Video Design Engineer - Video Systems, HW Architecture

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Video Systems, HW Architecture

General Summary:

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. As a Qualcomm Video Engineer, you will work on ideas that enhance our daily life – creating everlasting video memories and playback experiences, building innovative devices through human and computer vision technologies in the Mobile, Automotive, XR, IoT & Compute space. You will have limitless opportunities to learn, grow, and lead the world of Video and Computer vision.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer or Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

Preferred Qualifications:

•    Master's degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field. 

•    4+ years of applicable video HW and/or Systems experience.         

•    4+ years of experience with hardware system design, system integration, schematic capture, and circuit simulation software.               

•    4+ years of experience with programming (e.g., C, C++, Python), computer architecture, or embedded systems.  

•    3+ years of experience working in a large matrixed organization.    

•    1+ year of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above).              

•    1+ year in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

• Leverages advanced video and computer vision engineering knowledge and experience, along with AI/ML hardware acceleration expertise, to research and develop complex video codec, computer vision, and AI/ML accelerator hardware solutions.
• microarchitecture, design, RTL implementation, and verification of highly complex video hardware systems, computer vision & SLAM algorithms, AI/ML accelerators, video encoder/decoder, video quality optimizations, and other feature enhancements.
• Performs highly complex architecture and standards analysis, including algorithm and feature decomposition, to drive requirements and detailed specifications for video, computer vision, and AI/ML accelerator hardware development.
• Ensures advanced key performance indicators (KPIs), overall system performance targets, and area/power efficiency metrics are met across all video, computer vision, and AI/ML accelerator components.
• Drives the triage of highly complex technical problems to determine root causes and implement effective resolutions.
• Facilitates collaboration across organizations (e.g., design and test teams) and engages with architects to analyze product requirements for new system architectures and hardware modules (video, computer vision, and AI/ML accelerators), or for modifications to existing designs across mobile, automotive, IoT, and other markets.
• Leads the design and integration of advanced video systems and AI/ML hardware accelerators, developing complex features and components aligned with technical proposals and product roadmaps for complex products.
• Writes detailed technical documentation and feature descriptions for highly complex projects to guide users and customers in implementing solutions; reviews and provides feedback on technical documents prepared by junior engineers.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$175,600.00 - $263,400.00

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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