Customer Engineering / Solutions Architect (AI, Edge & Cloud) - UAE
Technology, Data & Digital · Software & Web Development · Software Engineering · Data Engineering
In short
Qualcomm is looking for an experienced Solutions Architect in Abu Dhabi, UAE, to lead the adoption of next-generation AI-powered solutions. The role involves designing end-to-end intelligent systems across edge devices, IoT, cloud, AI/ML, robotics, and smart city applications, serving as a trusted technical advisor to customers.
Responsibilities
- Design and architect end-to-end AI and digital transformation solutions from edge devices to cloud platforms.
- Translate customer requirements into scalable technical architectures and deployment strategies.
- Drive architecture decisions across hardware, software, connectivity, AI models, cloud services, and system integration.
- Enable deployment and optimization of AI/ML workloads across Edge and Cloud environments.
- Understand trade-offs involving latency, power consumption, model accuracy, memory constraints, and system performance.
- Guide customers on AI model deployment, optimization, quantization, inference acceleration, and system scaling.
- Serve as a trusted technical advisor throughout the customer journey, from discovery and PoC to deployment and production scaling.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders to define solution roadmaps and success metrics.
- Lead technical workshops, architecture reviews, and executive-level discussions.
- Architect scalable cloud-native and hybrid solutions supporting millions of connected devices.
- Design data pipelines, data lakes, analytics platforms, and AI-enabled backend services.
- Develop architectures supporting high availability, security, multi-tenancy, and enterprise-grade scalability.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- 2+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
- Strong experience in Solution Architecture.
- Strong experience in AI/ML Systems.
- Strong experience in Edge Computing.
- Strong experience in Cloud Platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
- Strong experience in IoT Platforms.
- Strong experience in Distributed Systems.
- Strong experience in Data Engineering.
- Strong experience in Software Architecture.
- Experience building and deploying end-to-end intelligent systems spanning Edge, Cloud, and AI.
- Demonstrated expertise in customer-facing technical roles such as Solutions Architect, Field Applications Engineer, Customer Engineer, Technical Consultant, AI Platform Architect.
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with drones, robotics, smart cities, industrial IoT, or large-scale AI transformation initiatives.
- Strong entrepreneurial mindset with a proven ability to build new solutions and influence technical strategy.
- Ability to connect technology capabilities with real-world business outcomes.
- Arabic language skills are advantageous but not mandatory.
Benefits
- Salary including housing & transport allowance
- Stock (RSU's) and performance related bonus
- 16 weeks fully paid Maternity Leave
- 6 weeks fully paid Paternity Leave
- Employee stock purchase scheme
- Child Education Allowance
- Relocation and immigration support (if needed)
- Life and Medical Insurance
- Live+ Well Reimbursement for health and recreational membership fees
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Company
Qualcomm
Job Posted
4 weeks ago
Employment Type
Full Time
WorkMode
On Site
Experience Level
Senior
Locations
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
Qualification
Bachelor, Master, Doctoral
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