Camera Systems Engineer

Qualcomm•San Diego, CA

5d•$109,400 - $164,200•Onsite

About The Position

Qualcomm Camera System Team is seeking a passionate camera systems engineer with focus in Image Quality Evaluation to join the team in San Diego. The camera team creates embedded imaging solutions for Snapdragon chipsets that power modern mobile devices. Our solutions leverage dedicated hardware, multi-core processors, DSP, and GPU to deliver exceptional pictures, videos, and computer vision capabilities.

Requirements

Good understanding of various camera imaging algorithms (e.g. Denoising and sharpening, 3A, color management, depth and bokeh, multi-frame/multi-exposure processing)
Good understanding of Image Quality (IQ) aspects, IQ evaluation methodologies and metrics
Knowledge/experience in designing and setting-up the camera IQ lab test, and real-life test scenarios
Knowledge/experience in developing objective IQ metrics
Knowledge/experience in machine learning algorithm for computer vision or computational photography
Knowledge in camera sensor and modules
Strong programming skill in MATLAB, Python, and C/C++
Strong communication skill in generating IQ reports and communicating with the development team

Responsibilities

Define and generate the dataset and IQ aspects/metrics for given camera imaging features (e.g. HDR, Noise Reduction, Depth/Bokeh)
Develop the SW tools for the lab test automation, metric analysis, and report generation
Perform the IQ evaluation for the internal camera solutions, including the fundamental Imaging Blocks (e.g. Denoising and Sharpening, Tone Mapping, 3A), and the various advanced Imaging Features (e.g. HDR, Depth and Bokeh, Super Resolution).
Generate the IQ Evaluation report and communicate with the solution/feature development teams with the IQ evaluation results to improve IQ features