Camera Algorithm Engineer

Company
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Job Area
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Camera Engineering
General Summary
Job Description
As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all.
Responsibilities
We seek a passionate engineer with in-depth knowledge on image processing, computational imaging, or computer vision algorithm design, especially ISP related, to join the Camera Systems team. The Camera Systems team creates embedded imaging solutions for Snapdragon chipsets that power advanced technology in 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. Responsibilities include the following:

Research and development for mobile camera features and image/video quality improvement
Prototype solutions on platforms for proof of concept and demonstration purposes
Deployment of solutions that improve the mobile imaging experience.
Design of camera systems that balance power, memory, silicon area to maximize imaging performance.

All Qualcomm employees are expected to actively support diversity on their teams, and in the Company
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.

OR
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.
OR
PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
Experiences In The Following Areas

Expertise in signal, image, video and color/tone processing
Proficiency with C, C++, Python, Matlab
Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

Preferred Qualifications

PHD Degree preferred with one or more skills below
Experience with camera technology and ISP (Image Signal Processor)
Experience with computer vision, machine learning and deep neural networks related to image/video/motion/depth/sematics processing
Experience with sensors and algorithms for sensor and optics processing
Experience with mobile imaging related development and technology

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Pay Range And Other Compensation & Benefits
$148,300.00 - $222,500.00
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. Even more importantly, please note that 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. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.
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