Multimedia Engineering Internship – Summer 2027 - San Diego, California, United States of America
$17 - $98 USD hourly
Originally posted 18 September 2026 by the employer.
Work on multimedia engines and computer vision technologies at the heart of Snapdragon devices.
About the role
As a Qualcomm Multimedia Engineering Intern, you will work on technologies including camera, video encoding/decoding, audio, speech, GPU, modem, CPU, application processor, multimedia engines, and computer vision. These technologies are at the heart of billions of Snapdragon devices.
What you'll do
- Work on best-in-class multimedia technologies such as camera, video encoding/decoding, audio, and speech.
- Contribute to the development of multimedia engines and computer vision.
- Analyze and budget system-level architecture for multimedia use cases.
- Optimize multimedia use cases for power and performance.
- Shape power- and performance-efficient devices for Snapdragon users.
What you'll need
- Currently enrolled in a bachelor’s, master’s, or Ph.D. degree program in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field.
- Available for 11–14 weeks during Summer 2027 (May–September).
- Expected graduation date of November 2027 or later.
- 1 year of academic experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Python.
- Educational background and/or experience in system-level architecture.
- Educational background and/or experience in HW/SW co-design.
Nice to have
- Currently enrolled in a Master’s or PhD degree program in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field.
- Actively pursuing a degree with an anticipated graduation between November 2027 and June 2028.
- Experience with OpenCL, compilers, ray tracing, GPU, Vulkan/DX.
- Experience with DNNs, motion, AR/XR, depth, linear algebra, perception for Computer Vision/XR.
- Experience with image/video segmentation, 3D, pattern recognition, image/video processing.
- Experience with acoustics, TTS/text-to-speech, speech/audio signal processing and compression.
- Experience with digital signal processing, compression for video.
- Experience with linear algebra, AR, perception, Oculus Air for Software Apps/Tools.
- Experience with machine learning frameworks (TensorFlow, PyTorch), deep learning, neural networks.
- Strong understanding of signal processing.
- Ability to program effectively in C/C++, Python, and/or Matlab.
Skills: multimedia engines, computer vision, system-level architecture, HW/SW co-design, C/C++
This role has been open 24 days — well below the 61-day median for Systems Software Engineering roles.
Systems Software Engineering · Systems Software
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Open roles in category
677
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Median days open
61 d
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Median salary
$217k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (677 roles · 73 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 162 | 677 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 702 | 6116 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 76 d | 61 d (+15 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $217k |
Skills observed across this category: multimedia engines, computer vision, system-level architecture, HW/SW co-design, C/C++
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 164 open roles · median 76 d
- NVIDIA · 134 open roles · median 48 d
- AMD · 59 open roles · median 53 d
- Mobileye · 26 open roles · median 72 d
- Arm Holdings · 20 open roles · median 110 d
- Broadcom · 20 open roles · median 49 d
How we counted: 677 open Systems Software Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 73 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 13 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.