Staff Software Engineer - Camera

Company: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Camera Software Engineering

General Summary:

The camera software team is looking for talented senior software engineers experienced in development of software for mobile and devices. The camera software team is responsible for delivering the camera drivers, HAL and post processing features for Snapdragon chipsets, providing best in class performance, power and image quality. This role will involve working at all layers of the camera software stack, from Android Camera HAL and/or Windows AVS/KMD/MFT Camera implementation to low level hardware control. Responsibilities will include the design and development of new features, support for new hardware, debugging of issues within the software, optimizing software for performance and power, development of unit tests and working with our partners and OEMs. The successful candidate will be exposed to 3A (auto exposure, auto focus and auto white balance), image signal processors, camera sensors, as well as integration with other technologies including motion sensors, video encoders, DSPs, GPU and display.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or related field.
• 4+ years programming (e.g., C, C++, Python), computer architecture, or embedded systems knowledge .

• 2+ years of relevant camera software experience.

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

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leverages advanced knowledge and experience of Camera to design, develop, debug, implement, and verify camera software (e.g., Camera Image Signal Processor, 3A, Image Quality, Tuning Tools, etc.), algorithms, and features.

• Designs or architects IQ modules, algorithms, and feature decompositions to drive complex requirements and specifications for both hardware and software.

• Ensures advanced image quality, software conformance tests, and performance and power metrics are met to deliver camera software to customers.

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

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

Level of Responsibility:
• Works independently with minimal supervision.
• Provides supervision/guidance to other team members.

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

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits :

$141,600.00 - $212,400.00

The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link .

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