Director - AI/ML Engineering

Company Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area Engineering Group, Engineering Group . Software Engineering

General Summary As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Software Application Engineer, you will provide technical expertise of software systems through technical presentations in support of business development, product demonstrations, design and development of customer specific requirements, commercialization, and maintenance of Qualcomm products. Qualcomm Engineers collaborate with cross-functional teams and customers to address questions, issues, debugging, or troubleshooting regarding software systems and applications.

Summary Role Overview We are seeking a
Director of AI/ML Engineering to lead the commercialization of
production‑grade AI/ML and GenAI solutions across
automotive and edge platforms . This role owns
technical strategy, execution, and customer ownership for AI systems spanning
LLMs, VLMs/LVMs, multimodal AI, and agentic frameworks , deployed on
heterogeneous SoCs (CPU/GPU/DSP/NPU) under strict performance, safety, and reliability constraints.

The Director will shape the
AI roadmap , build and scale
high‑performing teams , partner with
product, silicon, and customer engineering , and ensure delivery of
differentiated, scalable AI capabilities across infotainment, digital cockpit, ADAS, industrial, and connected‑edge use cases.

Job Title Director – AI/ML Engineering (Automotive . Edge AI) Location: Bengaluru, India

Employment Type: Full‑time

Key Responsibilities AI/ML Strategy . Platform Leadership

Execution . Delivery

Team . Organizational Leadership

Cross‑Functional . Executive Collaboration

Safety, Quality . Compliance

Preferred Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

OR

Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 7. years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6. years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

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