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Google · 3 months ago

Camera Firmware Engineer

Mountain View, CA, USA

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

$132K/yr - $189K/yr

5+ years exp

Google is a leading technology company that develops next-generation technologies for billions of users. They are seeking a Camera Firmware Engineer to manage project priorities, deadlines, and deliverables while designing, developing, testing, and enhancing software solutions for Pixel devices.

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H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Conduct tuning, development and deployment of advanced 3A strategies, ensure they meet rigorous image quality targets across various capture conditions

Act as the primary technical owner for diagnosing, debugging, and resolving complex 3A-related image quality issues identified during mass production (MP) testing and from in-market customer escalations

Collaborate with architecture and research teams to analyze, adapt, optimize, and deploy specialized Pixel imaging solutions onto novel hardware pipelines for emerging Extended Reality (XR) platforms

Develop and refine comprehensive image quality test plans and tuning methodologies (both objective and subjective) to validate algorithm performance for new sensor technologies and novel ISP pipelines

Design and validate 3A performance within complex camera operations, including multi-frame processing and videos

Qualification

C/C++ programmingImage processingCamera tuning3A algorithmsSystem-on-Chip (SoC)Image signal processingDebugging skillsCollaboration skillsProject management

Required

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

5 years of experience in coding with a general purpose programming language (e.g. C/C++)

3 years of experience in image processing

2 years of experience in camera tuning

Preferred

Master's degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience

Experience with 3A algorithms (Auto Exposure, Auto White Balance, Auto Focus) and core camera calibration concepts (e.g., lens shading, defect correction)

Experience with imaging systems development (cameras or displays) and image processing

Experience with System-on-Chip (SoC) architectures and with camera subsystems on platforms like Qualcomm, Ambarella, or similar

Understanding of the 3A and image signal processing (ISP) pipeline, including key blocks related to 3A

Ability to debug complex, system-level issues that span hardware, firmware, and software

Benefits

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Company

Google

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Google specializes in internet-related services and products, including search, advertising, and software. It is a sub-organization of Alphabet.

Founded in 1998

Mountain View, California, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.google.com

H1B Sponsorship

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Funding

Current Stage

Public Company

Total Funding

$26.1M

Key Investors

Andy Bechtolsheim

2004-08-19IPO

1999-06-07Series Unknown· $25M

1998-11-01Angel· $1M

Leadership Team

Sundar Pichai

CEO

Thomas Kurian

CEO - Google Cloud

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