Principal Engineer for Automotive Camera Signal Processing (f/m/x)

BMW Group; Ulm; On-site; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car option

English speaking teams

Flexible working times & mobile work

Career development & qualification

Relocation services

Job summary

BMW Car IT in Ulm is seeking a Principal Engineer for Automotive Camera Signal Processing to lead the technical development of image signal processing and camera interfaces. You will define and optimize video pipelines, tune image quality, and coordinate with external partners to deliver robust automotive software.

In this role you will be hands-on with implementation, debugging, and integration, mentoring teams and ensuring alignment with BMW requirements and system architecture.

Qualifications

• University/engineering degree in CS, EE, communications engineering or related field.
• Several years of embedded software development experience in automotive.
• Strong background in embedded Linux software development.
• Proven expertise in camera image processing, video pipelines, image quality tuning and sensor configuration.
• Experience with serial camera interfaces and protocols (GMSL, FPD, ASA-ML, CSI, I2C).
• Experience with embedded development and analysis tools (Wireshark, Carmen, Perfetto, FTrace, VS Code).
• Excellent analytical, communication, and teamwork skills; business English required; German a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical development of automotive camera image signal processing and sensor software.
• Oversee video pipelines and sensor data for SerDes-based cameras, including image quality tuning.
• Onboard suppliers and coordinate topics with external partners.
• Hands-on implementation, integration, debugging and optimization of camera pre-processing components.
• Collaborate with owners, system architects, SoC and sensor suppliers, and middleware teams.
• Ensure alignment with software design and BMW requirements; perform code reviews and contribute to architecture and optimizations.

Skills

Embedded software

Automotive QA

Embedded Linux

Camera image processing

Video pipelines

Image quality tuning

Sensor configuration

Interfaces (GMSL/CSI/I2C)

English (fluent)

German (advantage)

Teamwork

Communication

Education

University degree in computer science, electrical engineering or related field

Tools

Wireshark

Perfetto

FTrace

Visual Studio Code

Carmen

Job description

Principal Engineer for Automotive Camera Signal Processing (f/m/x)

Location: Ulm, Baden-Württemberg 89081, Germany.

Posting Start Date: 10/21/26.

Job Description

At BMW Car IT, a wholly owned subsidiary of BMW AG, we live and breathe software. We design and implement embedded software for electronic control units of the BMW cars as well as related tools and frameworks. By delivering software all the way from the idea to the final product we lead BMW into the future of digitalization and mobility.

Our team develops innovative camera and video solutions for next-generation automotive systems. We collaborate across disciplines to deliver robust, high-performance software for advanced driver assistance and infotainment functions.

What awaits you?

• You will be the Technical Lead for automotive camera image signal processing and sensor-related software development.
• Here, you lead technical development of video pipelines and signal streams for SerDes-based cameras, including image quality tuning and diagnostics.
• Additionally, you support onboarding suppliers and coordinate technical topics with external partners.
• Furthermore, you are hands‑on in implementation, integration, debugging, and optimization of camera pre‑processing components.
• You collaborate closely with functional owners, system architects, SoC and sensor suppliers, and middleware teams.
• Moreover, you ensure implementation aligns with software design and BMW requirements through code reviews. You contribute to system and software architecture by translating concepts into solutions, defining and validating technical requirements, and developing optimizations to enhance system performance and stability.
• You act as a technical mentor and go‑to expert for camera pre‑processing within the domain.

What should you bring along?

• University degree in computer science, electrical engineering, communications engineering or a comparable field of study.
• Several years of professional experience in embedded software development and quality assurance in the automotive industry with focus on camera‑based systems.
• Technical background in embedded Linux software development.
• Profound knowledge in camera image processing, video pipelines, image quality tuning and sensor configuration for automotive systems.
• Experience with serial camera interfaces and protocols (e.g. GMSL, FPD, ASA-ML, CSI, I²C).
• Experience with embedded development and analysis tools (e.g. Wireshark, Carmen, Perfetto, FTrace, Visual Studio Code etc.)
• Excellent analytical, communication, and teamwork skills; business ‑ fluent English is required, German is an advantage.

Would you like to take a technical leadership in shaping camera signal processing for future automotive platforms?

Note

Please apply exclusively online via our career portal. Applications via other channels (esp. e‑mail) cannot be considered.

What we offer in Ulm?

• Company car option.
• English speaking teams in an intercultural setting.
• Flexible organisation of working times & mobile work arrangements.
• Career development & continuous personal qualification.
• Relocation Services for our new employees.

Earliest starting date

from now on

Type of employment

unlimited

Working hours

full‑time

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