Principal System Lead – Multimedia Systems (Android Ecosystem

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Seeking a Principal System Lead to define and optimize next-generation mobile system solutions, focusing on multimedia subsystems within the Android ecosystem. This role involves close engagement with OEMs and hands-on work with hardware, software, and IP teams to translate requirements into concrete system architectures, emphasizing power efficiency, performance, and sustained operation.

Ansvarsområden

  • Analyze new and evolving OEM use cases across camera, video encode/decode, display pipelines, graphics, gaming, and always-on multimedia scenarios.
  • Propose system-level architectural improvements and optimizations for next-generation product planning, focusing on power-aware multimedia processing and sustained performance.
  • Perform hands-on trade-off analysis across power, performance, latency, thermal limits, and memory bandwidth.
  • Influence architectural decisions across multimedia pipelines, compute subsystems, memory hierarchies, and power management.
  • Work closely with core systems, hardware design, software, and product teams to align system architecture with product roadmaps.
  • Partner with OEM-facing and software teams to ensure customer requirements are reflected in system and architectural decisions.
  • Tackle complex, open-ended system problems using first-principles thinking and data-driven analysis.
  • Identify gaps and inefficiencies across the multimedia hardware/software boundary and propose innovative system-level solutions.
  • Contribute to Qualcomm’s intellectual property portfolio through invention disclosures and patent filings.

Krav

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of Electrical, Computer, or Software Engineering or related work experience.
  • Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 7+ years of Electrical, Computer, or Software Engineering or related work experience.
  • PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of Electrical, Computer, or Software Engineering or related work experience.
  • 8+ years of experience in one or more areas of semiconductor product development.
  • 5+ years in a technical leadership role.
  • Master's Degree or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field is required.
  • 8–10 years of experience in semiconductor product development, including system design, architecture, hardware design and validation.
  • A minimum of 3 years of experience making trade-offs between product key performance indicators (KPIs) and costs.
  • At least 5 years of experience working within a large, matrixed organization.
  • 3 or more years of experience in a role that involves direct interaction with senior leadership.

Förmåner

  • Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
  • Opportunity for annual RSU grants
  • Highly competitive benefits package designed to support success at work, at home, and at play.

Färdigheter

AndroidCameraVideoGraphicsDisplaySoC
#multimedia#system architecture#android ecosystem#camera#video#graphics#display#semiconductor#power efficiency#performance#latency
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Företag

Qualcomm

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för 1 dag sedan

Anställningstyp

Heltid

Arbetsform

På plats

Lön

216 600–325 000 US$ / år

Erfarenhetsnivå

Senior

Platser

San Diego, United States of America

Kvalifikation

Kandidatexamen, Masterexamen, Doktorand

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