#Software Engineer
$99,500 - $149,300 USD yearly
Originally posted 23 September 2026 by the employer.
Prototype, design, and deploy Android platform software integrating the Qualcomm AI stack, TFLite, and on-device LLMs.
About the role
This role involves prototyping, designing, developing, and commercializing embedded and cloud software solutions for agentic mobile use cases. Development encompasses adding features to the Android Platform stack across the application layer, middleware, and native layers, while integrating on-device LLMs and on-device vector databases.
What you'll do
- Prototype, design, develop, and support the commercialization of embedded and cloud software solutions. - Add features across the Android Platform stack, including the Application Layer, Middleware, and Native layers. - Integrate on-device LLMs and on-device vector DBs using on-device AI frameworks such as Qualcomm AI stack, TFLite, and PyTorch edge. - Support software bring up, system debugging, and crash dump analysis.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field.
Nice to have
- Industry experience using data structures and algorithms to ship projects at scale. - Experience with development of Object-Oriented software using C, Java, or Rust. - Understanding of Operating System Concepts and Concurrency. - Proficiency in using git for software development. - Experience working with embedded Linux and/or Android. - Experience with Android SDK, NDK, and Android OS architecture including HALs, Security, and Treble. - Experience with on-device AI runtimes including TFLite, PyTorch edge, ExecuTorch, and Qualcomm AI stack. - Development experience using Modern C++ (C++14 or newer), Java, or Kotlin. - Familiarity with Python for AI/ML related software development. - Familiarity with ARM processors, ARM Assembly, and Mobile SoC architecture concepts including subsystems, hypervisor/virtualization, security, memory, storage, buses, peripherals, power, and thermals. - Debugging skills and working experience in software bring up and analyzing crash dumps.
Skills: Operating System Concepts, Concurrency, embedded Linux, Android SDK, HALs
This role has been open 30 days — well below the 65-day median for Systems Software Engineering roles.
Systems Software Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
680
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Median days open
65 d
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Median salary
$209k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (680 roles · 71 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 176 | 680 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 739 | 6277 · 144 employers |
| Median days open | 82 d | 65 d (+17 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $209k |
Skills observed across this category: Operating System Concepts, Concurrency, embedded Linux, Android SDK, HALs
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 176 open roles · median 82 d
- NVIDIA · 134 open roles · median 44 d
- AMD · 58 open roles · median 53 d
- Mobileye · 23 open roles · median 88 d
- Arm Holdings · 20 open roles · median 122 d
- Broadcom · 19 open roles · median 61 d
How we counted: 680 open Systems Software Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 71 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 25 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.