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$82k – $118k per year
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In office (Markham)
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Senior · 3+ years exp

Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 24, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 29, 2025. Qualcomm scores B on the Alion truth index.

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Qualcomm is an American semiconductor and wireless technology company founded in 1985 and headquartered in San Diego, California. It holds foundational patents in CDMA and the 3G, 4G and 5G cellular standards, licensing them to nearly every handset maker in the world, while its chip division designs the Snapdragon platforms that power a large share of Android smartphones, personal computers, wearables and connected cars. The company has been diversifying away from smartphone dependence into automotive digital cockpit and driver assistance systems, industrial internet of things, and on-device AI processing through its Hexagon and Oryon architectures.
Backed by NEA, Valueaddvc, Mayfield

Company:

Qualcomm Canada ULC

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Machine Learning Engineering

General Summary:

Note:

  • Our team does not work in data science, build models or train models

General Summary:

AI’s ability to solve complex problems across multiple domains is transformative. In the AI Software team, we build the Qualcomm AI Engine direct to enables OEMs and developers to run their deep neural network (DNN) models on Qualcomm Hexagon Processors. Our team works with OEMs and developers to develop and optimize DNN models for the Qualcomm AI Stack. We are building optimized on-device AI stack with cutting edge hardware to run deep neural networks with that phone you keep in your pocket, that car you drive, or that vacuum cleaner you unleash to clean your house. Come join us if you want to work on bleeding edge AI technology. In this position you will build high performance software for AI engines to extend our AI solutions into industry leading customer use cases.

New Headcount

Duties and Responsibilities:

  • Development of modern C++17 software library for Qualcomm Hexagon Processors
  • Design and performance tune modern C++17 code for an embedded system
  • Development of model analyzing tools for the internal and external customers
  • Use cross compiler toolchains for embedded systems such as Android, embedded Linux and QNX
  • Address issues found in existing and past Qualcomm AI products
  • Implement and optimize modern C++17 machine learning operations on Hexagon Processors
  • Debug customer machine learning use cases executing on Qualcomm AI Stack
  • Communication across globally diverse team
  • Participate in software quality process improvements

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Three or more years of relevant work experience
  • Experience with modern C++17 language features
  • Background in mathematical algorithms using fast math libraries and vector instructions sets
  • Practical experience with developing middleware or firmware software
  • Experience with multitasking and multithreading driver development
  • Experience with Hexagon DSP SDK or cross compiler toolchains for embedded systems
  • Familiarity with TensorFlow, PyTorch or ONNX
  • Experience with tools such as git, Linux, JIRA and Docker
  • Knowledge of design patterns

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 1+ year of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field.

Applicants: 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 [email protected] 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).

Qualcomm 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.

To 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. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$114,400.00 - $164,400.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

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