XR Software Engineer (All Levels - Multiple Positions)
Qualcomm · Bengaluru
- Experience10–15 yrs
- SalaryNot disclosed
- Work modeonsite
- Posted23 Sept 2026
About Qualcomm
Qualcomm is hiring in Bengaluru in semiconductors electronics. This role looks for around 10+ years of experience.
Skills
- C++
- computer vision
- embedded systems
- multi-core programming
- computer vision pipelines
- graphics pipelines
- software architecture
The role
An embedded software engineer at a semiconductor technology company designs XR systems for augmented, virtual, and mixed reality applications, deploying computer vision and writing modern C++ for heterogeneous embedded architectures. The role also applies machine learning methods and Python programming to production software.
Full job description
Job Summary
Company: Qualcomm India Private Limited
Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering
As a leading technology innovator, Qualcomm pushes the boundaries of what's possible to enable next generation experiences in area of integrated chipsets that power advanced mobile devices, XR/IoT/Automotive compute platforms. As a Qualcomm's XR Technology Software Engineer you will design, develop, create, modify next generation technologies platforms enabling the future of Augmented Reality / Virtual Reality / Mixed Reality applications.
Responsibilities
Work closely with a cross functional team to understand AR/VR use case requirements, dataflows, and HW/SW partitioning
Work closely with technology, hardware, and software experts to translate use-case requirements into implementation specifications and contributing to SW Design
Leverage expert software knowledge and experience to implement and oversee the design, development, creation, modification, and validation of embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs.
Oversee the resolution of design, coding, and other technical issues by presenting end-to-end solutions.
Oversee code reviews, regression tests, and the triage of issues to ensure the quality of code.
Deploy state-of-the-art computer vision algorithms and features into commercial XR products
Develop production code and system architectures with excellent design quality
Expertise with modern C++ (11-20), and with writing reliable, maintainable, and idiomatic code
Experience with multi-core programming on heterogenous mobile architectures (CPUs, GPUs, DSPs, tensor accelerators, System-on-a-Chip, embedded systems etc.)
Outstanding problem-solving skills
Excellent communication and team working skills
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelors degree in engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2-10+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR Masters degree in engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1-9+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
Preferred Qualifications
Masters degree in electrical engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
2 to 10 years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
Experience with Augmented/Virtual Reality and general computer vision enabling technologies and devices
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 embedded platforms such as Android, Linux
Experience with Python programming
Good knowledge of graphics pipeline, computer vision pipelines, machine learning methods and/or camera pipelines
Additional Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.
OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 1+ year of Software Engineering or related work experience.
2+ years of academic or work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.