Game Developer Technologies

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Job Overview

Qualcomm’s Snapdragon Studios is seeking an experienced engineer to work directly with PC game developers around the world driving game optimizations to create best-in-class experiences for the Snapdragon chipset.  This is a unique opportunity to work with cutting-edge pre-commercial devices and technologies and contribute to the future of PC gaming.

The position is a multi-disciplinary role where you will be responsible for collaborating with game developers and various partners to help optimize CPU, GPU, and the overall system performance of legacy and new games for Snapdragon. In addition to direct engagement with developers you will work to evangelize best practices and optimization strategies within the game development community. 

At the heart of Snapdragon Studios, 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

• 5+ years of professional experience
• Solid knowledge C/C++
• Solid knowledge of OpenGL, DirectX, or Vulkan
• Solid 3D graphics related mathematics background
• Understanding of modern PC, and console game engine rendering pipelines
• Strong CPU and GPU performance analysis skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Willingness to travel both domestic and internationally
• Self-motivated
• Fluent in Japanese

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with 3D graphics profilers and debuggers such as RenderDoc, Pix, NSight, etc.
• Familiarity with commercial game engines such as Unreal, and Unity
• Comfortable working with unfamiliar, large multi-million-line code bases
• Experience creating technical training content such as frameworks, samples, tutorials, videos, etc.
• Experience developing, profiling, and optimizing modern rendering algorithms

Education Requirements

Required: A BS, MS, or PhD degree in an engineering or computer science related field.

Keywords

Unreal Engine 4, UE4, Unity, 3D, Graphics, Rendering, GPU, Shader, Compute, Windows, Gaming, DirectX, C++, Developer Support, Developer Relations, Developer Technologies

Minimum Qualifications:

Preferred Qualifications:

•    Master's Degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science or related field. 

•    15+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. 

•    4+ years of experience with Database Management Software.   

•    4+ years of experience with API.

•    3+ years in a technical leadership role with or without direct reports.  

•    3+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with executive leadership (e.g., Vice President level and above). 

•    1+ year of work experience with Git, Perforce, or Source Code Management System.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

•    Leverages expert Software knowledge and experience to design, develop, create, modify, and validate highly critical embedded and cloud edge software, applications, and/or specialized utility programs.

•    Analyzes user needs, software requirements, and time and cost constraints to design and customize highly sophisticated software for optimal operational efficiency.

•    Designs and implements software sub-systems for complex, large-scale products and systems; resolves design, coding, and other technical issues by presenting end-to-end solutions. 

•    Leads design, coding, and testing efforts to ensure that projects are completed to specifications and schedules.

•    Serves as a technical expert in performing highly complex code reviews, regression tests, and triages and fixes issues to ensure the quality of code. 

•    Collaborates with high-level representatives from other functions (e.g., testing group, product group, customers) to integrate plan for software design of a large initiative.

•    Writes detailed technical documentation for highly complex Software projects; reviews technical documentation for experienced engineers.

Level of Responsibility:

•    Provides supervision to direct reports.  

•    Decision-making is critical in nature and highly impacts program, product, or project success.

•    Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey highly complex and/or detailed information. May require strong negotiation and influence with large groups or high-level constituents.

•    Has a great degree of influence over key organizational decisions (e.g., is making or directly making key decisions that will have substantial impact over the organization).

•    Tasks often require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; extensive planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

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