Staff Engineer- Camera Kernel

Company: Qualcomm India Private Limited Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering General Summary: Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5G's potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age - and this is where you come in. Job Description: We seek Engineers with demonstrable software and system knowledge and hands-on experience for camera and its various modules, algorithms. The Camera team creates embedded imaging solutions for Snapdragon chipsets that power advanced mobile devices. Our solutions leverage dedicated hardware, multi-core processors, DSP, and GPU cores to provide state-of-the-art photographs, video recordings, as well as scene data for image understanding and object detection.

1. Candidate will be working on designing architecture for various modules across camera pipelines and looking for power, performance & memory requirements.
2. Candidate should be able to propose and optimize software algorithms and propose fixes/updates to handle complex use cases to improve overall performance.
3. Candidate needs to learn quickly new hardware module interfaces and create software interface layers for these modules.
4. Candidate should be able to work with software and customer teams to debug issues.
5. Evaluate new solutions/features and explore new possibilities to enhance performance.
6. Should be a quick learner, adapt to new technologies, and possess good debugging skills.
7. Should be able to work with geographically spread teams.
8. Participate in the development of varied product lines such as mobile phones, AR, VR, automotive.

Minimum Qualifications:

1. 9-12 years of experience in Embedded system Performance /Camera domain.
2. Strong C/C++ programming and debugging skills.
3. Excellent knowledge of OS fundamentals, data structures, and Linux Kernel (memory management, resource management, BW management & CPU scheduler, etc).
4. Strong analytical and debugging skills in multi-Processor environments.
5. Prior experience of optimizing user experience, memory, and benchmarks on Linux/Android desired.
6. Experience in performance trade-offs and optimizing CPU workload.
7. Strong hold on CPU Scheduler/Power Management/Memory management.
8. Well-versed with performance tools like Systrace/Ftrace/LISA/Heapdump/Perfetto/Simpleperf/Valgrind, etc.
9. Solid knowledge of camera processing pipelines and modules is a plus.
10. Knowledge of embedded systems / Android & Linux is a plus.
11. Good knowledge of ARM architecture is a plus.

Education Requirements:

1. Required: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Information Technology/Electrical and/or Electronics Engineering.
2. Preferred: Master’s degree in Computer Science/Information Technology/Electrical and/or Electronics Engineering.

Preferred Qualifications:

1. Working knowledge of camera design, imaging modules, subsystems pipeline, and architecture.
2. Working experience in Embedded Performance and Power.
3. Working experience with Android Camera/Embedded technology.
4. Experience developing tools for profiling, validation, and debugging across all components.

Personal Attributes / Soft Skills:

1. Desire to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with high expectations.
2. Passionate about building great products, willing to disrupt the status quo and push boundaries to deliver innovations that affect the experience of millions of end-users.
3. Strong analytic and problem-solving skills.
4. Excellent technical communication and interpersonal skills.
5. Self-motivated and quick learner.
6. Meticulous attention to detail.

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