Camera DE Lead Engineer

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Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

## Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group Camera Engineering

General

Summary:

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 Camera Engineer you will work on ideas that touch our daily life - creating everlasting connected memories and assist in building innovative devices through human and computer vision technologies in the Mobile, Automotive, XR, IoT & Compute space.

You will have limitless opportunities to learn, grow and lead the world of Imaging. Team is hiring across levels.

Camera / ISP Hardware Design

* Collaborate with system and camera architects to define and implement micro‑architectures for image and video processing pipelines

* Design, implement, and own ASIC IP blocks, from architecture through RTL delivery

* Develop high‑quality RTL (Verilog/System Verilog or VHDL) for camera, ISP, computer vision, and multimedia hardware

* Run synthesis and review results to ensure performance, power, and area (PPA) goals are met

* Perform and review CDC, low‑power, timing, and design rule checks

* Work closely with design verification and physical design teams to support test planning, debug, and design closure

* Create and maintain micro‑architecture and design documentation

GenAI for Hardware Design

* Oversee the design and delivery of an internal benchmark suite for LLMs used in hardware design and GenAI‑assisted workflows, with clearly defined KPIs and regression tracking

* Oversee the design and delivery of agentic AI solutions for hardware design, enabling AI‑driven assistance across RTL development, review, debug, and verification workflows

* Identify, prototype, and drive measurably impactful GenAI research directions for hardware and chip design

* Guide GenAI concepts from R&D into internal deployment, ensuring technical rigor and practical value

* Serve as a technical leader by coaching team members, setting clear expectations, and contributing directly to technical execution

Required Skills

* Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field

* Strong hands‑on experience with ASIC RTL design

* Proficiency in Verilog/System Verilog or VHDL

* Solid understanding of ASIC design flows, including synthesis, timing, CDC, and low‑power analysis

* Experience with camera/ISP, image processing, video, multimedia, computer vision, or DSP hardware

* Proficiency in Python (and/or C++/Java) for tooling, automation, and GenAI evaluation workflows

* Practical experience with LLMs, embedding models, or agentic AI systems applied to engineering workflows

* Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in cross‑functional teams

Preferred Skills

* Experience with System

C or hardware modeling

* Prior ASIC implementation of camera or image processing IP

* Experience defining or maintaining benchmarking and evaluation frameworks for ML/LLM systems

* Familiarity with agentic AI frameworks or tools used for code generation, review, or analysis

* Scripting experience (Python, TCL, Perl, shell) supporting RTL or GenAI flows

Minimum Qualifications:

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 5+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.

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