Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Gaming Engineering
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 Game Studios is a team who is passionate about next generation gaming technologies. A team full of game developers, artists, game engine experts and graphics enthusiast and who work on Qualcomm’s latest hardware innovations around mobile, Compute, XR and console.
Qualcomm's Advanced Content and Gaming team is seeking an experienced software engineer to work directly with Unreal Engine 4 and UE4 based PC game developers around the world to drive engine level enhancements and optimizations for Snapdragon powered PCs. The focus of the role will be primarily on GPU and CPU related features and optimizations for PC gaming but will touch all the Snapdragon SOC hardware blocks including, audio, video, neural processing, display and connectivity. This is a unique opportunity to work directly with PC game developers around the world driving game optimizations to create best-in-class experiences for the Snapdragon chipset.
At the heart of the Qualcomm Gaming group, we are passionate about next generation gaming technologies and delivering exceptional gaming experiences. Our highly creative teams are full of veteran game developers, artists, game engine experts and graphics enthusiast who work on our latest GPU and gaming hardware innovations around mobile, PC, and XR.
Minimum Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or closely related field
- 7+ years of professional experience with developing gaming software
- 7+ years of experience with C/C++
- 2+ years of experience with Unreal Engine 4 (Blueprint and C++ interfaces)
- Solid 3D graphics related mathematics background
Preferred Qualifications
- Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, or closely related field
- 8+ Experience with gameplay programming, and game design
- Shipped at least one mobile, console, PC, or XR game
- Knowledge of Android OS and Android application development
- Familiarity with HW profilers and debuggers such as Snapdragon Profiler, RenderDoc, Pix, NSight, etc…
- Comfortable working with unfamiliar, large multi-million-line code bases
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Self-motivated
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