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Your responsibility will include understanding data center industry landscapes and competitors' strength and weaknesses, collaborating with internal partners to identify existing and emerging standards for Qualcomm to focus on, help review and guide internal product requirements and specifications for conformance with the standards, and working with attorneys to file patents that protect the novel IP aspects of any inventions.\nThe primary focus for this role is wired connectivity infrastructure involving high-speed optical and electrical SerDes standards for core data center infrastructure. This includes the implications of solving problems across photonics, packaging, materials science, and system architecture.\nTechnical Focus Areas\nDirect experience with IEEE 802.3 and OIF. Aware of related developments in other data center interconnect standards ecosystems including OCI MSA, OCP, UEC, and UALink.\nDeep understanding of 200G, 400G and forward-looking 800G/1.6T Ethernet rate evolution, including PAM4/PAM6 modulation, FEC, equalization, channel loss, BER targets and link-budget tradeoffs.\nKnowledge of scale-up, scale-out and scale-across data center fabrics, including electrical copper reach limits, active electrical cables, linear pluggable optics, co-packaged optics, near-packaged optics, and optical module architectures.\nStrong ecosystem credibility with data center silicon, optics, connector, cable, module, switch, NIC and hyperscaler stakeholders.\nAbility to assess competitive technology directions, identify standards gaps, and shape specifications to support Qualcomm product and IP roadmap objectives.\nAbility to translate hyperscaler, AI accelerator, switch silicon, and optical module requirements into practical SerDes, PHY, controller and standards engagement priorities.\nAbility to check posted technical material for accuracy and prepare internal technical material and analysis.\nAbility to establish and play a leading role in a potential future “800G Interest Group” (or similar name) as a means to promote Qualcomm credibility and thought leadership in Data Center connectivity.\nMinimum Qualifications (per leveling description)\nMaster’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field\n7+ years of experience in system design, validation, or related engineering roles\n2+ years of experience participating in technical standards bodies or industry organizations\nDemonstrated ability to influence across teams and organizations\nEffective communication, collaboration, and stakeholder engagement skills\nPreferred Qualifications\n10+ years of experience in optical, SerDes and system design, modeling, validation, or test\n4+ years of active participation in standards organizations (e.g., IEEE, OCP, PCI-SIG or similar)\n5+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership\n5+ years in a technical leadership role\nDeep understanding of data center ecosystems, including enterprise, HPC, and hyperscale environments\nAuthored or co-authored contributions in IEEE, OCP or similar\nHas implemented or influenced deployable OCP-compliant platforms\nExperience designing and developing SerDes across full lifecycle (architecture, design, implementation, verification, validation, through manufacturing and silicon qualification)\nKnowledge of global data center market dynamics and competitive landscape\nBackground in technical leadership roles with demonstrated impact\nFamiliarity with Qualcomm technologies and semiconductor platforms (preferred)\nEstablished network within industry, standards bodies, or academia (preferred)\nExcellent written, presentation, and interpersonal communication skills\nWillingness to travel as required\nKeywords:\nOptical, SerDes, Server, Systems, Semiconductor, Standards, Infrastructure, IEEE, PCIe, OCP, Data Center\nEducation Requirements:\nRequired: Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering\nPreferred: Doctorate, Computer Engineering or Electrical Engineering or related field\nMinimum Qualifications:\n• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.OR\nMaster's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.\nOR\nPhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years Software Engineering, Hardware Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related work experience.\n*Global travel several times per year for standards organization forums.\n*References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.\nQualcomm is an equal opportunity employer. If you are an individual with a disability and need an accommodation during the application/hiring process, rest assured that Qualcomm is committed to providing an accessible process. You may e-mail  or call Qualcomm's toll-free number found here. Upon request, Qualcomm will provide reasonable accommodations to support individuals with disabilities to be able participate in the hiring process. Qualcomm is also committed to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities. (Keep in mind that this email address is used to provide reasonable accommodations for individuals with disabilities. We will not respond here to requests for updates on applications or resume inquiries).\nQualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.\nTo all Staffing and Recruiting Agencies:Our Careers Site is only for individuals seeking a job at Qualcomm. Staffing and recruiting agencies and individuals being represented by an agency are not authorized to use this site or to submit profiles, applications or resumes, and any such submissions will be considered unsolicited. Qualcomm does not accept unsolicited resumes or applications from agencies. Please do not forward resumes to our jobs alias, Qualcomm employees or any other company location. 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