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. REMOTE based is possible for this role. 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. You can apply past experience managing large CI/CD pipelines to quickly target issues that arise to a software and/or hardware level. New Position 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 package deploy flash run log‑collection triage dashboarding. Develop scheduling/orchestration layers for thousands of HW‑based regression tests. Implement monitoring telemetry and automated mitigation for CI stability. Embedded Hardware Validation & Automation Develop embedded target test frameworks across DSP/NPU. Automate flashing provisioning power/reset and new chipset bring‑up. Design hardware‑in‑loop validation for stability thermal long‑run correctness and performance. Test Strategy Coverage Expansion & Signal Improvement Own coverage strategy for throughput correctness memory behavior and runtime scheduling. Develop automated triage signals and failure classification systems. Eliminate flakiness and nondeterminism in HW test environments. Open‑Source & Internal Pipeline Ownership Maintain CI/verification pipelines for internal and open‑source projects. Enforce PR gating reproducible builds artifact management and API correctness. Cross‑Functional Influence Influence DevOps firmware and platform teams using data‑driven insights. Lead technical deep‑dives on CI and embedded HW failures. Align infrastructure capabilities with program milestones and customer requirements. Documentation & Process Engineering Produce high‑quality documentation for CI architecture HW frameworks and best practices. Drive continuous improvement and streamline reproducible HW testing workflows. Required Qualifications 10+ years in CI/CD engineering verification embedded systems or runtime/toolchain development. Expertise designing/scaling CI/CD (Buildkite Jenkins GitLab CI GitHub Actions). Deep experience integrating embedded hardware into automated pipelines. Background in firmware flashing device provisioning power/reset automation and board‑farm debugging. Strong scripting/programming in Python Bash C/C++. Experience maintaining open‑source verification pipelines. Strong debugging across runtime/driver/inference layers. Ability to influence cross‑functional engineering teams. Preferred Qualifications Familiarity with Qualcomm AI stack (QNN QAIRT SNPE). Experience with heterogeneous compute validation (DSP/GPU/CPU/NPU). Background in silicon bring‑up or hardware‑in‑loop systems. Experience with large device‑farm operation and automation. Success Indicators Highly stable scalable CI/CD pipelines with reduced failures/flakiness. Faster regression turnaround and increased throughput. Strong embedded target coverage with reproducible signals. Positive feedback from global engineering teams. 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