Principal Software Engineer, AI Software Automotive Lead

Company: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Machine Learning Engineering General Summary: As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation intelligent automotive experiences. As a Principal Engineer within Qualcomm AI Software, you will drive the design, development, and deployment of advanced AI software technologies powering automotive platforms across digital cockpit, in-vehicle infotainment (IVI), ADAS, autonomous driving, computer vision, voice AI, and generative AI applications. In this position, you will serve as a technical leader and primary interface between the AI Software organization and the Automotive Business Unit. You will work closely with automotive customers, internal engineering organizations, and product teams to define requirements, drive architectural decisions, and enable successful deployment of Qualcomm AI technologies into production automotive programs. You will combine deep technical expertise with strong program leadership skills. Your responsibilities will include representing Qualcomm in customer engagements, translating automotive requirements into AI software roadmap priorities, coordinating feature delivery across multiple engineering teams, and leading the development of robust AI solutions that meet automotive performance, reliability, safety, and quality requirements. You will have the opportunity to influence the direction of Qualcomm's AI software stack, lead strategically important initiatives, mentor senior engineers, and drive the adoption of next-generation AI technologies across the automotive ecosystem.

Serve as the primary AI Software technical lead interfacing with the Automotive Business Unit, automotive OEMs, Tier-1 suppliers, and strategic customers. Represent Qualcomm in customer discussions, technical deep dives, architecture reviews, and issue resolution efforts related to AI software technologies and automotive deployments. Lead or coordinate the design, development, integration, and delivery of AI software features required for Qualcomm Automotive platforms and products. Translate customer requirements and market needs into technical requirements, architecture proposals, feature roadmaps, and engineering execution plans. Contribute to enhancements across the Qualcomm AI Stack, including model preparation, optimization, runtime, inference, tooling, and developer workflows to support automotive use cases. Identify and resolve limitations within the AI software stack and collaborate across teams to deliver scalable, production-ready solutions. Lead cross-functional efforts involving AI Software, Automotive Engineering, Program Management, Product Management, Systems Engineering, and Platform Software teams. Provide technical leadership for deployment of advanced AI workloads on Automotive platform environments including: o     Computer vision o     Perception systems o     Driver monitoring o     Voice assistants o     Large language models (LLMs) o     Multimodal AI applications o     Generative AI services Drive architectural decisions affecting multiple products, software releases, and automotive customer programs. Participate in strategic planning and long-term roadmap development for AI software technologies within Qualcomm Automotive solutions. Ensure solutions satisfy automotive requirements related to performance, reliability, maintainability, security, and safety. Mentor engineers across the organization and provide technical guidance for complex architecture, optimization, debugging, and customer deployment challenges. Stay current with advances in artificial intelligence, machine learning, automotive systems, and industry standards to continuously improve Qualcomm's AI software offerings. Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or related field and 8+ years of