Senior Camera Software Engineer

Who We Are

HP IQ is HP’s new AI innovation lab. Combining startup agility with HP’s global scale, we’re building intelligent technologies that redefine how the world works, creates, and collaborates.

We’re assembling a diverse, world-class team—engineers, designers, researchers, and product minds—focused on creating an intelligent ecosystem across HP’s portfolio. Together, we’re developing intuitive, adaptive solutions that spark creativity, boost productivity, and make collaboration seamless.

We create breakthrough solutions that make complex tasks feel effortless, teamwork more natural, and ideas more impactful—always with a human-centric mindset.

By embedding AI advancements into every HP product and service, we’re expanding what’s possible for individuals, organisations, and the future of work.

Join us as we reinvent work, so people everywhere can do their best work.

About the Role

We’re building a next-generation camera abstraction layer that enables intelligent imaging experiences across HP’s portfolio of devices. As a Camera Software Engineer, you’ll own the camera stack, connecting diverse sensors to our platform and AI applications.

You will build novel processing pipelines, reduce latency and memory usage, and ensure compatibility across devices. You’ll also take on a leadership role, mentoring peers and driving strategic initiatives across the camera stack. This is a chance to design foundational infrastructure that sits between raw camera feeds and the intelligent systems that drive HP’s future devices.

What You’ll Do

• Design and maintain the camera stack that abstracts device-specific sensors and imaging APIs.
• Lead technical direction and mentor engineers working on camera software systems.
• Work closely with embedded and vision teams to optimize real-time image pipeline performance.
• Support features like framing, privacy filtering, multi-sensor fusion, and custom pre-processing.
• Enable consistent imaging behavior across Windows platforms and HP hardware configurations.
• Optimize system performance with focus on low-latency, memory safety, and throughput.

Essential Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in embedded camera systems or system-level imaging development.
• Experience mentoring engineers and leading cross-functional projects.
• Proficiency in C (preferred) and/or Java.
• Deep understanding of camera hardware interfaces, HALs, and video frameworks.
• Experience with Windows imaging APIs (e.g., DirectShow, UVC).
• Strong debugging, profiling, and performance optimization skills.
• Delivered camera solutions that have shipped in consumer-facing products.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building camera systems for conferencing, AR/VR, or sensing environments.
• Familiarity with ISP tuning, HDR pipelines, or ML-enhanced imaging.
• Knowledge of Android camera stack is a plus.

Salary range: $190,000 - $270,000

Compensation & Benefits (Full-Time Employees)

The salary range for this role is listed above. Final salary offered is based upon multiple factors including individual job-related qualifications, education, experience, knowledge and skills.

At HP IQ, we offer a competitive and comprehensive benefits package, including:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including; 
  • 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
  • 11 paid holidays
  • Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)

Why HP IQ?

HP IQ is HP’s new AI innovation lab, building the intelligence to empower humanity—reimagining how we work, create, and connect to shape the future of work.

• Innovative Work
  Help shape the future of intelligent computing and workplace transformation.
• Autonomy and Agility
  Work with the speed and focus of a startup, backed by HP’s scale.
• Meaningful Impact
  Build AI-powered solutions that help people and organisations thrive.
• Flexible Work Environment
  Freedom and flexibility to do your best work.
• Forward-Thinking Culture
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