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As robotics customers and ecosystem partners rapidly co-shape software stacks (OS/ROS, middleware, perception pipelines, AI integration, OTA, safety), this role will systematically connect external signals to internal roadmap decisions.\nThis position will define and influence the end-to-end robotics software solution architecture and ecosystem strategy around our Robotics SDK, developer experience, and partner enablement-translatingcustomer/partner requirements into actionable product and engineering priorities.\nKey Responsibilities\n1) Robotics Software Ecosystem Strategy & Partnerships\nBuild and maintain a clear view of the robotics software ecosystem landscape (OS distributions, ROS2 ecosystem, middleware/DDS, simulation, tooling, CI/CD, OTA, safety frameworks) and identify strategic gaps/opportunities.\nEngage ecosystem partners (robot OEMs, ISVs, SIs, open-source communities) to influence architecture choices and drive adoption of our robotics software stack and developer workflows.\nShape upstream/open-source posture to accelerate developer adoption and ecosystem credibility (e.g., ROS2 packages, documentation, distribution).\n2) Customer Architecture Insight & Technical Advisory\nAct as a senior technical interface for strategic robotics customers in China, capturing architecture decisions and pain points across the stack (OS/ROS, middleware, perception, AI/ML, diagnostics, OTA, safety).\nTranslate customer architecture insights into clear internal artifacts: architecture briefs, reference blueprints, prioritized capability asks, and decision memos for leadership.\nDrive alignment between customer needs and our Robotics SDK evolution, ensuring solution-level coherence beyond point optimizations.\n3) Future Technology Direction & Roadmap Influence\nIdentify future-facing technology trends and evaluate implications for our solution roadmap (real-time + AI reasoning, graph runtimes, deterministic scheduling, hardware acceleration integration, simulation/regressionworkflows).\nInfluence product and engineering roadmaps with a solution-first view, balancing near-term customer wins with long-term platform strategy.\n4) Internal Leadership & Cross-Functional Execution\nLead cross-functional alignment across Engineering, Product, Program, BD/CE on solution architecture and ecosystem priorities; drive crisp ownership and decision-making.\nDefine success criteria and measurable outcomes for ecosystem and architecture initiatives (e.g., reference architecture adoption, partner enablement milestones, SDK capability readiness).\nRequired Qualifications\nDeep experience in robotics software architecture and systems integration across Linux/Ubuntu, ROS2, middleware/DDS, perception pipelines, and runtime performance considerations.\nProven customer-facing technical leadership: ability to drive architecture discussions with senior engineers/architects at OEMs/partners and synthesize inputs into actionable internal direction.\nStrong understanding of developer experience principles (SDK packaging, documentation, samples, tooling) and ecosystem adoption mechanics.\nExcellent communication skills: able to write concise architecture briefs and present to executives and cross-functional stakeholders.\nPreferred Qualifications (Nice-to-Have)\nHands-on experience with simulation, and performance/power profiling workflows for robotics software stacks.\nExperience driving open-source contributions or upstream engagement in robotics communities.\nFamiliarity with hardware acceleration enablement for robotics workloads and heterogeneous compute integration (CPU/GPU/NPU/DSP).\nMinimum Qualifications:\n• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.OR\nMaster's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 7+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.\nOR\nPhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.\n• 4+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.\nQualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. 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