Staff Engineer - Graphics

Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

The Qualcomm Adreno GPU Software team is looking for talented engineers to work on next generation GPU Developer Tools. Responsibilities include the design and development of profiling and performance analysis tools, GPU debugging tools, collaborating with GPU hardware and software teams on performance validation and analysis, new feature development, debugging issues, optimizing for the user experience, and working with the developer ecosystem, our partners, and OEMs. This role is an opportunity to shape how developers optimize for the Snapdragon Adreno GPU and have insight into next generation GPU hardware design. Our efforts in GPU Developer Tools create opportunities for our team members to learn new technologies and engage in full stack development ranging from user interfaces to graphics driver instrumentation. Experience in developing real-time software applications, graphics and/or GPGPU applications, games, middleware, drivers, or developer tools is a big plus. In this role, you will:

Design and develop profiling, performance analysis, and debugging tools features.

Collaborate with GPU hardware and software teams on performance validation and analysis.

Debug issues, optimize for the user experience, and work with the developer ecosystem, partners, and OEMs.

Shape how developers optimize for the Snapdragon Adreno GPU and gain insight into next generation GPU hardware design. The ideal candidate will meet two or more qualifications:

Extensive programming knowledge in C/C++

Strong knowledge of GPU hardware and graphics concepts

Demonstrated ability to deliver software features and products while ensuring the highest standards of quality and innovation One or more of the following qualifications is a plus:

Experience developing graphics applications with Vulkan, DirectX, Metal, OpenGL, WebGL or graphics development through Unity, Unreal Engine, Godot or a comparable graphics or game engine

Experience developing GPU computing applications with OpenCL, CUDA, SYCL etc.

Experience debugging, optimizing, profiling, and tuning real-time graphics and/or compute applications

Experience with game engines, graphics frameworks, or general computing frameworks leveraging the GPU

Knowledge of recent graphics trends, especially ray tracing and emerging capabilities such as mesh shading and workgraphs

Familiarity with Graphics Profilers and Debuggers such as Nsight, PIX, GPA, RenderDoc, Radeon Profilers, GfxReconstruct

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

2+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

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