Qualcomm

Designs mobile chips and licenses wireless patents

AI Solution Software Engineer

Systems Software EngineeringConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeShanghai, ChinaNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

A Master's degree or higher in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or a related field, with 8+ years of relevant software or embedded experience, or equivalent industry experience.
Strong programming skills in C and C++.
A solid understanding of computer architecture, real-time operating systems, and concurrency, including scheduling, threads, locks, interrupt handling, memory hierarchy, DMA/I/O, and hardware/firmware interactions.
Strong knowledge of synchronization primitives such as fences, semaphores, and mailboxes; shared-memory transports; and inter-processor signaling such as IPCC, IPCC-Lite, RPMsg, OpenAMP, or comparable technologies.
Ability to drive tasks independently.
Excellent communication skills in English and ability to work with global teams and Tier-1 OEMs.
A Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience; or a Master's degree in these fields and 3+ years; or a PhD in these fields and 2+ years.
2+ years of work experience with a programming language such as C, C++, Java, or Python.

Responsibilities

Own cross-IP synchronization architecture across GPU, DSP, ISP, and CPU; design Synx flows and hardware-fence interoperability to minimize communication latency across IPs such as ISP, NSP, GPU, and EVA.
Optimize Synx solutions with the global team and develop China OEM feature requests.
Design and integrate Synx interoperability, including ICP-to-NSP and EVA-to-NSP, queueing, signaling, error, flush and SSR handling, and asynchronous execution models for AI nodes; support feature commercialization.
Partner with kernel, camera (CamX), GPU, and AI teams to co-design buffer lifecycle and synchronization semantics using DirectLink or native Synx to avoid unnecessary copies, RPC overhead, and wakeups.
Guide OEMs in optimizing customized use cases using Qualcomm's cross-IP synchronization mechanism.

Desired Qualifications

Familiarity with Qualcomm SoC architecture, including ISP, NSP/CDSP, GPU, interconnect/QoS, and IOMMU, or similar heterogeneous platforms.
Familiarity with the Qualcomm camera pipeline and AI algorithm integration with QNN.
Experience with kernel driver work on camera, graphics, or NPU subsystems, including DMA-BUF, fencing, and IOMMU; hands-on buffer lifecycle management and zero-copy designs.
Experience with performance profiling and debugging on Android/Linux, such as ftrace/systrace, perf, camera/GPU traces, and hardware counters.

Company:

Qualcomm China

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

Role Summary

We are seeking a AI solution Software Engineer focused on end-to-end latency optimization across heterogeneous compute IPs (GPU, NPU, ISP, CPU).

You will play a key role in designing, profiling, and optimizing using low latency cross-IP signaling protocol(Synx) for AI, camera, and graphics pipelines. This position involves close collaboration with camera, GPU, DSP, AI, and kernel teams to deliver low-latency, power-efficient solutions for leading OEMs

Key Responsibilities

Own cross‑IP synchronization architecture (GPU/DSP/ISP/CPU), designing Synx flows and HW fence interop to minimize cross IP(ISP/NSP/GPU/EVA.etc) communication latency.
Work with global team to do Synx solution optimization and China OEM Feature request development
Design & integrate Synx interop (e.g., ICP↔NSP, EVA↔NSP) including queueing, signaling, error/flush/SSR handling, and async execution models for AI nodes, shepherd feature commercialization.
Partner with kernel, camera (CamX), GPU, and AI teams to co‑design buffer lifecycle and synchronization semantics (DirectLink or native Synx) to avoid unnecessary copies, RPC overheads, and wakeups.
Guide OEMs to optimize their customized use cases using Qualcomm’s cross-IP synchronization mechanism.

Basic Qualifications

MS or higher in Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or related field, with 8+ years of relevant software/embedded experience; or equivalent industry experience.
Strong programming skills in C/C++. And Solid understanding of computer architecture and real-time OS and concurrency: scheduling, threads, locks, interrupt handling, memory hierarchy, DMA/IO, and HW/FW interactions.
Strong knowledge of synchronization primitives (fences, semaphores, mailboxes), shared‑memory transports, and inter‑processor signaling (e.g., IPCC/IPCC‑Lite, RPMsg/OpenAMP or comparable).
Strong self-motivation and ability to drive tasks independently.
Excellent communication skills in English (and Chinese a plus); ability to work with global teams and Tier‑1 OEMs.

Preferred Qualifications

Familiarity with Qualcomm SoC architecture (ISP, NSP/CDSP, GPU, interconnect/QoS, IOMMU) or similar heterogeneous platforms.
Familiarity with Qualcomm Camera pipeline & AI algorithm integration with QNN
Experience with Kernel driver work on camera/graphics/NPU subsystems (DMA‑BUF, fencing, IOMMU); hands‑on buffer lifecycle management and zero‑copy designs.
Experience with performance profiling and debugging on Android/Linux (e.g., ftrace/systrace, perf, camera/GPU traces, HW counters).

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

• 2+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

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About the Company

Qualcomm

Designs mobile chips and licenses wireless patents

Qualcomm designs the Snapdragon processors and modems inside many Android phones, and it licenses its wireless patents to device makers around the world. It helped commercialize CDMA, the cellular technology behind 3G networks, and its patents cover core parts of the 4G and 5G standards that phones use to connect. The company does not run its own chip factories; contract foundries make its chips, which it sells to makers of phones, PCs, cars, and connected devices. Device makers also pay Qualcomm royalties for using its patented technology, which forms a second business alongside chip sales. Qualcomm was founded in 1985 and is based in San Diego, California.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: San Diego, CA
Founded: 1985

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