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In this role, you will be part of a team responsible for advancing the performance optimization tools and workflows that enable state-of-the-art AI and machine learning solutions on the Snapdragon platform.\nYou will drive technical initiatives to evaluate, benchmark, and continuously improve AI optimization workflows, creating reference implementations and best practices for Windows on Snapdragon application developers. You will contribute to enhancements across the software stack, including SDKs, tools, and documentation, directly improving developer productivity and enabling optimal application performance on Snapdragon platforms.\nYou will work closely with software and hardware architects, development leads, customer engineering teams, and application developers to deliver industry-leading AI experiences.\nResponsibilities\nEnable AI application development on Windows on Snapdragon through the Snapdragon software stack.\nDrive the adoption of Windows AI platforms by reducing barriers to entry for application developers and resolving complex customer issues.\nCollaborate with cross-functional and global teams to develop best-in-class, high-performance AI solutions that can be leveraged by third-party Windows application developers.\nAnalyze emerging trends in machine learning, generative AI, and large language models through developer engagements and academic research.\nPerform competitive benchmarking of AI tools, workflows, and state-of-the-art models across industry-leading platforms.\nDrive continuous improvements in AI model performance, efficiency, and accuracy on Windows on Snapdragon platforms.\nDevelop reference workflows and optimization methodologies to help developers maximize the capabilities of Snapdragon CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs.\nSkills and Experience\n3-5 years of experience in AI/ML application development.\nHands-on experience optimizing AI models for performance, power, and accuracy on hardware accelerators such as CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs.\nExperience architecting, designing, and implementing software frameworks for complex heterogeneous or multi-processor systems. Familiarity with open-source AI inference frameworks such as llama.cpp is a plus.\nStrong understanding of modern machine learning architectures, including CNNs, RNNs, Transformers, and ensemble methods.\nProficiency with AI frameworks and tooling such as PyTorch, TensorFlow, ONNX Runtime, and MLIR.\nExperience with transformer-based models such as BERT, GPT, T5, and Llama. Experience developing, optimizing, or deploying large language models (LLMs) or foundation models is a strong plus.\nGood understanding of the end-to-end AI software stack, including model development, optimization, deployment, and hardware acceleration technologies.\nExperience building AI and LLM-powered applications on Windows using CPU, GPU, and NPU acceleration. Familiarity with embedding models, sentence transformers, retrieval pipelines, and production AI workflows is preferred.\nStrong programming skills in C, C++, and Python.\nExperience using processor-specific optimization tools, libraries, and profiling technologies to improve AI performance on CPUs, GPUs, and NPUs is a plus.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills.\nDemonstrated ability to learn quickly, think critically, and adapt in a fast-paced and rapidly evolving technology environment.\nMinimum Qualifications:\n• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.OR\nMaster's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.\nOR\nPhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.\n• 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.\nApplicants: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail  or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).\nQualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.\nTo all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies:Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. 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