AI​/ML Camera Lead Engineer

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.

• 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

• 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

• 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

• Experience with SystemC 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

• 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.
• 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.
• PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field AND 4+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware…