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Senior · 4+ years exp

Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 2, 2026. First seen by Alion on Aug 19, 2026. Qualcomm scores B on the Alion truth index.

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Qualcomm is an American semiconductor and wireless technology company founded in 1985 and headquartered in San Diego, California. It holds foundational patents in CDMA and the 3G, 4G and 5G cellular standards, licensing them to nearly every handset maker in the world, while its chip division designs the Snapdragon platforms that power a large share of Android smartphones, personal computers, wearables and connected cars. The company has been diversifying away from smartphone dependence into automotive digital cockpit and driver assistance systems, industrial internet of things, and on-device AI processing through its Hexagon and Oryon architectures.

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Job Area:

Engineering Services Group, Engineering Services Group > Program Management

General Summary:

The successful candidate will own technical program management for the Oryon CPU Engineering team’s development and delivery to key Qualcomm SoCs. This is the team behind the Snapdragon X Series and Snapdragon 8 Elite / Gen 5. Work alongside the smartest minds in the industry to deliver best-in-class, efficient, high-performance CPUs.

Responsibilities

  • Plan, drive, and deliver CPU IP development and integration into silicon products across Qualcomm’s roadmap.
  • Lead the creation and maintenance of credible and data-driven schedules and project milestones.
  • Organize and lead interdepartmental meetings to set project milestones/schedules,plans of records, define project tasks, establish program policies and processes.
  • Responsible for IP-SoC relationship & partnership program management.
  • Troubleshoot program issues and help to develop alternative program tasks, schedules, milestones, resource plans, processes etc. to resolve program issues and conflicts.
  • Determine risks, develop mitigation strategies, and communicate information to internal and external key stakeholders. Must be able to proactively drive and solve problems to solutions.
  • Roll up and report regularly to senior management-executiveson key development milestones, budget, metrics, risks, and mitigation plans.
  • Develop processes to increase the productivity and efficiency of the team.
  • Manage teams through design, development, validation, test, manufacturing, deployment, and sustaining activities for hardware products.
  • Be an advocate for the program in cross-functional and stakeholder meetings.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
  • 4+ years of Program Management or related work experience.

*Completed advanced degrees in a relevant field may be substituted for up to two years (Master’s = one year, Doctorate = two years) of work experience.

Preferred qualifications

  • MS or PhD degree in Engineering
  • Experience as an engineer in chip development and integration into hardware or software systems. Experience with silicon development methodologies, leading tape-outs and silicon validation.
  • A successful candidate requires a strong IP core (preferably CPU) design & debug background including Project Management of IP team working on multiple programs.
  • Technical domain expertise in all aspects of VLSI development cycle and IP delivery process.
  • You will help coordinate and support methodology deployment and play a key role in planning future IP validation and development initiatives.
  • Ability to drive teams towards long-term challenging goals and intermediate milestones, as well as navigating teams through short-term, highly visible priorities.
  • Track record of successful planning and execution within resource and schedule constraints.
  • Knowledgeable on program management tools and processes to increase productivity across engineering teams.
  • Proven skills: communication, negotiation, motivation, dealing and resolving difficult and complex situations, thinking on the fly, and drive to meet the business need.

Qualcomm 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 [email protected] 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).

To 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.

EEO 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.

Qualcomm 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.

Pay rangeand Other Compensation & Benefits :

$159,400.00 - $239,000.00

The 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. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer - and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.

If you would like more information about this role, please contact Qualcomm Careers.

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