Camera Software Engineer, up to Staff

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The camera software team is looking for talented software engineers experienced in the development of software for mobile, IOT and devices. The camera software team is responsible for delivering camera drivers, HAL, and hetero-processor processing features for Snapdragon chipsets, providing best-in-class performance, power, and image quality.

This role involves working at all layers of the camera software stack, from Android Camera HAL implementation to low-level hardware control. The role includes exposure to camera technologies such as 3A, ISP, and camera sensors, as well as integration with motion sensors, video encoders, DSPs, GPU, and display.

Responsibilities

* Design and develop new camera software features

* Support new hardware and platforms

* Debug issues within the software

* Optimize software for performance and power

* Develop unit tests

* Work with partners and OEMs

Qualifications

* 4+ years of experience in software development for mobile or platforms

* Strong programming skills in C and C++

* Strong operating system understanding

* Experience with object-oriented programming

* Multi-threaded programming experience

* Self-motivated and strong continuous learning desire is a must

Preferred Qualifications

* History of development of Android HAL components is big plus

* Strong C/C++ skills is big plus

* 6+ years of experience with APIs

* 6+ years of experience working in a large matrixed organization

* Good team work and collaboration is a big plus

* Linux kernel or user-space development experience or V4L2 experience

* Experience working with real-time systems (Linux or Android)

* Experience in the development of drivers and frameworks for multimedia systems, including camera, audio, video, AR/VR, CV, display, or graphics

* Interest and experience with camera components such as 3A, ISP, actuator, image processing, and camera sensors

* Self-driven engineering leadership with the ability to take initiative and work with minimal guidance

* Ability to design extensible software to support evolving requirements

* Strong understanding of software APIs, testing, and maintainability

* Good teamwork and effective cross-team communication

Minimum Qualifications:

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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