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Based on 240 similar postings.
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About Qualcomm
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Listed pay typically runs
$147,900–$221,900
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The Staff Machine Learning Engineer joins the Machine Learning Engineering team to drive AI/ML-based automation across Automotive SoC Cybersecurity and Safety engineering. This role involves building intelligent, scalable solutions to improve engineering productivity and streamline cybersecurity and functional safety workflows throughout the product development lifecycle. You will design and develop automation for document understanding, review automation, and compliance monitoring while building scalable pipelines for security analysis. Key technologies include Python, C++, LLMs, GenAI, agentic AI systems, and retrieval-augmented generation. You will apply these skills to solve complex problems in hardware security, silicon verification, and design automation. The work specifically addresses automotive cybersecurity standards like ISO/SAE 21434 and ISO 26262, focusing on intelligent systems for cross-project reuse and automated regulatory process optimization.
What does a Machine Learning Engineer earn in California?
Median $235750 from 200 postings across 34 companies.
Machine Learning
Python
PyTorch
TensorFlow
Hugging Face Transformers
LLM
NLP
Distributed Training
Ray Train
Data Pipelines
Model Evaluation
Adversarial Training
Model Distillation
Active Learning
synthetic-data generation