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 2+ 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 1+ year of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer or Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

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

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

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

•    2+ 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).              

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

•    Applies Video and Computer Vision Engineering knowledge and experience to research and develop video codec and computer vision HW. 

•    Designs, develops, implements, and verifies video systems and HW and FW tasks including Video Encoder, Video Decoder, Computer Vision, Video Quality and Features.

•    Performs architecture, standard study, algorithm, and feature decomposition to drive requirements and specifications for hardware development.

•    Ensures KPIs, systems performance, and area and power metrics are met. 

•    Drives the triage of problems to determine root causes and recommends ways to fix and/or improve.

•    Collaborates with teams (e.g., design and test) and customers to analyze customer product requirements for new architecture, video, and CV modules or the modification of an existing design for all addressable markets including mobile, automotive, IoT, and others.

•    Contributes to video subsystems and develops basic features and components in line with product proposals or roadmaps. 

•    Writes detailed technical documentation and feature descriptions to guide users and/or customers to use or implement output.

Level of Responsibility:

•    Works under supervision.
•    Decision-making may affect work beyond immediate work group.
•    Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey information. May require basic negotiation, influence, tact, etc. 
•    Has a moderate amount of influence over key organizational decisions.
•    Tasks require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; some planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:

$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. 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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