Company Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Systems Engineering
General Summary
Qualcomm is a global leader in connected intelligent edge, focusing on AI, edge computing and connectivity. Our fast‑growing Industrial and Embedded IoT (IE‑IoT) BU leads the transformation of industries through intelligent edge solutions that combine connectivity, compute, and AI. We expand our global talent in applied edge AI to support our customers’ digital transformation across many verticals and industries.
AI on‑prem Appliance is a new product line under IE‑IoT BU. This advanced AI solution is designed for generative AI inference and computer vision workloads on dedicated on‑premises hardware—allowing sensitive customer data, fine‑tuned models, and inference loads to remain on premises. It combines the accessibility and performance of a datacenter inference server with the power efficiency, form factor, privacy, personalization, and control of an on‑premises AI solution. Qualcomm AI Inference Suite provides ready‑to‑use AI applications and agents, tools, and libraries for operationalizing AI—from computer vision to generative AI—spanning on‑prem and cloud deployments.
Qualcomm is building end‑to‑end Edge AI solutions for Generative AI (LLM, VLM, VLA), Agentic AI, Voice AI, NLP and CV workloads that are commercially deployed on AI on-prem Appliance. Applications and use cases span various connected devices in on‑device, on‑prem, and hybrid cloud scenarios. As a Principal Systems Solutions Architect, you will define, develop, document and own scalable and customizable blueprints for different vertical solutions, lead hands‑on prototyping, and collaborate closely with customers, partners, product management, customer engineering and other internal teams to tailor deployments for enterprise customers across industries. We are seeking an experienced, hands-on expert with strong SW skills, solid knowledge of AI hardware, passionate about developing innovative genAI and hybridAI solutions with transformational impact to the industries.
For more information, please navigate to the AI-On Prem Appliance page on our portal:
https://www.qualcomm.com/internet\-of\-things/solutions/ai\-on\-prem\-appliance
Key Responsibilities
This is an office based position located in San Diego, CA and is expected to comply with the company's onsite work policy
Minimum Qualifications
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Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 7+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
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PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
Preferred Qualifications
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Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits $220,200.00 - $330,400.00
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 – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.
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