Qualcomm Camera FW Engineer 

United States, California, San Diego 

560024328

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 and 4+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

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

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

Preferred Qualifications:

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

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

• 3+ years of experience in Image Signal Processing design, development, implementation, and verification.

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

• 1+ year of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Direct level and above).

• 1+ year in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leverages advanced Camera Engineering knowledge to research, design, develop, verify, debug, implement, and/or validate complex 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.

• Performs architecture, IQ modules, algorithm, and feature decomposition to drive complex requirements and specifications for hardware development.

• Ensures advanced image quality, system performance, and ISP area and power metrics are met.

Addresses customer/product requirements in functionality and results.

• Collaborates with cross-functional teams to design, develop, and optimize camera systems, hardware, and/or software.

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

Level of Responsibility:

• Works independently with minimal supervision.

• Provides supervision/guidance to other team members.

• Decision-making is significant in nature and affects work beyond immediate work group.

• Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information. May require basic negotiation, influence, tact, etc.

• Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions.

• Tasks do not have defined steps; 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:

$139,000.00 - $208,000.00