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Your work will focus on camera sensors, ISP pipelines, video processing, and platform bring-up, supporting surveillance, smart devices, retail systems, robotics, and edge AI products.\nQualcomm Staff Video BSP Engineer collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess and advance the application of company products that meet and exceed customer needs.\nPRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:\nDesign, develop, and maintain device drivers and BSP software for camera-related subsystems including Sensors, ISP, CSI, and video processing components on Linux and RTOS platforms.\nImplement and optimize kernel drivers, middleware, and low-level software components to meet performance, power, latency, and reliability requirements.\nPort and adapt software across multiple operating systems, SoC platforms, and product generations.\nPerform hardware-software integration and platform bring-up on FPGA emulation systems, development boards, and production silicon.\nConduct system-level debugging, performance profiling, and memory/power optimization.\nSupport camera enablement, video capture, ISP tuning integration, and system validation activities.\nCollaborate with hardware, system architecture, validation, and product teams to ensure robust and production-ready system delivery.\nSupport secure boot, fast boot, power management, and Always-On Video (AOV) use cases.\nAnalyze and resolve complex software, platform, and system integration issues during development and customer deployment.\nProvide technical support to ODMs, customers, and ecosystem partners for software integration and issue resolution.\nPrepare and present technical documentation, design reviews, and engineering status updates.\nMentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership on BSP architecture, debugging methodologies, and software development best practices.\nREQUIRED COMPETENCIES:\nVideo BSP Software Design & Development\nStrong expertise in embedded software development using C/C++.\nExtensive experience developing Linux kernel drivers and BSP software.\nProficiency in software architecture, module design, and system integration for embedded SoC platforms.\nExperience working across kernel space and user space software boundaries.\nCamera & Video Subsystems\nUnderstanding of image processing data flows and performance bottlenecks.\nStrong knowledge of camera and video subsystems including:\nImage Sensors\nMIPI CSI\nISP pipelines\nVideo encoding and decoding pipelines\nCamera framework integration\nPlatform Architecture & System Software\nKnowledge of ARM-based SoC architecture.\nFamiliarity with MMU, IOMMU, SMMU, DMA, interrupts, and synchronization mechanisms.\nExperience with Linux device trees, power management frameworks, and boot flows.\nExperience with FPGA bring-up, hardware emulation environments, or pre-silicon development.\nValidation & Debug\nHands-on experience with:GDB\nJTAG debuggers\nLogic analyzers\nPerformance profiling tools\n\nStrong root cause analysis and complex system debugging skills.\nExperience optimizing software for performance, power consumption, and memory footprint.\nCollaboration & Communication\nStrong collaboration skills with hardware, architecture, validation, product, ODM, and customer teams.\nExcellent verbal and written communication skills.\nAbility to lead technical discussions and drive issue resolution across geographically distributed teams.\nTools\nProficient with GCC/Clang toolchains.\nExperience using Git and modern software development workflows.\nFamiliarity with Yocto, Buildroot, and embedded Linux build systems.\nProficient with Microsoft 365 tools and modern AI-assisted engineering workflows.\nMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of embedded software engineering experience.\nOR Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of embedded software engineering experience.\n PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:\n10+ years of embedded software development experience.\n5+ years of Linux BSP or device driver development experience.\nStrong experience with camera, ISP, or video subsystem software development.\nExperience with MIPI CSI, ISP tuning integration, and video processing pipelines.\nExperience working with Ambarella, Novatek, SigmaStar, Amlogic or similar embedded SoC platforms.\nExperience with FPGA emulation or pre-silicon software development.\nFamiliarity with secure boot, trusted execution environments, and system security architectures.\nExperience with Always-On Video (AOV), low-power camera applications, or edge AI camera systems.\nExperience with CI/CD infrastructure, automated testing, and Agile software development methodologies.\nExperience supporting customer projects and delivering production-ready camera and video solutions.\nAbility to travel internationally as required by project schedules.\nMinimum Qualifications:\n• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 4+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.OR\nMaster's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 3+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.\nOR\nPhD in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.\nApplicants: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail  or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).\nQualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.\nTo all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies:Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. 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