Sr Staff Engineer- Camera

QUALCOMM, Inc.; Hyderabad; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 5,500,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm India Private Limited in Hyderabad seeks a Senior Technical Lead for Multimedia/Camera with strong Linux kernel driver development and upstream contributions.

You will own end-to-end features from pre-silicon bring-up to commercialization, mentor a 10+ engineer team, and collaborate with customers to define requirements and deliver robust multimedia solutions.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of software engineering or related experience.
• Experience in C/C++, Java, Python.
• Strong Linux kernel driver development and kernel internals knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Lead architecture and design decisions for complex multimedia systems.
• Mentor a team of 10+ engineers with technical guidance and reviews.
• Collaborate with customers to understand requirements and drive solutions.
• Drive pre-silicon bring-up, validation, and commercialization activities.
• Contribute to upstream Linux kernel and open-source multimedia topics.

Skills

Leadership

Mentoring

Customer engagement

Open source advocacy

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

Tools

C

C++

Java

Python

Job description

Company:

Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

• Job Description – Senior Technical Lead (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
• Years of experience : 15+

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 7+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 4+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

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