Senior Lead/Staff Engineer - Camera Firmware

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In short

Qualcomm India Private Limited is seeking a Senior Lead/Staff Engineer to develop and productize Sensing Camera Firmware on Qualcomm chipsets. This role involves embedded firmware development using C/C++ on DSP processors, understanding processor architecture, RTOS, and peripherals. The engineer will collaborate with cross-functional teams and customer engineering teams to bring camera solutions to market.

Responsibilities

Development and productization of Sensing Camera Firmware on Qualcomm chipsets for Mobile/XR/Auto projects.
Develop embedded firmware for ISP HW targeted for different tiers of Qualcomm camera solutions.
Prototype end-to-end use cases with Firmware Test bench for early verification of FW/HW.
Collaborate with systems, software, and hardware teams during chipset life stages (design, bring-up, validation, commercialization).
Interact with customer engineering teams to commercialize Qualcomm camera solutions with global OEMs and stabilize existing solutions.

Requirements

Relevant experience in designing and implementing embedded firmware for embedded processors/microcontrollers.
Good understanding of image processing or computer vision fundamentals.
Hands-on knowledge/experience on camera/video/computer vision HW pipeline.
Development and optimization of firmware for performance, power consumption, and memory usage.
Solid C/C++ programming skills, multithreading, and RTOS/OS concepts.
Strong debugging skills to debug complex system-level issues.
Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement, bring-up of new hardware and debug camera/multimedia/firmware integration issues and features for mobiles/XR/IOT use cases.
Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
5+ years of relevant industry experience.

Desired Qualifications

Experience in device driver development, communication protocols (I2C, SPI, UART etc.) is a plus.
Hands-on experience on Q6 processors is a plus.
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.

Benefits

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer.
Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process for individuals with disabilities.
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