FY27 Intern - AI Software Systems Co-op - Canada (4 months)

Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada Department: Interim Engineering Intern - SW

Company:Qualcomm Canada ULC

Job Area:Interns Group, Interns Group > Interim Engineering Intern - SW

Qualcomm Overview

Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5Gs potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age - and this is where you come in.

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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 2027 intern class in Toronto, Canada!

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Role Overview

Qualcomm develops leading-edge ASIC and SoC solutions spanning compute, connectivity, and AI acceleration, including Snapdragon processors. Our team focuses on connectivity and data-center silicon, developing advanced ASIC/SoC solutions for high-bandwidth networking, infrastructure compute, and AI workloads.

We are looking for a motivated Software Systems & AI Co-op student to build ASIC design flows and methodologies into full-stack applications, AI-powered tools, and automation for engineering teams. We’re looking for someone who has hands-on experience with EDA/CAD tools, ASIC Design, Firmware Development and also good understanding of Node.js, React, PostgreSQL, JavaScript/TypeScript/python, modern web technologies and project management, plus an interest in applying AI to real engineering problems.

Responsibilities may include

Building responsive web applications using React

Developing backend services and APIs using Node.js (JavaScript/TypeScript/python)

Designing and working with PostgreSQL databases

Building AI-powered tools and agentic workflows, including orchestrating AI agents and integrating LLMs with tools, APIs, and engineering systems

Exploring AI-assisted CAD/design and engineering automation

Improving developer tools, testing, automation, and engineering workflows

Collaborating across software, hardware, firmware, AI, and DevOps teams

AI assisted project management, including tracking tasks and deliverables, coordinating across teams, following up on action items, and helping keep projects on track

Minimum Qualifications

Pursuing Computer Science, Software Engineering, Computer/Electrical Engineering, or a related degree

Demonstrated experience building full-stack applications using React, Node.js, and PostgreSQL

Strong JavaScript/TypeScript, SQL, REST API, Git, and Linux fundamentals

Understanding of LLMs, generative AI, AI agents, tool calling, and agent orchestration

Interest or experience in AI-assisted CAD/design or engineering workflows

Strong problem-solving skills and ability to learn and build quickly

Preferred Qualifications

Python and experience with LLM APIs, RAG, or agent frameworks

CAD/EDA, design automation, or hardware/software experience

C/C++, networking, Docker, CI/CD, or automated testing

Personal, academic, or internship projects demonstrating full-stack or AI development

Education Requirements

In study towards a bachelor’s degree in one of the following: Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Engineering Science, Computer Science, or related field

For 4-month internships: must be available May/June 2027 - August/September 2027

Expected graduation date of November 2027 or later.

1+ years of academic experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Python, etc

Qualcomm’s Internship Program

Our interns join world-class teams to he