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Staff XR Systems Engineer

Qualcomm Technologies
San Diego, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/20/2026 CLOSED ON 6/7/2026

What are the responsibilities and job description for the Staff XR Systems Engineer position at Qualcomm Technologies?

Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Multimedia Systems

General Summary:

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

*Works in the lab, can use hazardous chemicals (e.g., glue, machinery).

Job description:

Multimodal perception and reasoning is shaping the recent advances in eXtended Reality systems. Qualcomm's XR Labs team is seeking a skilled C Computer Vision engineer to evaluate, prototype, and optimize advanced algorithms for XR use cases. An ideal candidate will be responsible for researching, evaluating and porting the select algorithms to a highly optimized C implementation and deploying them on our chipsets. The job will involve interfacing with HW, FW, and SW engineers as power-efficient implementation is being further optimized and integrated into our XR framework.

The responsibilities will include:

  • Evaluate published algorithms related to XR use cases, with an intimate understanding of performance/ requirements tradeoffs.

  • Port candidate pipelines to an optimized C implementation.

  • Help integrate implementation into an existing XR framework, benchmarking the resulting performance on target SoCs.

  • Contribute to the development of tools and workflows for efficient integration and testing

  • Document optimized design and the fit in the E2E system.

Job requirements:

  • Strong performance in modern C programming with a focus on performance (5 years of experience)

  • Extensive expertise in machine learning with focus on Computer Vision; knowledge of and hands-on experience with relevant Python packages (5 years)

  • Experience developing embedded systems software and solutions (1 years)

  • Preferrable additional skills: a) experience with embedded audio processing and workloads; b) experience developing distributed compute software and solutions; c) experience developing on Android

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).

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EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$148,300.00 - $222,500.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer - and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

Salary : $148,300 - $222,500

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