Video DE Engineer
$167,000 - $250,600 USD yearly
Originally posted 14 April 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Video Engineer at Qualcomm, you will research, design, and develop video codec and computer vision hardware for Mobile, Automotive, XR, IoT, and Compute platforms.
What you'll do
- Research and develop video codec and computer vision hardware, covering Video Encoder, Video Decoder, Computer Vision, and Video Quality features. - Design, develop, implement, and verify complex video systems along with hardware and firmware tasks. - Perform architecture, standard study, algorithm, and feature decomposition to drive requirements and specifications for hardware development. - Ensure advanced KPIs, systems performance, and area and power metrics are achieved. - Lead triage of complex issues to establish root cause and implement fixes across design, test, and cross-functional teams. - Write detailed technical documentation and feature descriptions for hardware systems and customer implementations.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 4+ years of Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related experience; or Master's with 3+ years; or PhD with 2+ years. - Experience with video hardware, video systems, or computer vision hardware. - Hardware engineering, systems engineering, or software engineering experience delivering complex systems.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Computer or Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field. - 4 years of applicable video HW and/or Systems experience. - 4 years of experience with hardware system design, system integration, schematic capture, and circuit simulation software. - 4 years of experience with programming (e.g., C, C++, Python), computer architecture, or embedded systems. - 3 years of experience working in a large matrixed organization. - 1 year of experience interacting with senior leadership (Director level and above) and 1 year in a technical leadership role.
Skills: video codec, computer vision HW, video systems, HW and FW tasks, system integration, schematic capture