Senior Software Engineer - Camera
$123,700 - $185,500 USD yearly
Originally posted 14 October 2026 by the employer.
This role involves developing Windows camera drivers and imaging solutions on Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms.
About the role
This role involves the design, development, integration, optimization, and commercialization of Windows camera drivers and imaging solutions on Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms.
What you'll do
- 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.
What you'll need
- 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 WDF technologies including KMDF and UMDF.
- Experience with Windows camera technologies: AVStream, Media Foundation, Device MFT, Camera Frame Server, Windows Camera Pipeline.
- Experience with camera sensor bring-up, validation, and debugging.
- Understanding of ACPI and UEFI firmware interactions with Windows devices.
- 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.
- Proficiency with source control systems such as Git and Perforce.
Nice to have
- Strong understanding of Linux and Android operating systems with hands-on Linux kernel/device driver development experience.
- Proven experience architecting, developing, and enhancing native and para-virtualized Linux/QNX device drivers.
- Deep knowledge of Linux internals, including interrupts, DMA, memory management, synchronization, power management, and multi-core architectures.
- Experience with camera and imaging subsystems, including image sensors, ISP, MIPI CSI-2, C-PHY, D-PHY, I2C, and I3C interfaces.
- Strong Linux debugging skills, including command-line debugging, kernel crash analysis, system log analysis, performance tuning, and root-cause investigation.
- Familiarity with V4L2, Media Controller Framework, Device Tree, and Android Camera frameworks.
- Experience developing camera drivers for Qualcomm Snapdragon platforms.
- Knowledge of image processing and camera tuning concepts including Auto Exposure (AE), Auto Focus (AF), Auto White Balance (AWB), HDR, Low-light imaging.
- Experience with ISP architecture and imaging pipelines.
- Knowledge of Windows Hello camera requirements and certification.
- Experience supporting OEM commercialization efforts and product launches.
- Familiarity with WHCP certification and Windows hardware requirements.
- Experience working directly with Microsoft, camera sensor vendors, or OEM customers.
- Understanding of AI/ML-based camera features such as Background blur, Auto framing, Eye contact correction, Image enhancement.
Skills: Windows device drivers, kernel-mode, user-mode, camera frameworks, ISP, sensor bring-up
This role has been open 0 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
689
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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 (689 roles · 72 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 172 | 689 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 715 | 6127 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 78 d | 61 d (+17 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $217k |
Skills observed across this category: Windows device drivers, kernel-mode, user-mode, camera frameworks, ISP, sensor bring-up
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 166 open roles · median 78 d
- NVIDIA · 137 open roles · median 47 d
- AMD · 64 open roles · median 50 d
- Mobileye · 28 open roles · median 74 d
- Broadcom · 21 open roles · median 51 d
- Arm Holdings · 20 open roles · median 112 d
How we counted: 689 open Systems Software Engineering (Systems Software) roles from 72 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 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.