Qualcomm
Software Engineer, Robotics Simulation & AI Infrastructure
$155K–$233K
San Diego, California · On-site · Full-time · Posted Sep 17, 2026
- Experience
- Bachelor’s: 4+ years; Master’s: 3+ years; PhD: 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience. Role is described as open from mid-level through senior/staff, roughly 2 to 10+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s, Master’s, or PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
About the job
Builds and integrates Qualcomm’s robotics simulation platform, including simulation, synthetic-data, training, testing, and hardware-in-the-loop workflows for robotics products.
What you'll do
- Design and optimize simulator subsystems and high-throughput policy-training and synthetic-data paths.
- Integrate simulation into training, evaluation, deployment, CI, and hardware-in-the-loop workflows with partner teams.
- Develop robot and sensor digital twins, regression suites, documentation, and engineering tests.
What they ask for
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and production-code experience.
- Working grasp of robotics simulation concepts, or aptitude to develop one quickly.
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience; OR Master’s degree in those fields and 3+ years; OR PhD in those fields and 2+ years.
Nice to have
- Experience with robotics simulators or real-time 3D engines, GPU programming, robotics ML, graphics, or robotics/distributed systems.
- Familiarity with AI infrastructure around simulation and effective use of modern AI tools.
Pay
$155,400.00 - $233,200.00 USD (pay range; salary)
Tools
OpenUSD, URDF, glTF, Argo Workflows, Kubernetes, CUDA, PyTorch, ROS 2/DDS
AI focus
Enables robotics AI workflows by integrating simulation with policy training, synthetic-data generation, evaluation, deployment, and continuous-learning pipelines; supports robot foundation models and task models.
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