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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