Engineer, Staff-Camera

QUALCOMM, Inc.; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 7,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm India Private Limited is seeking a Staff Engineer (Multimedia / Camera) with deep hands-on Linux kernel driver experience, kernel internals, and upstream contributions to camera and multimedia subsystems. You will own features end-to-end from bring-up to commercialization and collaborate with open source communities.

You will lead architecture discussions, guide a 10+ engineer team, mentor peers, and work directly with customers to understand requirements, debug issues, and drive

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field with 4+ years of software engineering experience.
• Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field with 3+ years of software engineering experience.
• PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field with 2+ years of software engineering experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor an engineering team of 10+ members.
• Drive architecture and design decisions for multimedia systems.
• Develop and integrate Linux kernel drivers for camera hardware.
• Collaborate with customers to capture requirements and resolve critical issues.
• Contribute to open source discussions and upstreaming.

Skills

C

C++

Java

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

• Job Description – Staff Engineer (Multimedia / Camera)
• Strong hands‑on experience in Linux kernel driver development, with deep understanding of kernel internals and device drivers.
• Proven track record of upstream Linux kernel contributions, including camera and multimedia subsystem upstreaming, Active participation in open source community discussions.
• Solid experience working with open‑source multimedia architectures (V4L2, Media Controller, libcamera, etc.).
• End‑to‑end ownership of features across the full product lifecycle — from pre‑silicon enablement, bring‑up, through commercialization, with camera domain experience strongly preferred.
• Acts as a technical lead, driving architecture and design decisions for complex multimedia systems.
• Experience leading and mentoring engineering teams (10+ engineers team), including task planning, technical guidance, and design reviews.
• Demonstrated ability to work directly with customers, understand requirements, debug critical issues, and drive solutions to closure.
• Experience in IOT segement

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 2+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

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