XR Research Computer Vision and Machine Learning Engineer

Overview

Company:Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Multimedia Systems

Job Overview:

Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5Gs potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age – and this is where you come in.

Qualcomm is taking its traditional strengths in digital wireless technologies into exciting new fields such as Augmented Reality (AR) and Virtual Reality (VR). Come, join the team that helped Qualcomm win Innovative VR Company of the Year at AIXR’s 4th Annual VR Awards.

The XR Perception R&D team investigates and develops the fundamental perception systems enabling self-contained XR platforms such as VR and AR headsets. We are growing our team to push the boundaries of mobile perception technology in order to offer a comprehensive platform to our customers.

Candidates bring a deep understanding of computer vision and machine learning algorithms and technologies that are necessary building blocks of interactive, real-time, and immersive systems, including SLAM, 3D pose tracking, 3D scene understanding, human pose tracking, sensor fusion and mathematical optimization. They also have experience in designing solutions and implementations for real-time embedded and mobile platforms.

Responsibilities:

+ Be part of a world-class XR team researching and developing mobile Augmented and Virtual Reality enabling technology

+ Development of efficient and accurate computer vision and machine learning solutions for XR perception tasks

+ Understand and analyze requirements for perception systems for XR platforms

+ Collaborate across functional boundaries in defining architecture, APIs, design and schedule

+ See your design in action on industry-leading chips embedded in the next generation of AR and VR devices, smartphones, and robotics

Minimum Skills:

+ Strong understanding of 3D computer vision methods and mathematics, covering one or more of the following areas:

+ SLAM, tracking and registration, 3D scene understanding, human pose estimation, sensor fusion, mathematical optimization

+ And/or strong understanding of machine learning algorithms and deep networks used in these areas

+ Experience with Augmented/Virtual Reality devices and applications

+ C++ experience

+ Experience using machine learning toolboxes (e.g. PyTorch, TensorFlow, or Caffee)

+ 3+ years of industry experience is required.

Preferred Skills:

+ Experience in software development, incl. testing and debugging on XR devices, mobile platforms or other embedded systems

+ Excellent C++ and object-oriented programming

+ Real-time Computer graphics

Required: Master with 3 years of industry experience or PhDComputer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering

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We are engineers, scientists and business strategists. We are from many different countries and speak many different languages. We come from diverse cultures and have unique perspectives. Together, we focus on a single goal—we invent breakthrough technologies that transform how the world connects, computes, and communicates.

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