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General Summary:
Do you have an interest in how leading-edge consumer devices are created? Do you want to be part of a team that imagines, designs, and creates low-power, highly efficient hardware accelerators that go into your phones, laptops, watch, smart-glasses and automobiles?
Qualcomm’s display software team is looking for a candidate who will contribute to the design, development, and verification of leading-edge technology for our next-generation Snapdragon™ line of processors.
Our team develops the drivers and software components that accelerate processing of content from engines like the video decoder, camera and GPU through the Snapdragon® Adreno DPU (Display Processing Unit).
The responsibilities in this position include:
· Design, code, test, and integrate drivers for Qualcomm’s Snapdragon™ chipsets with a focus on efficiency and robustness.
· Working with embedded software techniques including memory management, DMA acceleration, interrupt service routines, multi-threading, synchronization, and interface design (APIs).
· Developing software in a rapid paced environment and delivering drivers targeted for operating systems such as Android, Windows, Zephyr and Linux.
· Working in a global environment with teams and customers that depend on our technology to deliver cutting-edge consumer products.
Minimum Qualifications:
· Strong academic standing with courses focused on software/hardware interaction.
· Excellent programming skills in C/C++, at least 2 years of professional or academic experience.
· Experience in scripting with Python.
· Motivated to learn new technologies and skills related to image processing and hardware acceleration.
· Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to dissect larger problems and solving challenges through process of elimination.
· Effective interpersonal communication skills (written and verbal).
· Self-motivated, hardworking, and flexible.
Preferred Qualifications
· Basic understanding of frameworks such as DirectX, WDDM, and/or DRM.
· Basic understanding of ARM and RISC-V architecture and instructions.
· Basic understanding of image processing algorithms, image manipulation or color theory.
· Basic understanding of high-speed signals used in electronic devices.
· Basic understanding of electronics schematics and usage of tools such as an oscilloscope or logic analyzer.
· Experience building consumer electronics using development kits such as Raspberry Pi or Arduino.
Education Requirements:
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