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Senior Engineer - Machine Learning

Qualcomm

Location

San Diego, CA

Type

Full-time

Posted

10/1/2026

Compensation

$140,800 - $211,200 per year

Undergraduate with 5+ Years of Experience
H-1B FY202698.1% approval-22% YoY
👑 Elite sponsor

Job description

Qualcomm is seeking a highly skilled Core ML Engineer to design, develop, and optimize machine learning systems for next-generation AI platforms. The role emphasizes model development, inference optimization, and scalable ML infrastructure to enable production-grade AI capabilities. The ideal candidate will possess strong software engineering fundamentals and deep machine learning expertise. This position requires collaboration with various teams to deliver end-to-end ML solutions.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 2+ years of relevant work experience, or a Master's degree with 1+ year of experience, or a PhD in a related field.
  • Strong programming skills in Python and at least one systems language such as C++, Rust, or Go.
  • Solid understanding of machine learning fundamentals, including supervised, unsupervised, and deep learning.
  • Experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch or TensorFlow.

Responsibilities

  • Design and implement machine learning models and pipelines for production use.
  • Build scalable training, evaluation, and deployment workflows.
  • Optimize model inference for latency, throughput, and cost.
  • Integrate ML/LLM models into APIs, microservices, and applications.
  • Design data pipelines for ingestion, preprocessing, feature engineering, and validation.

Benefits

  • Qualcomm offers competitive compensation, annual bonuses, stock programs, comprehensive healthcare coverage, retirement plans, wellness programs, parental leave, flexible work options, and professional development opportunities.

H-1B filing history

Public USCIS petition and DOL LCA counts · latest USCIS FY2026, LCA FY2026

Filing entity: Qualcomm Technologies Inc

As of Aug 23, 2026

Initial approvals

198

FY2026

Approval rate

98.1%

FY2026

LCA certified

59,278

FY2026

Entry-level share

0.0%

FY2026

Initial approvals YoY

-22%

Trend

LCA certified YoY

+30%

Trend

Initial approvals by fiscal year

Approval rate by fiscal year

Continuing vs initial approvals

LCA certified positions by quarter

LCA certified positions by fiscal year

Based on public USCIS and DOL filings; not a sponsorship guarantee.

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