Engineer, Staff – Automotive Camera Customer Engineer

General Summary: Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G, ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5G's potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age, and this is where you come in. Qualcomm is utilizing its traditional strengths in digital wireless technologies to play a central role in the evolution of automotive infotainment, ADAS, autonomous driving, and robotics platforms. The Qualcomm Global Automotive team is actively engaged in offering optimized solutions for Automotive Infotainment, Autonomous Driving, and Robotics systems. We are seeking ambitious, bright, and innovative engineers to be part of this initiative. Job activities span the entire product lifecycle, from early R&D to commercial deployment. The environment is fast-paced and requires cross-functional interaction with globally distributed teams. Minimum Qualifications: • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience. OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience. OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience. • 2+ years of experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc. • 1+ year of experience with debugging techniques. Responsibilities Shall Include the Following - Design, integration, and validation of embedded systems based on Qualcomm's Automotive Infotainment, ADAS, and Robotics SoCs and platforms. - Collaborate with product owners, customers, and domain/technology experts to define requirements and implement technical solutions for customer programs. - Support Automotive OEMs, Tier-1s , Robotics customers, and ecosystem partners in the integration and deployment of solutions based on Qualcomm platforms. - Debug and resolve system-level issues involving camera sensors, ISP, multimedia pipelines, synchronization, performance, stability, and software integration. - Support cameras bring-up, image quality tuning, multimedia integration, and performance optimization on Qualcomm platforms. - Work closely with software, hardware, systems, and product teams to analyze, debug, and resolve customer-reported issues. - Develop technical documentation, integration guides, and troubleshooting materials to support customer development and deployment activities. Minimum Qualifications 8+ years of experience in Embedded Systems, Automotive, Camera, Multimedia, Robotics, or related domains. Strong proficiency in C/C++ programming and software architecture design. Familiarity with camera interfaces and protocols including MIPI CSI-2, I2C, GPIO, V4L2, GMSL, FPD-Link, and SerDes technologies. Experience with embedded software development, integration, system bring-up, validation, debugging, and optimization of complex embedded systems, including development in compliance with industry standards such as ISO 26262 and ASPICE. Strong understanding of camera systems, camera architectures, Camera ISP, image processing, image quality (IQ), and video pipelines. Experience w