Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

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. As a Qualcomm Software Engineer, you will design, develop, create, modify, and validate embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs that launch cutting-edge, world class products that meet and exceed customer needs. Qualcomm Software Engineers collaborate with systems, hardware, architecture, test engineers, and other teams to design system-level software solutions and obtain information on performance requirements and interfaces.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

• 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Developer-First & Tools Software Engineer, AISW Group

General Summary

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what is possible to enable next generation experiences while driving digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As part of the AISW engineering team, you will participate in delivering machine learning techniques, frameworks, and tools that enable the efficient utilization of state-of-the-art machine learning solutions over a broad set of technological verticals or designs.

AISW Developer-First initiative is built on a clear principle: developers are not just users of AISW products, but the primary audience we design for. With this initiative, we prioritize the needs, experience and empowerment of software developers using our products at the core of our mission via better documentation, tooling, technical support. In this position you will be responsible for driving, supporting and implementing the developer-first initiatives across our Qualcomm AI SDK platforms, in alignment with the rest of the global AISW team and Corporate. You will also be involved in developing software tools along with AI SDK which would improve the developer productivity, and overall usability of the AISW commercial products in the global AISW organization. You will show your passion for efficient end-to-end delivery of software and documentation with highest quality standards through your analytical, design, programming, and integration skills.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and test Documentation enhancement workflows, docs pipeline, and usability feature automation.
• Design, develop and test production-quality Python/C++ tools for Qualcomm’s AISW Product SDKs Developer-First features.
• Collaborate with cross-functional & external teams to ensure seamless integration & delivery of Developer-First tools and processes.
• Build tests, and automation for unit, integration, and on‑device validation; contribute to CI and Product release review workflows.
• Leverage AI Agents to assist with Product SDKs Developer-First features and Products documentation generation, review, testing and support to customers. Continuously improve related development workflows by integrating AI Agents into build, test, CI/CD, and developer tooling pipelines where appropriate.

Minimum Qualifications

• 2+ years of hands-on Python/C++ development in performance‑sensitive systems or SDKs (Sr. Engr: 2+; Staff: 5+)
• Proficiency in Python for tooling/automation (conversion pipelines, test frameworks, data handling).
• Experience with automated generation and maintenance of complex software or product documentation.
• Experience with Linux development, build systems (CMake/Ninja), Git/Gerrit, and CI.

Preferred Qualifications

• Programming/debugging skills in more than one programming languages (Java/C++ preferred)
• Demonstrated debugging skills on device (logs, traces, perf counters) and with profilers.
• Experience with AI/ML toolchains or runtimes (any of: ONNX, PyTorch, TensorFlow, TFLite, TVM, XLA, or similar).
• Familiarity with QNN/QAIRT SDK or comparable inference SDKs; experience with on‑target validation and release testing.
• Experience of profiling software and optimization techniques.
• Ability to collaborate across a globally diverse team and multiple interests

Education Requirements

Required: Bachelor's degree in Engineering or equivalent experience required, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

Preferred: Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering

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