Sr Lead Engineer- Video Windows Driver

General Summary:

Qualcomm Windows Video software team is seeking skilled and motivated Engineers specializing in video encode and decode development with expertise in Windows operating system user mode and kernel mode driver development for embedded systems. This role involves designing, implementing, and optimizing software solutions for video processing in embedded platforms. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams to develop high-performance and reliable drivers for video hardware acceleration and ensure seamless system integration.

Skills/experience

• Recent and relevant experience of 2-7 years required in one or more of the following areas:
  • Embedded systems domain
  • Solid C/C++ programming skills, multithreading and OS concepts/fundamentals
• Understanding of Windows OS internals, including the Windows Driver Model (WDM) and Windows Driver Frameworks (KMDF/UMDF).
• Hands-on experience with DirectX, DXVA, or other video acceleration APIs.
• Device driver programming and debugging with WinDbg, JTAG/other tools.
• Any of the multimedia (Video, Camera, Computer Vision) domain experience.
• Knowledge on video compression standards (H.264, H.265, VP9, AV1, etc.).
• Embedded OS (Kernel architecture, OS services heap, memory, multi-core, multi-threading, and crash debugging).
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Communication, written & interpersonal skills, motivation, the ability to learn quickly to design, implement and debug video/multimedia features for Compute.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and attention to detail.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• OR
• Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• OR
• PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• 2+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

Responsibilities

The successful candidate(s) will be responsible for:

• Development and productize various video solutions on Qualcomm processors.
• Develop, enhance and debug user mode and kernel mode drivers for video encoding and decoding on Windows-based systems.
• Ensure seamless integration of video hardware accelerators with the operating system and application layers.
• Develop and optimize video encode/decode pipelines, leveraging standards such as H.264, H.265 (HEVC), VP9, and AV1.
• Collaborate with Video HW, FW, GPU teams to define and optimize hardware/software interfaces for video codecs.
• Profile, analyze, and optimize video driver performance for low latency, power efficiency, and high throughput on embedded platforms.
• Diagnose and resolve complex issues related to video hardware, software, and driver interactions.
• Utilize debugging tools like WinDbg, WPP tracing, and kernel debugging utilities to troubleshoot problems.
• Ability to clearly coordinate with other team areas to integrate video solutions or debugging issues.
• Work closely with other technical teams to ensure end-to-end video processing system functionality.
• Customer interaction to commercialize Qualcomm Video solutions.
• Works independently with minimal supervision.

Education requirements

• Required: Bachelor's/Master's in Computer Engineering and/or Electronic Engineering.
• Preferred: Masters.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 7+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• OR
• Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
• OR
• PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

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