Senior Software Performance Optimization Expert Xr Research Job in Qualcomm Technologies, Inc

General Summary: Job Overview

Qualcomm XR Research India is expanding its team to deliver cutting-edge XR solutions. We are looking for candidates with robust software development and performance optimization skills to enhance our offerings in this rapidly evolving domain.

Responsibilities

• Collaboration: Work closely with functional teams to understand algorithms and software implementations.
• Performance Analysis: Identify performance issues and bottlenecks in software deliverables.
• Optimization Planning: Develop plans to optimize overall software performance.
• Algorithm Implementation: Implement, port, and optimize algorithms related to XR technologies, including perception, computer vision, and image processing on Qualcomm s platforms.
• Performance Techniques: Utilize SIMD techniques (ARM Neon, Qualcomm HVX), tiling, unrolling, prefetching, and optimal multithreading while managing compute and memory constraints.
• Validation: Generate test vectors and validate the optimized software for bit-exactness against the original implementation.

Minimum Qualifications

• Education:
  • Bachelor s or Master s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• Experience:
  • 3 to 14 years of extensive software development and performance optimization experience.
  • Proven expertise in software performance evaluation and optimizations using SIMD techniques (Qualcomm HVX, ARM Neon, x86 SSE), Halide, CUDA, etc.
• Technical Knowledge:
  • Strong understanding of operating systems, multicore architecture, and CPU/DSP architecture.
• Skills:
  • Excellent analytical and communication skills.
  • Ability to work effectively in a team environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Fundamental understanding of signal processing and image/video/computer vision algorithms.
• Prior experience with Qualcomm HVX and Qualcomm DSP/CPU architecture.
• Proficiency in C++ software design and development for multi-core architectures (CPUs, GPUs, DSPs).

Educational Background

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related field with 3+ years of relevant experience.
• OR Master's Degree in a similar field with 2+ years of relevant experience.
• OR PhD in a related field with 1+ year of relevant experience.
• Programming Experience: Minimum of 2+ years of experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

If you're passionate about advancing XR technologies and have the expertise we're looking for, we encourage you to apply!