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Engineer, Sr – Automotive Camera Customer Engineer

Technology, Data & Digital · Software & Web Development · Embedded Systems · Software Engineering

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Qualcomm is looking for a Senior Engineer to join their Global Automotive team in Santa Clara, CA. This role involves designing, integrating, and validating embedded systems for Automotive Infotainment, ADAS, and Robotics platforms, requiring strong C/C++ skills and experience with camera systems and automotive standards.

Responsibilities

  • Design, integration, and validation of embedded systems based on Qualcomm's Automotive Infotainment, ADAS, and Robotics SoCs and platforms.
  • Collaborate with product owners, customers, and domain/technology experts to define requirements and implement technical solutions for customer programs.
  • Support Automotive OEMs, Tier-1s, Robotics customers, and ecosystem partners in the integration and deployment of solutions based on Qualcomm platforms.
  • Debug and resolve system-level issues involving camera sensors, ISP, multimedia pipelines, synchronization, performance, stability, and software integration.
  • Support cameras bring-up, image quality tuning, multimedia integration, and performance optimization on Qualcomm platforms.
  • Work closely with software, hardware, systems, and product teams to analyze, debug, and resolve customer-reported issues.
  • Develop technical documentation, integration guides, and troubleshooting materials to support customer development and deployment activities.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience in Embedded Systems, Automotive, Camera, Multimedia, Robotics, or related domains.
  • Strong proficiency in C/C++ programming and software architecture design.
  • Familiarity with camera interfaces and protocols including MIPI CSI-2, I2C, GPIO, V4L2, GMSL, FPD-Link, and SerDes technologies.
  • Experience with embedded software development, integration, system bring-up, validation, debugging, and optimization of complex embedded systems, including development in compliance with industry standards such as ISO 26262 and ASPICE.
  • Strong understanding of camera systems, camera architectures, Camera ISP, image processing, image quality (IQ), and video pipelines.
  • Experience with camera sensor bring-up, sensor drivers, camera framework integration, and end-to-end camera software debugging.
  • Experience with 3A algorithms (Auto Exposure, Auto Focus, Auto White Balance), image quality tuning, analysis, debugging, and optimization.
  • Strong system-level understanding of camera and multimedia pipelines, with experience in performance analysis, latency optimization, bandwidth optimization, resource utilization analysis, and end-to-end system debugging.
  • Experience with automotive camera systems, multi-camera architectures, camera synchronization, frame synchronization, video processing, and time-aligned data acquisition across heterogeneous sensing systems, including Cameras, LiDAR, Radar, IMU, and other ADAS or Robotics perception sensors.
  • Strong analytical, issue triage, root cause analysis, and problem-solving skills.
  • Excellent communication skills (written and verbal), strong customer engagement skills, and the ability to work effectively in cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
  • Quick adaptability to work with new technologies.

Desired Qualifications

  • Working knowledge of operating systems such as QNX, Linux, Android, and other RTOSs.
  • Experience with Android Camera Framework, Camera HAL, Media Framework, IPC Mechanisms, and Vehicle HAL interface.
  • Knowledge of Linux Device Drivers, Embedded Linux, RTOS, Process & Memory Management.
  • Strong skills in analyzing performance of software/hardware solutions on multi-core architectures; understanding of multi-core architecture fundamentals (core, cache, memory, bus, PCIe, etc.).
  • Experience using debugging tools such as JTAG, Trace32, and oscilloscope/logic analyzer.
  • Exposure to Automotive, ADAS, and Robotics product development.
  • Exposure to Hypervisors and Virtualization.
  • Experience working with Qualcomm Snapdragon Automotive, ADAS, Robotics, Camera ISP, or Multimedia software stacks.
  • Familiarity with Computer Vision, OpenCV, AI/ML frameworks, and image-processing applications for automotive and robotics systems.

Benefits

  • Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
  • Opportunity for annual RSU grants
  • Highly competitive benefits package designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play
  • Review more details about our US benefits at this link

Skills

CC++JavaPythonMIPI CSI-2I2CGPIOV4L2GMSLFPD-LinkSerDes technologiesISO 26262ASPICEQNXLinuxAndroidRTOSJTAGTrace32oscilloscopelogic analyzerOpenCV
#Automotive#Camera#Customer Engineer#Embedded Systems#Software Engineering#Qualcomm
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Company

Qualcomm

Job Posted

3 days ago

Employment Type

Full Time

Work mode

On Site

Salary

US$125,400–188,200 / year

Experience Level

Senior

Locations

Santa Clara, United States of America

Qualification

Undergraduate

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