Qualcomm
Engineer, Staff – Ambient AI Technology
$141K–$212K
San Diego, California · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Experience
- Minimum: 4+ years with a bachelor's degree, 3+ years with a master's degree, or 2+ years with a PhD; plus 2+ years using a programming language. Preferred: 8–12+ years of combined software architecture, embedded systems development, and platform integration experience.
- Education
- Bachelor's, master's, or PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
About the job
Leads architecture and development of low-power ambient perception platforms and context-aware AI systems for Qualcomm-powered edge devices.
What you'll do
- Lead architecture and evolution of ambient perception frameworks, context-awareness engines, multimodal data systems, and low-power AI runtimes.
- Develop, integrate, optimize, and commercialize platform software across Android, Linux, Windows, XR, automotive, and IoT.
- Enable efficient edge AI across CPU, DSP, and NPU while supporting privacy and battery efficiency.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in a related field and 4+ years of software engineering or related work experience; or master's degree and 3+ years; or PhD and 2+ years.
- 2+ years of work experience with a programming language such as C, C++, Java, or Python.
Nice to have
- 8–12+ years of combined software architecture, embedded systems development, and platform integration experience.
- Experience with ARM-based and heterogeneous SoC architectures, AI platform frameworks, low-power design, or edge AI optimization.
Pay
$141,300.00 - $211,900.00 USD base salary
Tools
C, C++, Java, Python, Android, Linux, Windows, XR
AI focus
Ambient, context-aware, multimodal, always-on edge AI, including low-power AI runtimes and on-device workload optimization across CPU, DSP, and NPU.
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