Company:Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area:Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering
General Summary:Qualcomm's Global CAD organization is seeking a senior, hands-on AI technical lead to drive the application of next-generation AI technologies within VLSI and EDA workflows. This is a senior individual contributor role requiring deep technical expertise, strong software engineering skills, and a proven ability to translate rapidly evolving AI capabilities into practical, high-impact engineering solutions.
The successful candidate will work closely with CAD, design, and methodology teams to rethink how modern AI-particularly LLM-based and agentic systems-can transform design automation, verification, debug, optimization, QA, and engineering productivity. This role emphasizes building real systems, continuous adaptation, and delivering impact in a fast-moving AI landscape.
Key Responsibilities- Design, prototype, and deploy production-quality AI/ML solutions applied to VLSI / EDA problems, including (but not limited to) design automation, verification, debug, optimization, QA, and flow enablement
- Evaluate emerging AI technologies and continuously evolve approaches to maintain technical relevance, efficiency, and impact
- Collaborate closely with global CAD teams to design and develop agentic and adaptive AI systems, from problem formulation and architecture selection through implementation, evaluation, and integration
- Serve as a hands-on AI technical advisor across teams through design reviews, prototyping, and knowledge sharing
- Contribute to rethinking traditional CAD abstractions in an AI-driven, agentic workflow model
Required Qualifications- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, or a related technical field
- 10+ years of experience in software development, AI workflows, VLSI CAD, or adjacent technical domains
- Hands-on experience building and applying modern AI/ML systems in real-world engineering environments
- Strong expertise with LLMs and related technologies, including prompt engineering, embeddings, RAG pipelines, tool/function calling, agent frameworks, etc.
- Proven ability to design, implement, and maintain AI systems beyond research or experimentation
Preferred Qualifications- Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Data Science, or a related field
- 15+ years of experience in software development, AI workflows, VLSI CAD, or adjacent domains
- Strong software engineering background with experience integrating AI solutions into production codebases
- Experience designing, prototyping, and deploying AI solutions applied directly to VLSI design or EDA infrastructure
Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 10+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
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Master's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field and 9+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
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PhD in Science, Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of ASIC design, verification, validation, integration, or related work experience.
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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits: $249,900.00 - $374,900.00
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