Senior Engineer - Camera Firmware

Qualcomm · Hyderabad · 4+ yrs experience · Posted 2026-06-21

Tech stack: C, C++

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Qualcomm India Private Limited
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Systems Engineering
Responsibilities: - The successful candidate(s) will be responsible for:
- Development and productize Camera Firmware on Qualcomm chipsets for mobile/XR/Auto projects.
- Role is to develop unified driver for ISP HW that is targeted for different tiers of Qualcomm camera solutions.
- Programming language is C/C++ on controller processor with dedicated RTOS, so the role involves understanding the processor architecture/RTOS/peripherals/compiler/linker toolsets.
- Prototype the end-to-end use cases with Firmware Test bench for early verification of the FW/HW
- Influence camera HW architecture for future Qualcomm chipsets to emphasize power/performance needs
- Collaborate with systems, software, hardware teams at various stages of chipset life during design/validation/commercialization.
- Interaction with customer engineering teams to commercialize Qualcomm camera solutions with global OEMs, stabilize the existing solution for customer use cases/requirements
Qualifications: - Experience in image processing/computer vision/video domain.
- Good understanding of image processing or computer vision fundamentals.
- Hands on knowledgeexperience on camera/video/computer vision HW pipeline, development, porting and optimization.
- Solid CC++ programming skills, multithreading and RTOS/OS concepts.
- Experience in device driver development for hardware is plus
- Hands on experience on Tensilica/ARM processors is a plus.
- Strong debugging skills to debug complex system level issues.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement and debug camera/multimedia features for mobiles/XR/IOT use cases
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Looking for 4+ years of relevant industry experience
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
- Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
- PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

Qualifications

- Experience in image processing/computer vision/video domain.
- Good understanding of image processing or computer vision fundamentals.
- Hands on knowledgeexperience on camera/video/computer vision HW pipeline, development, porting and optimization.
- Solid CC++ programming skills, multithreading and RTOS/OS concepts.
- Experience in device driver development for hardware is plus
- Hands on experience on Tensilica/ARM processors is a plus.
- Strong debugging skills to debug complex system level issues.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement and debug camera/multimedia features for mobiles/XR/IOT use cases
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Looking for 4+ years of relevant industry experience
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
- Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
- PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

Responsibilities

- The successful candidate(s) will be responsible for:
- Development and productize Camera Firmware on Qualcomm chipsets for mobile/XR/Auto projects.
- Role is to develop unified driver for ISP HW that is targeted for different tiers of Qualcomm camera solutions.
- Programming language is C/C++ on controller processor with dedicated RTOS, so the role involves understanding the processor architecture/RTOS/peripherals/compiler/linker toolsets.
- Prototype the end-to-end use cases with Firmware Test bench for early verification of the FW/HW
- Influence camera HW architecture for future Qualcomm chipsets to emphasize power/performance needs
- Collaborate with systems, software, hardware teams at various stages of chipset life during design/validation/commercialization.
- Interaction with customer engineering teams to commercialize Qualcomm camera solutions with global OEMs, stabilize the existing solution for customer use cases/requirements

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