Camera Firmware Engineer
$98,500 - $147,700 USD yearly
Originally posted 29 June 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Camera Firmware Engineer (ASIC Engineering) at Qualcomm, you will support defining, modeling, designing, optimizing, verifying, and documenting IP block and SoC development for high-performance, low-power products.
What you'll do
- Assist in the creation of architectures, circuit specifications, logic designs, and system simulations based on system-level requirements. - Collaborate with team members to develop implementation strategies that meet system requirements. - Support the evaluation of process flows from high-level design to synthesis, place and route, timing, power use, and verification. - Utilize tools and applications, such as RTL to GDS Flow and Virtuoso, to execute and enable architecture and design of blocks, SoCs, or IC packages. - Write technical documentation for EDA, IP, and ASIC projects.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Electrical/Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science. - 6 months of experience with architecture and design tools. - 6 months of experience with scripting tools and programming languages. - 6 months of experience with design verification methods.
This role has been open 118 days — well above the 55-day median for Embedded Firmware Engineering roles.
Embedded Firmware Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
764
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Median days open
55 d
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Median salary
$169k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (764 roles · 84 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 124 | 764 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 735 | 6250 · 144 employers |
| Median days open | 55 d | 55 d (same as this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $169k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 126 open roles · median 54 d
- Micron Technology · 65 open roles · median 88 d
- AMD · 63 open roles · median 40 d
- NVIDIA · 60 open roles · median 58 d
- Lattice Semiconductor · 45 open roles · median 45 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 36 open roles · median 32 d
How we counted: 764 open Embedded Firmware Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 84 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 25 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.
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