Senior Windows Camera Driver Engineer

Qualcomm Incorporated

San Diego (CA)

On-site

USD 124,000 - 186,000

Full time

13 days ago

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Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking an experienced engineer to design and develop Windows camera drivers and camera framework components for Snapdragon platforms.

You will lead sensor bring-up, hardware integration, and debugging across the camera stack while collaborating with Microsoft, OEM customers, and silicon teams. The role emphasizes Windows kernel- and user-mode development, KMDF/UMDF, AVStream, and ISP work, with opportunities to influence architecture and performance across

Qualifications

  • Strong proficiency in C/C++ software development.
  • 3+ years of experience developing Windows device drivers.
  • Extensive experience with Windows kernel-mode and user-mode development.
  • Strong understanding of KMDF and UMDF.
  • Experience with Windows camera technologies: AVStream
  • Media Foundation
  • Device MFT
  • Camera Frame Server
  • Windows Camera Pipeline
  • Experience with debugging tools such as WinDbg
  • WPA/WPR
  • Visual Studio
  • ETW tracing
  • Experience with camera hardware interfaces: MIPI CSI-2
  • CCI/I2C
  • SPI
  • GPIO
  • Interrupt handling
  • Experience with camera sensor bring-up, validation, and debugging.
  • Understanding of ACPI and UEFI firmware interactions with Windows devices.
  • Experience with performance optimization, power management, and system reliability.
  • Proficiency with Git and Perforce.

Responsibilities

  • Design and develop Windows camera drivers and camera framework components.
  • Lead camera sensor bring-up and hardware integration activities.
  • Debug complex system, driver, firmware, and hardware issues across the camera stack.
  • Collaborate with camera hardware, silicon, ISP, and system software teams.
  • Work closely with Microsoft and OEM customers to resolve product issues.
  • Drive camera feature enablement and performance optimization.
  • Support WHCP certification and product commercialization activities.
  • Review software designs and conduct code reviews.
  • Mentor junior engineers and provide technical leadership.
  • Influence camera architecture decisions across multiple product generations.

Skills

C/C++ development
Windows kernel-mode
Windows user-mode
KMDF/UMDF
AVStream
Media Foundation
Device MFT
Camera Frame Server
Windows Camera Pipeline
WinDbg
WPA/WPR
Visual Studio
ETW tracing
Git
Perforce
MIPI CSI-2
CCI/I2C
SPI
GPIO
Interrupt handling
Sensor bring-up
ACPI/UEFI
Performance optimization
Power management
Source control

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE or related field
Master's degree in CS/EE or related field
PhD in CS/EE or related field

Tools

WinDbg
Visual Studio
ETW tracing
Git
Perforce

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking an experienced engineer to design and develop Windows camera drivers and camera framework components for Snapdragon platforms.

You will lead sensor bring-up, hardware integration, and debugging across the camera stack while collaborating with Microsoft, OEM customers, and silicon teams. The role emphasizes Windows kernel- and user-mode development, KMDF/UMDF, AVStream, and ISP work, with opportunities to influence architecture and performance across

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