#Software Engineer

Qualcomm
San Diego, California, United States of America2026-04-15onsite

About the job

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. Artificial Intelligence is changing the world for the benefit of human beings and societies and Qualcomm, as the world's leading mobile computing platform provider, is committed to enable the wide deployment of intelligent solutions at the edge. For this role we are seeking a talented and motivated Senior Software Engineer with expertise in Android platform and on-device AI frameworks like Qualcomm AI stack, TFLite and PyTorch edge. The candidate will have opportunities to prototype, design, develop and support commercialization of embedded and cloud software solutions for cutting edge agentic mobile use cases. Software development would encompass adding features to Android Platform stack (Application Layer, Middleware and Native), integrating on-device LLMs, on-device vector DBs.

Responsibilities

No responsibilities listed.

Qualifications

Minimum

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

Preferred

3+ years of experience with development of Object-Oriented S/W using C++, Java, OR Rust

Solid understanding of Operating System Concepts and Concurrency

Strong proficiency in using git for S/W development Strong written and verbal communication skills

3+ years of experience working with embedded Linux and/or Android Experience in Android SDK, NDK, Android OS concepts and architecture (HALs, Security and Treble)

Prior experience with on-device AI runtimes like TFLite, Pytorch edge, ExecuTorch and Qualcomm AI stack is a big plus

3+ years of industry experience developing using Modern C++ (C++14 or newer) and/or Java, Kotlin is preferred

Familiarity with python for AI/ML related software development Familiarity with ARM processors, ARM Assembly, Mobile SoC architecture - subsystems, hypervisor/virtualization, security, memory, storage, buses, peripherals, power, thermals

Debugging skills, working experience in S/W bring up and analyzing crash dumps