Qualcomm Multimedia Architect 

United States, California, San Diego 

360245297

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Multimedia Systems

The Multimedia Architecture team is looking for an experienced and talented Architect. The multimedia architecture group will work on next-generation architectures for the smartphone, automotive, XR and other product categories across Qualcomm’s roadmap. We have an exciting & dynamic technical position available with a focus on architectural changes to provide best in class Multimedia experience with Qualcomm products. The successful candidate will engage collaboratively with core HW design, verification, SW, systems, marketing, and product planning teams to:

• Architect market-leading Multimedia system with best-in-class performance and power across our products.

• Conduct hands-on performance, power, and area tradeoffs to help work on ways to optimize the tradeoffs.

• Collaborate with HW and SW teams to define best-in-class multimedia system design

• Deploy models, simulators, profilers to provide quantitative justification for architectural directions

• Apply computer architecture knowledge of CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, NPU, cache coherency, bus interconnect, MMU and memory/bandwidth analysis.

• Effectively communicate experimental results, review with technical leads and peers and analyze outstanding issues

• Creatively overcome obstacles to obtain the answers to architectural questions

• Invent and file patents on technical solutions to relevant problems

Position is based in San Diego, CA.

Minimum Qualifications

• Experience in system or chipset development for SoC products, preferably on edge devices

• Experience in multimedia HW development (imaging, video, display, audio, sensors etc) and ML/AI accelerators

• Experience with OS principles and HW/SW interaction

• Experience with SoC, bus interconnect, and memory technologies

• Experience with computer architecture.

• BS/MS Degree Required with 5+ years industry experience in one or more of the following areas:

• Hands-on experience in using and modifying simulators and performance/power models, especially full-system models

• Experience in C/C++ and python programming

• Pragmatic scripting & automation skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Image Processing & Video encoding Algorithm domain knowledge

• Knowledge of image compression techniques.

• Familiarity with Android OS, WM and other mobile HLOS SW development

• Excellent communication, documentation, and presentation skills

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

*Works in the lab, can use hazardous chemicals (e.g., glue, machinery).

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.

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$148,300.00 - $222,500.00