Camera Hardware Architecture

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

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

Preferred Skills

Minimum Qualifications

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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