Qualcomm Power Engineer 

United States, California, San Diego 

1178739

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Camera Engineering

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Camera Engineer you will work on ideas that touch our daily life – creating everlasting connected memories and assist in building innovative devices through human and computer vision technologies in the Mobile, Automotive, XR, IoT & Compute space. You will have limitless opportunities to learn, grow and lead the world of Imaging.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

• 2+ years of experience in camera hardware or systems design and optimization.

• 1+ year of experience in programming (e.g., C, C++, Python), computer architecture, or embedded systems.

• 1+ year of experience in Image Signal Processing design, development, implementation, and verification.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Applies Camera Engineering knowledge to assist in the research, design, development, verification, debugging, implementation, and/or validation of camera systems, HW or FW tasks (including Camera Image Signal Processor, 3A, Image Quality, Features, and Tuning Tools), algorithms, features, logic design, modeling, design verification, and power optimization.

• Assists in performing architecture, IQ modules, algorithm, and feature decomposition that meet requirements and specifications for hardware development.

• Assists in ensuring that image quality, system performance, and ISP area and power metrics are met.

• Collaborates with team members to design, develop, and optimize camera systems, hardware, and/or software.

• Writes technical documentation and feature descriptions for complex Camera projects to guide users and/or customers to implement output.

Level of Responsibility:

• Works under supervision.

• Decision-making affects direct area of work and/or work group.

• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey basic, routine factual information.

• Tasks require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; some planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

Pay range:

$97,000.00 - $145,000.00