Multimedia Engineering Intern
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About Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
For over 30 years, Qualcomm has been at the forefront of technological innovation, creating inventions that have enabled smartphones, smart cities, autonomous cars, and 360 virtual reality videos. Headquartered in San Diego, the company is focused on inventing the technologies of an intelligently connected future, encompassing 5G, artificial intelligence, IoT, automotive, and extended reality applications. Qualcomm spearheads research for the next global wireless standard and collaborates with industry leaders to bring these technologies to market.
Description: Qualcomm Multimedia Engineering Intern
This internship offers the opportunity to work on cutting-edge multimedia technologies within Qualcomm’s Snapdragon devices, which are used in billions of devices worldwide. The team focuses on system-level architecture, analysis, budgeting, and optimization of multimedia use cases to achieve the lowest power consumption and best performance. Interns will contribute to the development of power and performance-efficient devices. Specific technologies include: Camera, Video encoding/decoding, Audio, Speech, GPU, Modem, CPU, Application Processor, Multi-media engines, and Computer Vision. The ideal candidate possesses an educational background and/or experience in system-level architecture and HW/SW co-design. The internship is for 11-14 weeks during Summer 2025 (May-September).
Minimum Currently pursuings:
• Currently enrolled in a bachelor’s, master’s, or Ph.D. degree program in computer engineering, computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field.
• 1+ years of academic experience with programming languages such as C, C++, Python, etc.
• Availability for 11-14 weeks during Summer 2025 (May-September) with a graduation date of December 2025 or later.
Preferred Currently pursuings:
• Experience in Graphics (OpenCL, Compilers, Ray Tracing, GPU, Vulkan/DX)
• Experience in Computer Vision/XR (DNNs, motion, AR/XR, Depth, Linear Algebra, Perception)
• Experience in Imaging (Image/Video Segmentation, 3D, Pattern Recognition, Image/Video Processing)
• Experience in Speech/Audio (Acoustics, TTS/text-to-speech, Speech/Audio signal processing and compression)
• Experience in Video (Digital Signal Processing, Compression)
• Experience with Software Apps/Tools (Linear Algebra, AR, Perception, Oculus Air)
• Experience with Machine Learning (TensorFlow, PyTorch), Deep Learning, Neural Networks
• Strong understanding of Signal Processing
• Currently enrolled in a master’s or Ph.D. degree program
• Candidates actively pursuing a degree with an anticipated graduation within the upcoming year (Dec 2025 to June 2026) preferred.
Qualcomm’s Internship Program:
Qualcomm’s internship program provides interns with a structured experience including mentorship, manager support, access to the Qualcomm employee community, professional development workshops, social events, cross-functional speaker sessions, and an executive speaker series. Competitive hourly pay, accrued vacation time, relocation coverage, and furnished housing are also provided. This posting represents multiple internship opportunities; a recruiter will contact interested candidates.
