About the position
The camera software team is looking for talented senior software engineers experienced in development of software for mobile and devices. The camera software team is responsible for delivering the camera drivers, HAL and post processing features for Snapdragon chipsets, providing best in class performance, power and image quality. This role will involve working at all layers of the camera software stack, from Android Camera HAL and/or Windows AVS/KMD/MFT Camera implementation to low level hardware control. Responsibilities will include the design and development of new features, support for new hardware, debugging of issues within the software, optimizing software for performance and power, development of unit tests and working with our partners and OEMs. The successful candidate will be exposed to 3A (auto exposure, auto focus and auto white balance), image signal processors, camera sensors, as well as integration with other technologies including motion sensors, video encoders, DSPs, GPU and display.
Responsibilities
- Applies knowledge and experience of Camera to design, develop, debug, implement, and verify camera software (e.g., Camera Image Signal Processor, 3A, Image Quality, Tuning Tools, etc.), algorithms, and features.
- Designs or architects IQ modules, algorithms, and feature decompositions to drive requirements and specifications for both hardware and software.
- Ensures image quality, software conformance tests, and performance and power metrics are met to deliver camera software to customers.
- Collaborates with customers and team members throughout project life cycle to design, develop, and optimize camera software.
- Writes detailed technical documentation and feature descriptions for Camera SW projects to guide users and/or customers to use or implement software.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- OR Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
- OR PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or related field.
Nice-to-haves
- Master's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, or related field.
- 2+ years programming (e.g., C, C++, Python), computer architecture, or embedded systems knowledge.
- 2+ years of relevant camera software experience.
Benefits
- Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
- Opportunity for annual RSU grants
- Highly competitive benefits package designed to support success at work, at home, and at play
