Machine Learning Engineer at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Department: Machine Learning Engineering

Compensation · Listed in posting

$122,800 – $184,200/yr

Setup: On-site
Location: San Diego, California
Type: Full-time
Level: senior
Posted: Sep 30, 2026

Description

Qualcomm is hiring a Core ML Engineer to design, develop, and optimize machine learning systems for production AI platforms. The role covers model development, scalable training, evaluation, and deployment workflows; inference optimization; model integration into APIs and microservices; model-serving infrastructure; data pipelines; and collaboration with product, platform, and hardware teams. The position is office-based in San Diego, California, requires a bachelor's degree in a relevant field, and offers a salary range of $122,800 to $184,200.

Required Skills

Python
C++/Rust/Go
PyTorch
TensorFlow
vLLM
ONNX
Kubernetes
Docker
CI/CD pipelines
Quantization
RAG pipelines
Vector databases

Additional Information

Minimum Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
Preferred Qualifications: Strong Python and systems-language programming skills
Machine learning fundamentals
Transformer architectures and large language models
Model evaluation and debugging
PyTorch and TensorFlow
Model deployment and serving systems
Scalable software and API development
Large language models, multimodal models, or generative AI
Retrieval systems and RAG pipelines
Distributed computing and GPU/accelerator environments
Kubernetes, Docker, and CI/CD pipelines
Agentic workflows and multi-component AI pipelines
Model optimization techniques
Vector databases and search systems
Cost-aware model routing and caching strategies