Automotive - Embedded Software Applications Engineer – Multimedia

Company: Qualcomm Technologies International Ltd Job Area: Engineering Group, Software Applications Engineering General Summary

This position is for Qualcomm Automotive Application Engineering Group, which closely collaborates with its automotive partners and customers from concept to commercialization. The team is involved with all aspects of Embedded software such as SW & HW designs, Feature Prototyping, Feature Integration, SW customization, Performance Optimization & Improvement and other debugging efforts which is key for a successful launch of the product.

This role is for a strong Software Engineer with good knowledge and hands‑on experience in Design/Development/Debugging aspects of multimedia on one or more operating systems like Linux, Android, Greenhills Integrity and QNX embedded systems. The main responsibility is to provide direct support to Qualcomm customers and partners with the design, development, and debug of Qualcomm reference designs SW related issues and helping to customize/optimize software to meet the product requirements using the features in Qualcomm SOC.

The candidate must quickly ramp up onto an existing project, understand Automotive platform Hardware and Software driver architecture, read/write technical specifications/requirements, demonstrate strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities and work closely with external customers to customize and launch their new products.

The successful candidate will get a chance to work on cutting‑edge infotainment/digital cockpit technologies from leading Auto manufacturers and Tier1s and see the projects through to commercialization.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
• PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
• 2+ years of experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
• 1+ year of experience with debugging techniques.
• 6+ years of experience with Embedded software development/debugging, or related work experience.
• 1+ years of experience in a customer‑facing role.
• Experience with Embedded software development, integration, debugging.
• Experience with Embedded Multimedia development in one or more of Audio, Display, Graphics.
• Experience with C/C++ programming.
• Experience with high‑level operating systems (QNX or Android) or any Real‑time Operating Systems.
• Excellent issue triage and debugging skills.
• Good communication and excellent team‑working skills.
• Quick adaptability to work in new technologies.

• Experience with Automotive Infotainment projects.
• Experience with one or more software platforms: QNX, Linux Android, Linux Containers.
• Experience with Display and graphics drivers/controllers.
• Familiar with debugging GPU hangs and display panel bring‑up activities.
• Exposure to Hypervisors and Virtualization.
• OpenGL ES, Vulkan, OpenCL.
• Familiarity with bridge‑chips (serializer/de‑serialize rs), composition, colour formats.
• GPU buffer management, GPU shader architecture.
• Display panel specifications (timing, pixel clock, frame rates).
• Experience with MPI, CSI, and DSI interfaces.
• Experience with system performance profiling and optimization.
• Familiarity with Qt/QML, SHM, Window Managers, Texture Compression.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, Electronics or related field (Master’s preferred).

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