Company:
Qualcomm Europe, Inc. Spain Branch Office
Job Area:
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering
General Summary:
ROLE PURPOSE
Strengthen Qualcomm’s technical leadership in Linux multimedia and user-space technologies, with particular emphasis on GStreamer and PipeWire, while connecting upstream development, platform integration, customer needs, and product readiness.

Job Summary
We are looking for a Principal Engineer with deep expertise in Linux multimedia and user-space software to strengthen Qualcomm’s open source capabilities and technical leadership. The successful candidate will combine hands-on engineering excellence with recognized upstream engagement and the ability to define technical direction across complex, cross-functional initiatives.
You will lead architecture, integration, debugging, optimization, and upstream enablement across multimedia frameworks and Linux user-space stacks on Qualcomm platforms. The role will focus particularly on GStreamer and PipeWire, while working across audio, video, camera, graphics, display, codecs,



device integration, and Linux distributions as required by end-to-end use cases.
As a Principal Engineer, you will operate with a high degree of autonomy and influence. You will collaborate with upstream communities, internal engineering and product organizations, customers, and external partners. You will mentor engineers, raise the technical bar, and help translate platform capabilities and customer requirements into sustainable upstream solutions.
Key Responsibilities
• Provide technical leadership for Linux multimedia and user-space architecture on Qualcomm platforms, balancing upstream design, product requirements, maintainability, performance, and security.
• Design, implement, review, debug, and optimize multimedia software, with particular emphasis on GStreamer pipelines, plugins, elements, hardware acceleration, and integration with PipeWire-based audio and video flows.
• Lead end-to-end anal

📌 Principal Multimedia: User Space Engineer (España)
🏢 Qualcomm
📍 España