Job Specifications
Company
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area
Interns Group, Interns Group > Interim Engineering Intern - SW
General Summary
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm relentlessly innovates transforming businesses, enriching lives and fortifying societies. Our solutions are pivotal in crafting a smarter, interconnected world. Building on our nearly 40-year history of era-defining technology breakthroughs, we deliver leading-edge AI, high performance, lower-power computing, and unrivaled connectivity. We’re proud to be the partner of choice to many of the world’s largest enterprises. Together with our ecosystem partners, we enable next-generation digital transformation. At Qualcomm, we are engineering human progress.
Join Us in Shaping the Future
At Qualcomm, we're committed to engineering human progress by delivering intelligent computing everywhere. We're passionate about harnessing the power of technology to transform industries and improve lives. Our early career programs offer limitless opportunities for growth, mentorship, and meaningful work. By joining our team, you'll be part of a community that's pushing the boundaries of what's possible in AI, computing, and connectivity. With a global footprint spanning over 30 countries, you'll have the chance to collaborate with diverse talent and contribute to projects that are shaping the future of technology.
Our early career programs are designed to attract inventive minds, offering a platform to contribute to our long-term innovation pipeline. You'll be part of a community that values collaboration, creativity, and continuous learning. Our programs provide real-world experience, technical skills, and professional development opportunities, empowering you to make a meaningful impact and achieve your career goals. Join us for our U.S. 2026 summer intern class!
Role Overview
As a Machine Learning / AI Engineering Intern, you will help build best-in-class solutions and tools that enable state-of-the-art technologies for next-generation mobile and embedded machine learning platforms. These platforms power smartphones, autonomous vehicles, robotics, and IoT devices. You’ll work in a dynamic research environment as part of a multi-disciplinary team of researchers and software developers, collaborating with internal teams, working with popular neural network frameworks, and gaining exposure to Qualcomm’s SOC compute and ML hardware accelerators. You will design, develop, and test software for machine learning tools and frameworks that make models smaller and more efficient for edge devices.
This internship supports the Machine Learning/ AI Engineering track. Based on your resume you will be aligned to projects within this track.
Minimum Qualifications
Currently enrolled in a bachelor’s, master’s, or Ph.D. degree program in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field
Must be available for 11–14 weeks during Summer 2026 (May–September)
Expected graduation date of November 2026 or later
1+ years of experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Python
Preferred Qualifications
Currently enrolled in a Master’s or PhD degree program in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field
Candidates actively pursuing a degree with an anticipated graduation between November 2026 and June 2027
Proficiency in deep neural networks, machine learning algorithms, and architectures (CNNs, RNNs, LSTMs)
Experience with ML frameworks like TensorFlow, TFLite, PyTorch
Skills in neural network programming, video/image processing, and application development
Knowledge of compiler frameworks (LLVM, GCC, TVM, XLA) and parallel computing
Understanding of linear algebra operations and fast math libraries
Theoretical knowledge of ML, deep learning, model compression, quantization, and optimization
Experience with reinforcement learning, neural architecture search, kernel optimization, Bayesian optimization
Familiarity with on-device training, transfer learning, personalization, federated learning, NLP, and ML security/privacy
Experience with deep generative models, audio/speech processing, NLP, computer vision, and wireless communication
Background in ML data pipelines, data management, backend/frontend applications
Research excellence with publications in NeurIPS, CVPR, ICML, ICLR, ICCV
Experience in object-oriented software design (OOSD)
Qualcomm’s Internship Program
Our interns join world-class teams to help define and build what is next for mobility and the world. You’ll be paired with a mentor with visibility to your project and team, receive support from your manager, and have access to the entire Qualcomm employee community to ensure your success. To round out your summer internship, we host professional development workshops, social events, cross-functional speaker sessions, and an executive speaker series. In addition to competitive hourly pay and accrued vacation time, you will receive relocation coverage a