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Camera Hardware Architecture Job at Qualcomm in San Diego

Qualcomm, San Diego, CA, United States


Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Camera Engineering

General Summary
The Multimedia Camera HW Architecture team is looking for an experienced and talented Architect. The architecture group consists of hardware, software and systems engineers who are driving the analysis and definition of next‑generation architectures for our Camera Image Signal Processing (ISP) design for the smartphone and other product categories across Qualcomm’s roadmap. We have an exciting & dynamic technical position available with a focus on architecture specification and analysis for performance, power, and area. The successful candidate will engage collaboratively with core HW design, verification, SW, systems, marketing, and product planning teams to:

Responsibilities

Architect market‑leading mobile camera ISP design with best‑in‑class performance and power

Conduct hands‑on performance, power, and area tradeoffs to help define our ISP architecture

Collaborate with HW and SW teams to define best‑in‑class multimedia system design

Define HW micro‑architecture for implementation of image processing algorithms

Deploy models, simulators, profilers, or even real hardware to provide quantitative justification for architectural directions

Apply computer architecture knowledge of CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, cache coherency, bus interconnect, MMU and memory/bandwidth analysis

Effectively communicate experimental results, review with technical leads and peers and analyze outstanding issues

Creatively overcome obstacles to obtain the answers to architectural questions

Invent and file patents on technical solutions to relevant problems

Location
Position is based in San Diego, CA.

Minimum Skills

Experience in system or chipset development for SoC products, preferably in the mobile market

Experience in multimedia HW development (imaging, video, display, audio, sensors etc) and ML/AI accelerators

Experience with OS principles and HW/SW interaction

Experience with SoC, bus interconnect, and memory technologies

MS Degree Required with 2+ years industry experience in one or more of the following areas:

Hands‑on experience in using and modifying simulators and performance/power models, especially full‑system models

Experience in VLSI design and verification

Experience in C/C++/SystemC programming

Pragmatic scripting & automation skills

Working knowledge of UNIX environment

Preferred Skills

Image Processing Algorithm domain knowledge

Experience in Hardware RTL design and ML based HW solutions

Familiarity with Android OS, WM and other mobile HLOS SW development

Excellent communication, documentation, and presentation skills

Minimum Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 2+ 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 1+ year of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.

EEO Statement
Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e‑mail disability‑accommodations@qualcomm.com or call Qualcomm’s toll‑free number. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities.

Salary & Benefits
Pay range: $122,500.00 – $183,700.00

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. 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. For more details about our US benefits, please review our benefits page.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

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In Summary: The Multimedia Camera HW Architecture team is looking for an experienced and talented Architect . The architecture group consists of hardware, software and systems engineers . The successful candidate will engage collaboratively with core HW design, verification, SW, systems, marketing, and product planning teams to: Conduct hands‑on performance, power, and area tradeoffs to help define our ISP architecture .

En Español: Empresa: Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. Área de trabajo: Grupo de Ingeniería, Grupo de ingeniería > Ingenieria de cámaras Resumen General El equipo de Arquitectura Multimedia Camera HW está buscando un arquitecto experimentado y talentoso. El candidato exitoso se involucrará en colaboración con los equipos principales de diseño, verificación, SW, sistemas, marketing y planificación de productos HW para la implementación de algoritmos de procesamiento de imágenes Desarrollar modelos, simuladores, perfiladores o incluso hardware real para proporcionar una justificación cuantitativa a las direcciones arquitectónicas del mercado Arquitecto Diseño de cámara móvil ISP con el mejor rendimiento y potencia Realizar compromisos prácticos sobre el rendimiento, el poder y el área para ayudar a definir nuestra arquitectura de ISP Colaborar con equipos HW y SW para definir el mejor sistema multimedia en su clase Definir soluciones de micro-arquitectura HW, Sistemas de gestión de imagen, simuladoras, perfileres, perfileres e incluso hardware reales Aplicar conocimientos técnicos de ingeniería de computadora de CPUs, cajas GPUs, DSPs, coherencia entre buses, MMU y análisis de ancho de memoria Así que exhibir eficazmente los resultados experimentales, revisar competencias técnicas y capacidades basadas en software de desarrollo de EE.UU. O desarrollando sus habilidades básicas en el campo de la ingeniería electrónica y otros aspectos relacionados Con experiencia avanzada (especialmente en tecnología de ordenadores, ingeniería automática) Experiencia física y ingeniería eléctrica, aprendizaje de trabajo, etc. Si usted es una persona con discapacidad y necesita un alojamiento durante el proceso de solicitud/contratación, asegúrese de que Qualcomm se compromete a proporcionar un proceso accesible. Puede enviar un correo electrónico a disability-accommodations@qualcomm.com o llamar al número gratuito de QualcomMs. A petición, QualComm proporcionará alojamientos razonables para apoyar a las personas con discapacidades en participar en la contratación.