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The company drives digital transformation and enables next-generation experiences, striving to create a smarter, more connected future for everyone.\nPosition Overview\nWe are seeking a Director-level System Lead to define and drive next-generation mobile system solutions through deep engagement with OEMs and a strong understanding of emerging and evolving use cases. As part of the Mobile Product System and Architecture organization, you will work closely with hardware, software, and foundational IP systems teams to translate OEM requirements and market needs into clear, actionable system and implementation paths leveraging Qualcomm’s leading-edge mobile SoCs and software platforms.\nIn this role, you will take a forward-looking approach to defining new product and system architectures, proactively identifying opportunities to evolve both hardware and software designs to improve use-case-level power efficiency, performance, scalability, and user experience. You will provide system-level leadership across the stack-spanning compute, multimedia, AI, connectivity, and low-power operating modes-ensuring OEM-driven innovation is effectively aligned with and informs Qualcomm’s evolving mobile product roadmap.\nKey Responsibilities\nProduct Architecture Analysis\nAnalyze new and emerging OEM and customer use cases-spanning multimedia, AI/ML, camera, graphics, gaming, and always-on / low-power modes of operation-and map them to Qualcomm’s current hardware and software solutions. Propose architectural enhancements and optimizations for inclusion in next-generation product planning.\nDrive system-level trade-off analysis across power, performance, cost, latency, and thermal constraints, with particular focus on end-to-end user scenarios and real-world OEM deployment requirements.\nChallenge the status quo by evaluating trade-offs across cost, IP selection, system partitioning, and key product KPIs, proposing innovative architectural paradigms that align with business unit objectives and long-term platform strategy.\nInfluence architectural direction across compute, multimedia pipelines, AI acceleration, memory subsystems, and power management to enable differentiated OEM solutions and optimized low-power and sustained-performance operating modes.\nCross-Functional Collaboration\nWork closely with core systems, hardware design, software, and product management teams to define and align product roadmap intercepts and build robust, incremental development plans. Act as a system and OEM advocate, directly contributing to setting technical priorities, investment focus, and budget decisions within the business unit.\nPartner with OEM-facing teams to ensure customer requirements, integration constraints, and deployment feedback are accurately reflected in system architecture and product planning decisions.\nEffectively communicate system architectures, implementation strategies, and trade-offs to senior technical leaders and cross-functional stakeholders. Present concise risk-benefit analyses and strategic options to executive leadership to enable informed, timely decision-making.\nOperate comfortably with large and complex data sets, extracting actionable insights to support architectural direction, product definition, and execution alignment across teams.\nStrategic Problem Solving and Innovation\nLead strategic, top-down problem solving in environments with ambiguous or evolving OEM requirements, working from first principles and “blank-sheet” scenarios to define system direction and converge on data-driven solutions.\nIdentify architectural gaps and opportunities across hardware and software boundaries, driving differentiated system-level innovations in areas such as AI workloads, multimedia processing efficiency, and ultra-low-power user experiences.\nContribute to Qualcomm’s intellectual property portfolio by inventing and filing patents on system-level solutions developed in the course of this work.\nAnticipate future OEM needs and technology inflection points, ensuring system architecture decisions made today scale effectively across multiple product generations and market segments.\nMinimum Qualifications:\n• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 10+ years of Electrical, Computer, or Software Engineering or related work experience.OR\nMaster's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 9+ years of Electrical, Computer, or Software Engineering or related work experience.\nOR\nPhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of Electrical, Computer, or Software Engineering or related work experience.\n10+ years of experience in one or more areas of semiconductor product development.\n• 5+ years in a technical leadership role.\n Preferred Qualifications:\nMaster's Degree or Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.\n15+ years of experience in one or more areas of semiconductor product development (e.g., system design, architecture, HW design and validation, SW development).\n5+ yearsofexperience balancing tradeoffs between product KPIsand costs.\n5+ years of experience managing project costs.\n4+ years of experience working in a large matrixed organization.\n3+ years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with executive leadership.\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).\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. Qualcomm is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes/applications.\nEEO Employer: Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer; all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, Veteran status, or any other protected classification.\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.\nPay rangeand Other Compensation & Benefits :\n$276,900.00 - $415,300.00The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. 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