Engineer, Sr – Automotive Camera Customer Engineer
$125,400 - $188,200 USD yearly
Originally posted 23 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves the design, integration, and customer validation of embedded camera systems on Qualcomm's Automotive Infotainment, ADAS, and Robotics SoCs and platforms. You will support automotive OEMs, Tier-1s, and ecosystem partners with camera bring-up, ISP pipelines, and system debugging across the product lifecycle.
What you'll do
- Support Automotive OEMs, Tier-1s, and ecosystem partners with the integration, camera bring-up, and deployment of solutions on Qualcomm platforms. - Debug and resolve system-level issues involving camera sensors, ISP, multimedia pipelines, synchronization, performance, and software integration. - Collaborate with product owners, customers, and engineering teams to define requirements and implement technical solutions for customer programs. - Perform image quality tuning, multimedia integration, latency optimization, and bandwidth optimization. - Develop technical documentation, integration guides, and troubleshooting materials to support customer development activities.
What you'll need
- 4+ years of experience in embedded systems, automotive, camera, multimedia, robotics, or related domains. - Strong proficiency in C/C++ programming and embedded software architecture design. - Familiarity with camera interfaces and protocols including MIPI CSI-2, I2C, GPIO, V4L2, GMSL, FPD-Link, and SerDes technologies. - Hands-on experience with camera sensor bring-up, sensor drivers, camera framework integration, and 3A algorithms (Auto Exposure, Auto Focus, Auto White Balance). - Experience with embedded system bring-up, validation, debugging, and standards compliance such as ISO 26262 and ASPICE. - Background in multi-camera architectures, camera synchronization, and multi-sensor data acquisition across cameras, LiDAR, Radar, or IMU systems.
Nice to have
- Working knowledge of operating systems such as QNX, Linux, Android, and RTOSs. - Experience with Android Camera Framework, Camera HAL, Media Framework, IPC Mechanisms, and Vehicle HAL interface. - Knowledge of Linux Device Drivers, Embedded Linux, and multi-core architecture fundamentals (core, cache, memory, bus, PCIe). - Experience using debugging tools such as JTAG, Trace32, oscilloscopes, and logic analyzers. - Experience working with Qualcomm Snapdragon Automotive, ADAS, Robotics, Camera ISP, or Multimedia software stacks. - Familiarity with Computer Vision, OpenCV, and AI/ML frameworks for automotive and robotics systems.
Skills: MIPI CSI-2, camera ISP, automotive, ADAS, embedded systems
This role has been open 0 days — well below the 102-day median for Applications FAE roles.
Applications FAE · Automotive IC
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Open roles in category
146
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Median days open
102 d
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Median salary
$152k
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| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (146 roles · 26 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 10 | 146 |
| Median days open | 22 d | 102 d (−80 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $152k |
Skills observed across this category: MIPI CSI-2, camera ISP, automotive, ADAS, embedded systems
Who's hiring in this category
- Infineon Technologies · 34 open roles · median 70 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 22 open roles · median 80 d
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- Microchip Technology · 10 open roles · median 216 d
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 8 open roles · median 27 d
How we counted: 146 open Applications FAE (Automotive IC) roles from 26 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 24 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. Figures refresh nightly.