Principal Engineer - Verification, CI/CD Infrastructure & Embedded Hardware (AISW)

Qualcomm

📍 Markham, York Region, Canada

Full-time Other-General Posted March 04, 2026

Job Description

Company:

Qualcomm Canada ULC

Job Area

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Machine Learning Engineering

General Summary

The Principal Engineer, Verification (CI/CD & Embedded HW) is a senior individual contributor responsible for designing, scaling, and hardening CI/CD infrastructure and verification systems that validate Qualcomm’s AI Software stack— including QNN HTP, QAIRT, toolchains, kernels, and embedded runtime components. This role is deeply technical and hands‑on: you will build large‑scale automated pipelines, integrate embedded hardware (DSP, NPU) test execution, drive target‑based regression infrastructure, and ensure efficient, reliable, and high‑signal validation at scale.

Key Responsibilities (IC‑Focused)

CI/CD Infrastructure Architecture & Scaling

  • Architect and scale large‑distributed CI/CD systems with high throughput and low flakiness.
  • Design automated workflows: build, p...