AR/VR Systems Architect

General Summary:

Qualcomm's XR Architecture Team is seeking a systems architect who will work on driving the next generation technologies and architectures, enabling the next generation of Virtual Reality and Mixed Reality applications. The successful candidate may be responsible for:

• Identifying, understanding, and documenting use cases and implementations of VR and related technologies

• Leading technology, hardware, and software experts to translate use case requirements into implementation specifications

• Driving system level on-target profiling to inform forward architecture definition

• System level use case modeling to validate power and performance KPIs and optimize architecture definition

• Defining and executing HW-SW partitioning analyses

• Defining and executing HW-SW feature analysis to optimize for power and performance

• Collaborating with technology experts to drive strategic direction in cross-functional AR/VR related areas

For this multi-disciplinary role an ideal candidate has proven expertise in AR/VR, display technologies, GPUs, computer vision, machine learning, perception, camera technology, hardware design, SoC architecture, HW/SW partitioning, and/or system modeling (power, performance, thermal).

Preferred Qualifications

​​- Master's degree and/or PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field.

- 8+ years experience in HW architecture/design with emphasis on areas listed above

- Proven experience in conducting architectural trade-offs, power/performance analysis and/or SW-HW trade-offs
- Extensive knowledge of graphics pipeline, computer vision pipelines, machine learning methods and/or camera pipelines
- Experience with system level modeling (performance and/or power)
- Outstanding problem-solving skills
- Outstanding communication skills
- C/C++ and/or 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).

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