Company:

　　Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

　　Job Area:

　　Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Multimedia Systems

　　General Summary:

　　Qualcomm’s XR Advanced Technology Group is seeking a XR Graphics Systems Engineers to design and optimize advanced rendering, composition, and reprojection solutions for Snapdragon Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR) platforms. This is a hands-on role working with novel graphics hardware systems. A successful candidate will be responsible for:

　　Analyzing, design, and optimize graphics hardware and software for low-latency composition and reprojection, on power and processing constrained XR platforms

　　Developing models and KPIs analyzing XR rendering pipelines

　　Developing proof of concept implementations in collaboration with domain experts, internal teams, and external partners

　　Performing system tracing to identify XR specific constraints and verifying potentially innovative new solutions leveraging Snapdragon chipsets and platforms

　　Coordinating and contributing to the development of use cases, requirements, and system specifications.

　　Writing high level system design documents and feature descriptions

　　Delivering proven designs into commercial products

　　Preferred skills and experience

　　4+ years systems engineering, embedded software, or related work experience

　　2+ years professional computer graphics experience designing and developing 3D rendering software solutions at the graphics API or GPU driver layers

　　2+ years combined experience developing software with OpenGL, GLES, Vulkan, GLSL, or SPIR-V

　　Virtual and augmented reality design concepts including low-latency architectures, split-processing architectures, reprojection techniques, head/eye/body tracking, prediction, environmental reconstruction, video see-through mixed reality, depth data, motion vectors, and spatial codecs

　　Experience developing with XR hardware platforms and head mounted devices

　　Professional experience designing and developing for embedded Linux platforms. Android and Adreno GPU experience a plus

　　Experience quantitatively assessing hardware implementation requirements for algorithms and algorithm adaptation

　　Excellent communication skills with cross-functional teams designing complex products

　　System design and performance analysis on commercial products across multiple release cycles

　　GPU and CPU sub-system architecture, coprocessor interfaces, HW/SW partitioning, smart DMAs, HW compression

　　C/C++ and Python

　　Minimum Qualifications:

　　• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

　　OR

　　Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

　　OR

　　PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

　　*Works in the lab, can use hazardous chemicals (e.g., glue, machinery).

　　Although this role has some expected minor physical activity, this should not deter otherwise qualified applicants from applying. If you are an individual with a physical or mental disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, please call Qualcomm’s toll-free number found here (https://qualcomm.service-now.com/hrpublic?id=hr_public_article_view&sysparm_article=KB0039028) for assistance. Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations, upon request, to support individuals with disabilities as part of our ongoing efforts to create an accessible workplace.

　　Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer and supports workforce diversity.

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　　EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.

　　Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

　　Pay range:

　　$114,500.00 - $171,500.00

　　The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer!

　　If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers (http://www.qualcomm.com/contact/corporate) .

　　EEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification