Extended Reality (XR) Software Team Multimedia Staff Engineer

Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

Job function Responsibilities include

Software and System design, development, performance & power optimization of XR products built using Qualcomm's Industry leading SoC running Android and Linux platforms. Analyze and decompose complex software systems and collaborate with and influence others to improve the overall design. The candidate will be required to be fully hands-on.

The Qualcomm XR software team invites experienced software engineers to build next generation cutting edge XR products that will define the future immersive experiences, take productivity to next level, and build the devices that are "ticket" to Metaverse. XR is an umbrella term encapsulating Augmented Reality (AR), Virtual Reality (VR), mixed reality (MR). XR software team is responsible for the design, optimization, integration, testing and commercialization of Qualcomm XR solution and there is ample opportunity to work on a wide intersection of technologies such as Inertial sensor processing, Camera Processing, Computer Vision, Graphics, Video Encode and Decode, Display Processing and Wireless Technologies

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.

10+ years of hands-on experience in design and development of multimedia software (at Drivers, Middleware, Frameworks level) in one or more of these domains:Virtual/Augmented Reality, Camera, Graphics, Video, Display, Computer Vision

Expert in C/C++ programming

Embedded multimedia product development experience in Android Smartphones, Network based Video or Camera products

Hands on experience with the internals of Linux, Android is required.

Bachelor's or Master's in Electrical & Computer Engineering or related discipline from Top Notch institutes

Candidates with one or more below additional qualifications will have an edge

Software development experience on heterogenous/multi-core architectures (CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, tensor accelerators etc.)

Direct experience in XR product development

Previous development experience on Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms

Candidates with apps and gaming development experience are least preferred.

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