# AI and Machine Learning Jobs in San Diego Source: https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/in/california/san-diego Live roles, 15 November 2026. Real Analyst Jobs. 31 AI and machine learning roles in San Diego are open on Real Analyst Jobs as of 15 November 2026, at 11 companies. 29 (94%) are at employers with a USCIS H-1B record (USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, FY2023 to FY2026, data as of 2026-09-30). An H-1B record is the employer's history, not a promise for this role. The most are at Qualcomm (11), ServiceNow (10) and Northrop Grumman (2). 13 of the 31 roles list yearly pay in US dollars; the median midpoint of the listed ranges is $176K, and the middle half runs from $162K to $196K. 3 postings say they will not sponsor a visa; they stay on the list, last. Sources: roles from the employers' own career pages; [USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub](https://www.uscis.gov/tools/reports-and-studies/h-1b-employer-data-hub) (data as of 2026-09-30). ## In the postings' own words > … This position is not eligible for Qualcomm immigration sponsorship.*** We are seeking an experienced Machine Learning Engineer specializing in Agentic AI to join our Core … Qualcomm, careers page posting for [#Machine Learning Engineer – Agentic AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/machine-learning-engineer-agentic-ai-qualcomm-96972a70). Counted as says it will not sponsor, and listed last. ## The numbers | Fact | Count | | --- | --- | | Open roles | 31 | | Companies | 11 | | At employers with a USCIS H-1B record | 29 | | Postings that say they sponsor | 0 | | Postings that say they will not sponsor | 3 | | Fully remote | 0 | | Entry level | 2 | | State pay in the posting | 13 | | List yearly pay in US dollars | 13 | | Median midpoint of listed pay | $176K | | Middle half of listed pay | $162K to $196K | ## Companies hiring | Company | Open roles | New H-1B workers (USCIS) | | --- | --- | --- | | [Qualcomm](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/qualcomm) | 11 | 1,758 | | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | 10 | 853 | | [Northrop Grumman](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/northrop-grumman) | 2 | No match | | [Amazon](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/amazon) | 1 | 17,603 | | [AMD](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/amd) | 1 | 1,041 | | [Illumina](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/illumina) | 1 | 119 | | [Intuit](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/intuit) | 1 | 1,374 | | [Marlabs](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/marlabs) | 1 | 106 | | [Trulioo](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/trulioo) | 1 | 4 | | [UnitedHealth Group](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/unitedhealth) | 1 | 417 | | [Vertex Pharmaceuticals](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/vertex-pharmaceuticals) | 1 | 172 | ## The roles | Role | Company | Location | Employer H-1B record | Posting says | First seen | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | [Staff Machine Learning Engineer – Automotive Cybersecurity](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-machine-learning-engineer-automotive-cybersecurity-qualcomm-c3306fce) | [Qualcomm](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/qualcomm) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 1,758 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff Machine Learning Engineer_Voice AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-machine-learning-engineer-voice-ai-servicenow-b312d19a) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [AI/ML Software Engineer – Gateway & Edge AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/ai-ml-software-engineer-gateway-and-edge-ai-qualcomm-0e8a3113) | [Qualcomm](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/qualcomm) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 1,758 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff Software Engineer, AI-Native Engineering - Flow](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-software-engineer-ai-native-engineering-flow-servicenow-552ec7c5) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Machine Learning Engineer, Staff (Model Optimization)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/machine-learning-engineer-staff-model-optimization-qualcomm-97517241) | [Qualcomm](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/qualcomm) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 1,758 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Computational Genomics Senior Research Scientist](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/computational-genomics-senior-research-scientist-vertex-pharmaceuticals-7020559c) | [Vertex Pharmaceuticals](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/vertex-pharmaceuticals) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 172 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Artificial Intelligence for Video Compression - Research Scientist](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/artificial-intelligence-for-video-compression-research-scientist-qualcomm-e96928a6) | [Qualcomm](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/qualcomm) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 1,758 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Intermediate Software Engineer (Agentic AI Verification)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/intermediate-software-engineer-agentic-ai-verification-trulioo-059c4b31) | [Trulioo](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/trulioo) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 4 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff AI-Native DevOps Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-ai-native-devops-engineer-servicenow-d5d3ac72) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Sr. Staff Engineer, Thermal - AI Compute](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/sr-staff-engineer-thermal-ai-compute-qualcomm-a6857fa0) | [Qualcomm](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/qualcomm) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 1,758 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [GPU Power Analysis Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/gpu-power-analysis-engineer-qualcomm-fd02d5c4) | [Qualcomm](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/qualcomm) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 1,758 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Sr Engineer, Machine Learning Engineering (ML Apps)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/sr-engineer-machine-learning-engineering-ml-apps-qualcomm-11e418e7) | [Qualcomm](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/qualcomm) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 1,758 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [MLOps Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/mlops-engineer-marlabs-cca166cb) | [Marlabs](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/marlabs) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 106 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Machine Learning / Computer Vision Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/machine-learning-computer-vision-engineer-qualcomm-bed18e63) | [Qualcomm](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/qualcomm) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 1,758 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Staff Software Engineer, AI-Native Engineering - Flow](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-staff-software-engineer-ai-native-engineering-flow-servicenow-65be2ead) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Staff Software Engineer - AI/ML Inference Engineering](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-staff-software-engineer-ai-ml-inference-engineering-servicenow-12c8a2d7) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Staff Machine Learning Engineer_Voice AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-staff-machine-learning-engineer-voice-ai-servicenow-c44e0754) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Staff Inbound Product Manager - Conversational AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-staff-inbound-product-manager-conversational-ai-servicenow-4102358d) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Staff Forward Deployed Engineer - Flow](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-staff-forward-deployed-engineer-flow-servicenow-de6c31ca) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Staff AI-Native DevOps Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-staff-ai-native-devops-engineer-servicenow-f65fa953) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Software Engineer - AI Developer Products](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-software-engineer-ai-developer-products-servicenow-91b9fbf6) | [ServiceNow](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/servicenow) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 853 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Machine Learning Software Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-machine-learning-software-engineer-qualcomm-0d90c62b) | [Qualcomm](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/qualcomm) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 1,758 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior Bioinformatics Scientist – AI/ML for Protein Engineering](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-bioinformatics-scientist-ai-ml-for-protein-engineering-illumina-6bc700c8) | [Illumina](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/illumina) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 119 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior AI/ML Engineer - Remote](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-ai-ml-engineer-remote-unitedhealth-group-210581e7) | [UnitedHealth Group](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/unitedhealth) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 417 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Senior AI Scientist](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/senior-ai-scientist-intuit-91564e19) | [Intuit](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/intuit) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 1,374 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-15 | | [Principal / Sr. Principal Data Scientist – ML and Predictive Analytics](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/principal-sr-principal-data-scientist-ml-and-predictive-analytics-northrop-grumm-bd14ffdb) | [Northrop Grumman](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/northrop-grumman) | United States-california-san Diego, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-09 | | [Sr. Principal Data Scientist – Machine Learning and Predictive Analytics](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/sr-principal-data-scientist-machine-learning-and-predictive-analytics-northrop-g-5ae99c28) | [Northrop Grumman](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/northrop-grumman) | United States-california-san Diego, USA (On-site) | No match | Not stated | 2026-11-09 | | [Applied Scientist, Machine Learning Accelerator](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/applied-scientist-machine-learning-accelerator-amazon-116bb1a7) | [Amazon](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/amazon) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 17,603 new H-1B workers | Not stated | 2026-11-07 | | [#Machine Learning Engineer – Agentic AI](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/machine-learning-engineer-agentic-ai-qualcomm-96972a70) | [Qualcomm](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/qualcomm) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 1,758 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 | | [AI Platform Security Engineer](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/ai-platform-security-engineer-amd-70f94fb7) | [AMD](https://realanalystjobs.com/ai-jobs/at/amd) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 1,041 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 | | [Staff Analytics Engineer (AI & Predictive)](https://realanalystjobs.com/job/staff-analytics-engineer-ai-and-predictive-qualcomm-8d1954dc) | [Qualcomm](https://realanalystjobs.com/companies/qualcomm) | San Diego California, USA (On-site) | 1,758 new H-1B workers | Says it will not sponsor | 2026-11-15 | An H-1B record here means the employer has approved H-1B workers on file with USCIS (FY2023 to FY2026). An H-1B record is the employer's history, not a promise for this role. No match means we could not tie the company to a USCIS record by name, not that it never sponsors. Live roles as of 15 November 2026. [Open the AI tab](https://realanalystjobs.com/?mode=ai#jobs). ## Frequently asked ### Which companies are hiring for AI jobs in San Diego? 31 AI and machine learning roles in San Diego are open on Real Analyst Jobs as of 15 November 2026, at 11 companies. 29 (94%) are at employers with a USCIS H-1B record (USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub, FY2023 to FY2026, data as of 2026-09-30). An H-1B record is the employer's history, not a promise for this role. The most are at Qualcomm (11), ServiceNow (10) and Northrop Grumman (2). 13 of the 31 roles list yearly pay in US dollars; the median midpoint of the listed ranges is $176K, and the middle half runs from $162K to $196K. 3 postings say they will not sponsor a visa; they stay on the list, last. ### Which companies with an H-1B record have AI and machine learning roles in San Diego open? Today: Qualcomm, ServiceNow, Amazon, AMD, Illumina and Intuit. An H-1B record here means the employer has approved H-1B workers on file with USCIS (FY2023 to FY2026). An H-1B record is the employer's history, not a promise for this role. ### Does an H-1B record mean this role will sponsor a visa? No. An H-1B record here means the employer has approved H-1B workers on file with USCIS (FY2023 to FY2026). An H-1B record is the employer's history, not a promise for this role. Where a posting says it will not sponsor, believe the posting. ### How many of these roles list pay? 13 of the 31 roles (42%) state pay in the posting, in the employer's own words and currency. ### How much do AI and machine learning roles in San Diego pay? By the postings themselves: 13 of the 31 roles list yearly pay in US dollars. The median midpoint of the listed ranges is $176K, and the middle half runs from $162K to $196K. This is pay the employers list, not an offer: what one hire is paid depends on level, location and the employer. ### Which roles count as AI jobs here? Roles whose title names AI or machine learning work: ML engineer, AI engineer, LLM and generative AI engineer, MLOps and AI platform, applied and research scientist in AI, forward deployed engineer, AI product manager, AI infrastructure and AI data engineer. Front-end, mobile, design and sales roles are left out even when the team works on AI. Analyst roles with AI in the title stay on the analyst board. ### Where does the data come from? Roles are read daily from the employers' own career pages and the page updates every hour. H-1B approvals come from the USCIS H-1B Employer Data Hub (data as of 2026-09-30), matched by company name. What a posting says about sponsorship is read from its own text. Reposting sites are left out. 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