Camera DE Lead Engineer

Qualcomm

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San Diego, CA Posted 11 days ago $179,000–$268,400 / year
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The Senior Hardware Designer role at Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., involves collaborating with system and camera architects to define and implement micro-architectures for image and video processing pipelines, designing ASIC IP blocks from architecture through RTL delivery using Verilog/SystemVerilog or VHDL, and ensuring performance, power, and area goals are met. This position also oversees the design of an internal benchmark suite for LLMs used in hardware design and GenAI-assisted workflows, drives impactful GenAI research directions, and guides technical concepts into deployment. Required skills include a bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field, strong ASIC RTL design experience, proficiency in Verilog/SystemVerilog or VHDL, understanding of ASIC design flows, and practical experience with LLMs and agentic AI systems applied to engineering workflows.

Skills

Verilog SystemVerilog VHDL Python C++ Java LLMs embedding models agentic AI systems ASIC RTL design ASIC design flows camera/ISP image processing video multimedia computer vision DSP hardware SystemC benchmarking and evaluation frameworks TCL Perl shell scripting

What you'll do

  • Define and implement micro-architectures for image and video processing pipelines.
  • Design and own ASIC IP blocks from architecture to RTL delivery.
  • Develop high-quality RTL code in Verilog/SystemVerilog or VHDL.
  • Ensure performance, power, and area goals are met through synthesis reviews.
  • Oversee the design and delivery of an internal benchmark suite for LLMs.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field.
  • Strong hands-on experience with ASIC RTL design and proficiency in Verilog/SystemVerilog or VHDL.
  • Solid understanding of ASIC design flows including synthesis, timing analysis, CDC, and low-power techniques.
  • 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.

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