Principal Engineer- Camera

Qualcomm · Hyderabad · 8+ yrs experience · Posted 2026-01-13

Tech stack: C, C++, Java, Linux, Python

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Qualcomm India Private Limited
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering
Responsibilities: - Senior Technical Lead (Multimedia / Camera)
- Strong hands‑on experience in Linux kernel driver development with deep understanding of kernel internals and device drivers.
- Proven track record of upstream Linux kernel contributions including camera and multimedia subsystem upstreaming, Active participation in open source community discussions.
- Solid experience working with open‑source multimedia architectures
- (V4L2, Media Controller, libcamera, etc.).
- End‑to‑end ownership of features across the full product lifecycle — from pre‑silicon enablement bring‑up through commercialization with camera domain experience strongly preferred
- Acts as a technical lead
- driving architecture and design decisions for complex multimedia systems.
- Experience leading and mentoring engineering teams (10+ engineers team)
- including task planning, technical guidance, and design reviews.
- Demonstrated ability to work directly with customers understand requirements, debug critical issues, and drive solutions to closure.
- Experience in IOT segement
- Years of experience: 15+
Qualifications: - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 7+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- 4+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Qualifications

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 7+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- 4+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Responsibilities

- Senior Technical Lead (Multimedia / Camera)
- Strong hands‑on experience in Linux kernel driver development with deep understanding of kernel internals and device drivers.
- Proven track record of upstream Linux kernel contributions including camera and multimedia subsystem upstreaming, Active participation in open source community discussions.
- Solid experience working with open‑source multimedia architectures
- (V4L2, Media Controller, libcamera, etc.).
- End‑to‑end ownership of features across the full product lifecycle — from pre‑silicon enablement bring‑up through commercialization with camera domain experience strongly preferred
- Acts as a technical lead
- driving architecture and design decisions for complex multimedia systems.
- Experience leading and mentoring engineering teams (10+ engineers team)
- including task planning, technical guidance, and design reviews.
- Demonstrated ability to work directly with customers understand requirements, debug critical issues, and drive solutions to closure.
- Experience in IOT segement
- Years of experience: 15+

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