Engineer, Staff-Video Codec Engineer, C/Embedded/Video Codec

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc; Hyderabad City Taluka; On-site; PKR 4,096,000 - 5,851,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm India Private Limited is seeking a qualified Video Codec Engineer to join the firmware team. You will develop firmware solutions for video codecs, addressing encoder/decoder design, performance, and power efficiency in collaboration with hardware and software teams.

The role requires strong C programming and embedded systems experience, with deep knowledge of video codecs and multimedia processing.

Qualifications

• Minimum Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Information Systems/CS or related field with 4+ years in Systems Engineering; or Master’s with 3+ years; or PhD with 2+ years.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop video codecs and features across requirements, architecture, implementation and optimization.
• Drive silicon bring-up, feature validation, root-cause analysis and issue resolution in pre- and post-silicon phases.
• Collaborate with hardware, systems, software, verification and product teams to define HW/SW interfaces.
• Develop, debug and optimize video codec solutions (Encoder/Decoder) for performance and quality.
• Work with hardware teams to enhance future video subsystem capabilities and multimedia architectures.
• Support customers and ecosystem partners with technical expertise and issue resolution.
• Contribute to innovation in video processing and multimedia frameworks through architecture reviews.

Skills

C programming

Multithreading

OS concepts

Embedded systems

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's/Master's in Computer/ Electrical/ Electronic Engineering

Masters (Preferred)

PhD in related field (optional)

Job description

Company: Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Systems Engineering

General Summary:

As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next-generation experiences and drives digital transformation to help create a smarter, connected future for all. As a Qualcomm Systems Engineer, you will research, design, develop, simulate, and/or validate systems-level software, hardware, architecture, algorithms, and solutions that enables the development of cutting-edge technology. Qualcomm Systems Engineers collaborate across functional teams to meet and exceed system-level requirements and standards.

Minimum Qualifications:

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

Video Codec Engineer, C/Embedded/Video Codec

We are seeking experienced professionals to join our Video firmware team and contribute to development of firmware solutions for Qualcomm Video codec hardware.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop new video codecs, next-generation video features, covering requirements, architecture, implementation, and optimization.
• Drive silicon bring-up, feature validation, root-cause analysis, and issue resolution across pre-silicon and post-silicon phases.
• Collaborate closely with hardware, systems, software, verification, and product teams to define HW/SW interfaces and drive feature productization.
• Develop, debug, and optimize video codec solutions (Encoder and Decoder) to achieve performance, power, quality, and reliability targets.
• Work with hardware teams to define and enhance future video subsystem capabilities and influence next-generation multimedia architectures.
• Support customers and ecosystem partners in commercialization of Qualcomm video solutions by providing technical expertise and issue resolution.
• Contribute to innovation in video processing, compression technologies, and multimedia frameworks through architecture reviews and design proposals.

Key Skills Required

• Recent and relevant experience of 6-10 years required in one or more of the following areas:
  • Solid C programming skills, multithreading and OS concepts/fundamentals
  • Embedded systems domain
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, implement and debug video/multimedia features.
• Experience in one or more multimedia domains: Video, Camera, Computer Vision
• Preferred Skills
  • Hands on knowledge/experience on Video codecs (H.264\HEVC\VCC\AV1) development, porting and optimization
  • Understanding of signal processing, video compression (Encoder + Decoder) and other video pre/post processing algorithms

Education Requirement

• Required: Bachelor's/master’s in computer/electrical/electronic engineering
• Preferred : Masters

Applicants

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