Qualcomm
DSP Applications Software Engineer
$134K–$201K
Austin, Texas · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 23, 2026
- Experience
- Bachelor’s: 2+ years of Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience; master’s: 1+ year in those areas; PhD: no additional years specified. Also requires 2+ years of experience with high-performance microprocessor design.
- Education
- Bachelor’s, master’s, or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
About the job
Develops Qualcomm’s AI software stack for NSP, enabling and optimizing neural network models and features for customer use cases.
What you'll do
- Work with the architecture team to define the next-generation NSP.
- Enable network models and AI software features for customer use cases.
- Develop Qualcomm NSP AI software and evaluate and optimize neural-network runtime performance and accuracy.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field and 2+ years of relevant work experience; OR a master’s degree in one of those fields and 1+ year of relevant work experience; OR a PhD in one of those fields.
- 2+ years of experience with high-performance microprocessor design.
Nice to have
- Embedded systems development experience.
- Experience with C/C++, Python, AI/ML frameworks such as Pytorch, Tensor flow, or ONNX; or mathematical algorithms using fast math libraries and vector instruction sets.
Pay
$133,900.00 - $200,900.00 (base salary)
Tools
NSP, C/C++, Python, Pytorch, Tensor flow, ONNX, fast math libraries, vector instruction sets
AI focus
Develops AI software for Qualcomm NSP, enables state-of-the-art network models and AI features, and optimizes neural-network runtime performance and accuracy.
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