Video BSP Engineer - Staff, Hardware Applications Engineering

Company:

Qualcomm Semiconductor Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Hardware Applications Engineering

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 BSP Software Engineer, you will design and develop software solutions for Qualcomm IE-IOT SoC platforms spanning Linux and RTOS environments, enabling high-performance imaging, video, and camera subsystems in edge AI and industrial applications. Your work will focus on camera sensors, ISP pipelines, video processing, and platform bring-up, supporting surveillance, smart devices, retail systems, robotics, and edge AI products.

Qualcomm Staff Video BSP Engineer collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess and advance the application of company products that meet and exceed customer needs.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Design, develop, and maintain device drivers and BSP software for camera-related subsystems including Sensors, ISP, CSI, and video processing components on Linux and RTOS platforms.
• Implement and optimize kernel drivers, middleware, and low-level software components to meet performance, power, latency, and reliability requirements.
• Port and adapt software across multiple operating systems, SoC platforms, and product generations.
• Perform hardware-software integration and platform bring-up on FPGA emulation systems, development boards, and production silicon.
• Conduct system-level debugging, performance profiling, and memory/power optimization.
• Support camera enablement, video capture, ISP tuning integration, and system validation activities.
• Collaborate with hardware, system architecture, validation, and product teams to ensure robust and production-ready system delivery.
• Support secure boot, fast boot, power management, and Always-On Video (AOV) use cases.
• Analyze and resolve complex software, platform, and system integration issues during development and customer deployment.
• Provide technical support to ODMs, customers, and ecosystem partners for software integration and issue resolution.
• Prepare and present technical documentation, design reviews, and engineering status updates.
• Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership on BSP architecture, debugging methodologies, and software development best practices.

REQUIRED COMPETENCIES:

Video BSP Software Design & Development

• Strong expertise in embedded software development using C/C++.
• Extensive experience developing Linux kernel drivers and BSP software.
• Proficiency in software architecture, module design, and system integration for embedded SoC platforms.
• Experience working across kernel space and user space software boundaries.

Camera & Video Subsystems

• Understanding of image processing data flows and performance bottlenecks.
• Strong knowledge of camera and video subsystems including:

• Image Sensors
• MIPI CSI
• ISP pipelines
• Video encoding and decoding pipelines
• Camera framework integration

Platform Architecture & System Software

• Knowledge of ARM-based SoC architecture.
• Familiarity with MMU, IOMMU, SMMU, DMA, interrupts, and synchronization mechanisms.
• Experience with Linux device trees, power management frameworks, and boot flows.
• Experience with FPGA bring-up, hardware emulation environments, or pre-silicon development.

Validation & Debug

• Hands-on experience with:
  • GDB
  • JTAG debuggers
  • Logic analyzers
  • Performance profiling tools
• Strong root cause analysis and complex system debugging skills.
• Experience optimizing software for performance, power consumption, and memory footprint.

Collaboration & Communication

• Strong collaboration skills with hardware, architecture, validation, product, ODM, and customer teams.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to lead technical discussions and drive issue resolution across geographically distributed teams.

Tools

• Proficient with GCC/Clang toolchains.
• Experience using Git and modern software development workflows.
• Familiarity with Yocto, Buildroot, and embedded Linux build systems.
• Proficient with Microsoft 365 tools and modern AI-assisted engineering workflows.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of embedded software engineering experience.
• OR Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of embedded software engineering experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 10+ years of embedded software development experience.
• 5+ years of Linux BSP or device driver development experience.
• Strong experience with camera, ISP, or video subsystem software development.
• Experience with MIPI CSI, ISP tuning integration, and video processing pipelines.
• Experience working with Ambarella, Novatek, SigmaStar, Amlogic or similar embedded SoC platforms.
• Experience with FPGA emulation or pre-silicon software development.
• Familiarity with secure boot, trusted execution environments, and system security architectures.
• Experience with Always-On Video (AOV), low-power camera applications, or edge AI camera systems.
• Experience with CI/CD infrastructure, automated testing, and Agile software development methodologies.
• Experience supporting customer projects and delivering production-ready camera and video solutions.
• Ability to travel internationally as required by project schedules.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.

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