Engineer, Lead- Video Firmware
Qualcomm · Hyderabad · 3–5 yrs experience · Posted 2026-07-28
Tech stack: C
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About the role
Qualcomm India Private Limited
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Systems Engineering
Responsibilities: - 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 Systems Engineer, you will research
- design, develop, simulate, and/or validate systems-level software, hardware, architecture, algorithms, and solutions that enables the development of cutting-edge technology.
- Qualcomm Systems Engineers collaborate across functional teams to meet and exceed system-level requirements and standards.
Qualifications: - 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- Develop and productize various video solutions on Qualcomm processors.- Enhance video and imaging firmware solutions and support video and imaging hardware subsystem enhancements in future Qualcomm mobile processors.- Design video and imaging features and work with a wide range of teams across the company (systems, software, hardware, etc.) during productization.- Engage with customers to commercialize Qualcomm video solutions.
- Skills/experienceRecent and relevant experience of 3-5 years required in one or more of the following areas:Embedded systems domainSolid C programming skills, multithreading and OS conceptsfundamentalsCollaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement and debug videomultimedia features for mobiles.
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Able to guide team members on assignmentsAble to lead team of 2-5 engineers, handle task assignments, decide strategy for the teamHas good decision making, resource planning skills
- Preferred SkillsGood understanding of signal processing, video compressioncodecs (Encoder + Decoder) and other video pre/post processing algorithms.
- Any of the multimedia (Video, Camera, Computer Vision) domain experience.
- Hands on knowledgeexperience on H.264HEVCVP9MPEG family video codec(s) development, porting and optimization
Qualifications
- 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- Develop and productize various video solutions on Qualcomm processors.- Enhance video and imaging firmware solutions and support video and imaging hardware subsystem enhancements in future Qualcomm mobile processors.- Design video and imaging features and work with a wide range of teams across the company (systems, software, hardware, etc.) during productization.- Engage with customers to commercialize Qualcomm video solutions.
- Skills/experienceRecent and relevant experience of 3-5 years required in one or more of the following areas:Embedded systems domainSolid C programming skills, multithreading and OS conceptsfundamentalsCollaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement and debug videomultimedia features for mobiles.
- Good analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Able to guide team members on assignmentsAble to lead team of 2-5 engineers, handle task assignments, decide strategy for the teamHas good decision making, resource planning skills
- Preferred SkillsGood understanding of signal processing, video compressioncodecs (Encoder + Decoder) and other video pre/post processing algorithms.
- Any of the multimedia (Video, Camera, Computer Vision) domain experience.
- Hands on knowledgeexperience on H.264HEVCVP9MPEG family video codec(s) development, porting and optimization
Responsibilities
- 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 Systems Engineer, you will research
- design, develop, simulate, and/or validate systems-level software, hardware, architecture, algorithms, and solutions that enables the development of cutting-edge technology.
- Qualcomm Systems Engineers collaborate across functional teams to meet and exceed system-level requirements and standards.