Platform Engineer – IoT Camera Systems / Embedded Linux , up to Staff

Company:

Qualcomm Semiconductor Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Applications Engineering

General Summary:

About Qualcomm
Qualcomm drives innovation across industrial and embedded IoT, enabling next-generation experiences, accelerating digital transformation, and creating a smarter, seamlessly connected world.

Position Summary
We are seeking a technically accomplished Senior / Staff Platform Engineer to support customer IoT camera and IP camera projects on Qualcomm embedded and IoT platforms. In this role, you will lead software development and integration for SoC-based Embedded Linux systems, coordinate cross-functional resources, resolve system-level issues, and drive customer platform bring-up, validation, and product delivery. You will also develop camera applications and integrate video analytics and AI applications.

Key Responsibilities

• Technical Leadership and Ownership: Independently drive assigned technical initiatives and customer projects. Proactively clarify requirements, define solutions, coordinate cross-functional resources, and manage risks through issue resolution, validation, and delivery.
• Resource-Constrained System Development: Develop applications for Embedded Linux platforms based on low-power SoCs with limited memory capacity (64 MB / 128 MB RAM).
• Driver Development: Develop and maintain drivers in C for RAW image sensors using the MIPI CSI interface and for SoC peripherals on Embedded Linux platforms.
• System Bring-Up and Integration: Perform platform bring-up, driver integration, and functional validation for image sensors, SerDes, NOR / NAND flash, eMMC, I2S, SDIO, USB, Wi-Fi modules, and 4G LTE modules.
• Application Development and Integration: Develop and maintain IoT camera / IP camera applications in C on embedded Linux platforms, including real-time audio/video streaming (RTSP), SD card recording and playback, event-triggered recording, and timestamp overlays (OSD). Integrate video analytics and AI applications, such as motion detection and object detection and tracking, and connect detection results to event notifications and Page 1 of 3 Qualcomm – Job Description recording functions. Integrate SDK features and assist customers with application porting and functional validation.
• Debugging and Troubleshooting: Diagnose and resolve system-level issues across the kernel, drivers, and middleware.
• Video Pipeline Integration: Integrate and tune SoC video processing pipelines to meet customer application requirements and resolve related issues.
• H.264 / H.265 / MJPEG Video Encoding: Integrate SoC hardware encoding capabilities, configure encoding parameters, tune image quality and bitrates, optimize performance, and troubleshoot issues to meet customer recording and streaming requirements.
• Customer Technical Support: Provide technical support for IoT camera and IP camera solutions to customers worldwide, including performance tuning and troubleshooting.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate effectively with R&D, AE, QA, and FAE teams to clarify requirements, responsibilities, and priorities, and jointly drive issue resolution and customer project delivery.
• Quality and Delivery: Maintain high standards for code quality, testing, validation, and technical documentation. Deliver against agreed schedules and proactively coordinate resources and propose solutions when obstacles arise.

Minimum Qualifications
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Computer Science, Electronics Engineering, or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 8 years of relevant development experience; 10 or more years preferred.
• Proficiency in C/C++ programming, with strong software architecture and design skills.
• Extensive hands-on experience in Embedded Linux development, including kernel and device driver development.
• Experience in image sensor driver development or SoC peripheral integration.
• Excellent problem-solving and communication skills.
• Ability to communicate technical information and prepare technical documentation in both Chinese and English.

Preferred Qualifications
• Familiarity with multimedia frameworks such as GStreamer and FFmpeg, and with video processing pipelines.
• Familiarity with IoT camera and IP camera platform solutions and system integration.
• Basic ability to read and interpret circuit schematics and PCB layouts. Page 2 of 3 Qualcomm – Job Description
• Experience in audio codec driver development or audio system integration.
• Experience in display and on-screen display (OSD) development.
• Experience in AoV development.
• Experience developing for heterogeneous multicore SoCs, with familiarity with Linux / RTOS interoperability and inter-processor communication (IPC) mechanisms.
• Familiarity with U-Boot boot flows or TrustZone architecture, or experience in Zephyr development.

Additional Information
Work Location: HNCHU.B / TAIWN.J
Travel Requirements: Travel is anticipated approximately 4 times per year, depending on business and project needs. Potential destinations include the United States, India, and China; actual frequency and destinations may vary.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.

• 2+ years of experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
• 1+ year of experience with debugging techniques.

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