Camera Power Engineer

Qualcomm

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Work type
On-site
Location
San Diego, CA
Salary
$122,500–$183,700 / yr
Posted
14 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live yesterday
Closes
Feb 24, 2027

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This role $153k
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TL;DR · Camera Power Engineer

As a Camera Power Engineer within the Multimedia systems team, you will focus on optimizing power and performance for camera, video encoding/decoding, and computer vision technologies. You will be responsible for developing efficient multimedia system architectures that satisfy specific power, performance, and cost requirements. Your daily work involves analyzing power for selected use-cases using system models, rolling out architectural proposals to hardware and software design teams, and following through during execution and commercialization to validate modeling assumptions. Additionally, you will support Mobile, Compute, IoT, and Automotive OEMs in optimizing power on their devices. The role requires expertise in low power design, computer architecture, and HW/SW systems design. Preferred skills include experience with system analysis tools, camera image processing, and video compression techniques to solve complex power management challenges in mobile and automotive environments.

What you'll do

  • Design efficient multimedia system architectures to meet power, performance, and cost requirements.
  • Analyze power consumption for specific use cases using system models for selected architectures.
  • Deliver architectural analysis and proposals to hardware and software design teams.
  • Monitor SoC execution and commercialization to ensure goals are met and modeling assumptions are validated.
  • Support Mobile, Compute, IoT, and Automotive OEMs in optimizing power on their commercial devices.
  • Perform system-level analysis and modeling for low-power designs.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
  • Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
  • PhD in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
  • 2+ years of experience in Software, Hardware, or Systems Engineering for candidates with a Bachelor's degree.
  • 1+ year of experience in Software, Hardware, or Systems Engineering for candidates with a Master's degree.
  • Experience or coursework in low power design, computer architecture, or HW/SW systems design.
  • 2+ years of experience working on systems analysis and modeling using various tools at a detailed level.
  • 2+ years of experience with system level aspects of low power design to model and analyze power and performance.

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