XR Software Senior Engineer
Qualcomm · Posted Oct 12
Semiconductor, 5G wireless technology, mobile platform, and AI computing solutions
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About the role
Qualcomm's XR Technology team builds integrated chipsets and platforms that power advanced mobile devices and XR/IoT/Automotive and compute platforms, working on next-generation technologies enabling Augmented Reality, Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality applications. The role involves designing, developing and validating embedded and cloud edge software and system architectures, translating AR/VR use-case requirements into implementation specifications, and deploying state-of-the-art computer vision algorithms and features into commercial XR products.
What you will do
- Work closely with a cross functional team to understand AR/VR use case requirements, dataflows, and HW/SW partitioning
- Work closely with technology, hardware, and software experts to translate use-case requirements into implementation specifications and contributing to SW Design
- Leverage expert software knowledge and experience to implement and oversee the design, development, creation, modification, and validation of embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs.
- Oversee the resolution of design, coding, and other technical issues by presenting end-to-end solutions.
- Oversee code reviews, regression tests, and the triage of issues to ensure the quality of code.
- Deploy state-of-the-art computer vision algorithms and features into commercial XR products
- Develop production code and system architectures with excellent design quality
- Expertise with modern C++ (11-20), and with writing reliable, maintainable, and idiomatic code
- Experience with multi-core programming on heterogenous mobile architectures (CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, tensor accelerators, System-on-a-Chip, embedded systems etc.)
- Outstanding problem-solving skills
- Excellent communication and team working skills
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2-10+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR Master’s degree in engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1-9+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.
- 2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.
Preferred qualifications
- Master’s degree in electrical engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- 8 to 12 years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- Experience with Augmented/Virtual Reality and general computer vision enabling technologies and devices
- Proven experience in conducting architectural trade-offs, power/performance analysis and/or SW-HW trade-offs
- Extensive knowledge of graphics pipeline, computer vision pipelines, machine learning methods and/or camera pipelines
- Experience with embedded platforms such as Android, Linux
- Experience with Python programming
- Good knowledge of graphics pipeline, computer vision pipelines, machine learning methods and/or camera pipelines
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm is a global leader in the development and commercialization of foundational technologies for the wireless industry, including mobile processors, 5G, and on-device artificial intelligence. The company designs and markets digital communications products, semiconductor solutions, and system software used globally across smartphones, automotive solutions, IoT devices, and computing systems. Through extensive R&D and intellectual property licensing, Qualcomm powers a highly interconnected and smarter world.
- Industry
- Semiconductors
- Company size
- 50000+ employees
- Founded
- 1985
- Location
- San Diego, California, USA
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Funding
Public Company · $53M raised
- 2018-11-01Grant
Leadership
President and Chief Executive Officer
Chief Financial Officer and Chief Operating Officer
James H. Thompson
Chief Technology Officer
Chief Marketing Officer
Ann Chaplin
General Counsel and Corporate Secretary
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