Senior Research Engineer for On-Device LLM Efficiency

Qualcomm | San Diego, CA

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Posted Date 12/16/2024
Description

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Machine Learning Researcher

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 Machine Learning Researcher, you will conduct fundamental research that creates innovative machine learning methodology that achieves beyond state-of-the-art performance.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Engineering, Software Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

• 6+ months of experience developing and/or optimizing machine learning models, systems, platforms, or methods.

Responsibilities

  • Research and engineering on efficiency of LLM inference and decoding
  • Generation of creative solutions with consideration of practical challenges and restrictions on devices
  • Implementation and evaluation of possible solutions in both simulation and on-device environments
  • Contribution to research paper publications

Minimum qualifications

  • Master's degree in AI, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 3+ years of machine learning research, or related work experience.
  • Strong background in computer science and deep learning basics
  • Strong programming skills in Python and PyTorch

Preferred qualifications

  • PhD in AI, Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field
  • 2+ years of machine learning, deep learning, and/or NLP research experience
  • Experience in LLM reasoning or inference acceleration research
  • Experience of on-device AI model production or exposure to mobile / edge device environments
  • First author publications experience at major AI conferences, e.g., NeurIPS, ICML, and ICLR

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$179,000.00 - $268,600.00

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.

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

Salary179,000.00 - 268,600.00 Annual

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