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Qualcomm

Machine Learning Research Engineer, Senior

$141K–$211K

San Diego, California · On-site · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026

Experience
The minimum-qualification section specifies a bachelor's degree plus 2+ years of related work experience, a master's degree plus 1+ year, or a PhD. Another qualifications section specifies a PhD, or an MS with 4+ years of machine-learning research or related work experience.
Education
Bachelor's, master's, or PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field; the qualifications section specifies a PhD in AI or a related field, or an MS with qualifying experience.

About the job

Conducts applied and fundamental machine-learning research and develops models, software, and compiler components for efficient deployment across devices, cloud platforms, and hardware accelerators.

What you'll do

  • Researches and develops machine-learning models, training methods, and algorithms across areas such as generative AI, reasoning, and reinforcement learning.
  • Develops and optimizes models and software for efficient execution on edge devices and cloud platforms, balancing memory, speed, and power.
  • Researches and implements machine-learning compiler components and compute approaches for hardware accelerators.

What they ask for

  • Strong background in computer science and deep-learning fundamentals.
  • Strong programming skills in Python and PyTorch, including designing and implementing complex training and evaluation pipelines.
  • Exceptional analytical, development, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
  • PhD in AI, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field, or an MS with 4+ years of machine-learning research or related work experience.

Nice to have

  • Experience with LLM, LVM, LMM models, and other neural network architectures.
  • Experience with machine-learning accelerators, hardware optimization, heterogeneous or parallel computing systems, or on-device AI.

Pay

$140,800.00 - $211,200.00 USD base salary

Tools

Python, PyTorch, transformers, state-space networks, diffusion networks, VAEs

AI focus

Applied and fundamental machine-learning research, including model efficiency, generative AI, reasoning, reinforcement learning, on-device AI, and model/compiler optimization for accelerators.

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