Robotics AI Engineer Sr​/Principal Engineer – Embodied AI​/Vision Language Action Models

Qualcomm Robotics is shaping the future of intelligent machines. We are looking for aRobotics AI Engineer to help build next generation
Vision Language Action  (VLA) models
. AI systems that enable robots to understand the world, follow natural language instructions, and perform complex tasks.

This role combinescuttingedgeresearch with practical deployment on Qualcomm’s advanced robotics platforms.

• Research the latest trends in
  robotics AI and multimodal learning
  to inform Qualcomm’s VLA roadmap.

• Design and develop models that connect
  vision, language, and action
  for realworld robotic applications.

• Build and maintain
  training pipelines
  , datasets, and evaluation benchmarks for embodied AI.

• Optimize and deploy models on Qualcomm’s robotics platforms for
  realtime,ondeviceperformance
  .

• Collaborate withcrossfunctionalteams to integrate AI capabilities into Qualcomm’s Robotics SDK and partner solutions.

• Contribute to internal knowledge sharing and, where appropriate, publish findings in top AI and robotics venues.

• Master’s degree in Computer Science, Robotics, Electrical Engineering, or related field (PhD preferred).

• Strong experience in
  deep learning
  (transformers, multimodal models) and
  robotics AI
  .

• Proficiency in
  Python
  and frameworks like
  
  PyTorchor Tensor Flow.

• Familiarity with
  robotics systems
  , simulation environments, and ROS 2.

• Experience with
  model optimization and deployment
  on edge or embedded platforms.

• Background invision-language models,policy learning, orrobotic foundation models.

• Experience with dataset curation, teleoperation data, orsimulationtorealtransfer.

• Knowledge ofmodel compression techniques(quantization, distillation) for efficient deployment.

• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative,fastpacedenvironment.

• Work on
  cuttingedgerobotics AI
  that bridges research andrealworldimpact.

• Collaborate with worldclassteamsbuilding the next generation of intelligent robots.

• Access to advanced hardware, simulation tools, and Qualcomm’s AI acceleration technologies.