and model efficiency tools to improve performance, power efficiency, and scalability. Key responsibilities include prototyping novel agentic software solutions and translating machine learning research into production-ready technologies. Required skills include C/C++, Python, and experience with low-level interactions between operating systems like Linux, Android, or QNX. You will solve technical problems regarding on-device inference for NLP and multi-media, specifically focusing on model onboarding and software performance optimization.

What you'll do

  • Lead the development of end-to-end embedded AI software and runtime systems for Qualcomm hardware.
  • Design, debug, and optimize AI/ML frameworks, compiler technologies, and inference tools for power and performance.
  • Prototype novel AI/ML and agentic software solutions to translate research into production-ready technologies.
  • Provide technical leadership for the design, training, evaluation, and deployment of machine learning solutions.
  • Enhance the ML/AI software stack and runtime software to improve system-level efficiency.
  • Mentor team members and provide technical guidance on complex machine learning engineering problems.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 6+ years of relevant work experience.
  • Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 5+ years of relevant work experience.
  • PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 4+ years of relevant work experience.
  • At least 9 years of work experience in a relevant field (preferred).
  • 5+ years of experience and excellent programming capabilities with C/C++ and Python (preferred).
  • 5+ years of experience with low-level interactions between operating systems (e.g., Linux, Android, QNX) and hardware (preferred).
  • 5+ years of experience in embedded system development and optimization for ML domains like NLP or multi-media (preferred).
  • Experience with the Qualcomm AI Software Stack and SDKs (preferred).

More like this

Similar roles

Machine Learning Engineer

Qualcomm

San Diego, CA 40 days ago $122,800–$184,200
Python PyTorch Generative AI C++ C Deep Learning Machine Learning Model Quantization Embedded Software Android ML Accelerators Model Optimization Edge Inference

Senior Software Engineer, Core AI Software

Qualcomm

San Diego, CA 5 days ago $140,800–$211,200
C/C++ Linux Generative AI LLMs Deep Neural Networks Qualcomm AI Stack QNN Genie QAIRT Android CMake Git Agile Inference Pipelines Hardware Acceleration
2+ yrs exp

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer

GEICO

Palo Alto, CA +1 144 days ago $150,000–$300,000
Generative AI LLMs Python Java C++ C# AWS Azure Kubernetes CICD Kafka Spark Ray Airflow Temporal PostgreSQL MongoDB Cassandra Snowflake elastic search Qdrant Llama Mistral Claude GPT
10+ yrs exp

Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer

GEICO

Palo Alto, CA 39 days ago $150,000–$300,000
Generative AI LLMs Python Java C++ C# AWS Azure Kubernetes CICD Kafka Spark Ray Airflow Temporal PostgreSQL MongoDB Cassandra Snowflake elastic search Qdrant Llama Mistral Claude GPT
10+ yrs exp