Product Manager - IoT Solutions

China Mobile International Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

China Mobile International Limited seeks an experienced Product Manager for IoT Solutions to lead end-to-end strategy across device-side connectivity, including SDKs, gateways, and Matter support. You will align with ecosystem partners and internal engineering to bridge hardware, cloud, and mobile experiences.

The role emphasizes architecture, onboarding design, and cross-functional governance, with a focus on delivering mass production for edge-connected devices.

Qualifications

• Master’s or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related STEM field.
• 5+ years in IoT, Smart Home, or Smart Hardware ecosystems.
• 2+ years directly driving device-side architectures, SDK integration, or mass-production delivery.
• Proven track record leading at least one IoT product from proposal through debugging to mass production.
• Knowledge of MCU/SoC architectures, wireless modules, firmware, and embedded OS (RTOS/Linux).

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end device-side connectivity strategy and productization.
• Architect and review smart home device integration across chipsets/modules and protocols.
• Collaborate with OEMs to validate architecture, adapt SDKs, and drive mass production.
• Define onboarding criteria and standardized QA metrics for device pairing and OTA updates.
• Analyze logs and traces to isolate root causes and orchestrate cross-team resolutions.
• Translate project customizations into scalable SDK capabilities and documentation.
• Keep ahead of Matter, Thread, Zigbee standards to refine specs and roadmaps.
• Coordinate governance across Product, R&D, QA, Operations, and Partnerships.

Skills

IoT product mgmt

Device-side architecture

SDK integration

Matter support

Edge/cloud integration

MQTT/CoAP

C/C++ knowledge

Education

Master's degree in CS/EE

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Product Manager – IoT Solutions with a strong background in device-side / embedded tech. In this role, you will lead the end-to-end strategy, architectural design, and commercial deployment of our edge connectivity capabilities (SDKs, gateways, Matter, A2A). You will work closely with ecosystem partners and internal engineering teams to bridge hardware, cloud, and mobile experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Connectivity Productization: Drive product planning for device-side connectivity, including Device SDKs, lightweight onboarding, gateway integration, App-to-App (A2A), and Matter protocol capabilities.
• Architecture & Onboarding Design: Lead end-to-end technical design and review for smart home device integration across chipsets/modules, firmware, communication protocols, data models, provisioning, control, state sync, OTA updates, and security authentication.
• Ecosystem Partner Enablement: Partner with home appliance and smart hardware OEMs to validate technical architecture, adapt SDKs, conduct joint testing/debugging, obtain certifications, and drive products into mass production/deployment.
• Quality Assurance: Define standardized acceptance criteria for device onboarding and mass production, tracking core metrics including pairing success rate, device online rate, control latency, reconnect time, OTA reliability, and cross-brand stability.
• Root-Cause Analysis & Escalation: Analyze complex connectivity issues by inspecting device logs, mobile App logs, platform logs, and packet traces to isolate root causes and orchestrate resolutions across edge, cloud, mobile, and third-party partner engineering teams.
• Standardization & Best Practices: Translate single-project customizations into scalable, platform-level SDK capabilities, device integration specifications, technical documentation, test suites, and best practices to lower onboarding friction for future hardware.
• Technical Improvement: Stay ahead of smart home connectivity standards (Wi-Fi, BLE, Matter, Thread, Zigbee) to continually refine corporate technical specifications and product roadmaps.
• Cross-Functional Governance: Balance technical feasibility, user experience, bill-of-materials (BOM) cost, quality, and time-to-market across Product, R&D, QA, Operations, and Ecosystem Business Development teams.

Key Qualifications

• Education: Master’s degree or higher in Computer Science, Telecommunications, Electronics, Automation, IoT, or related STEM fields (non-STEM candidates must demonstrate deep technical track record in device-side projects).
• Industry Experience: 5+ years in IoT, Smart Home, or Smart Hardware ecosystems, with at least 3 years directly driving device-side architectures, SDK integration, or mass-production delivery.
• Proven track record leading at least one IoT product from initial technical proposal through joint debugging to commercial mass production.
• Working knowledge of MCU/SoC architectures, wireless modules, firmware, and embedded OS (RTOS/Linux), with clear understanding of hardware constraints (Flash, RAM, power consumption, BOM cost).
• Deep understanding of Wi-Fi and BLE technologies; familiarity with one or more protocols such as Matter, Thread, Zigbee, or Bluetooth Mesh is highly desirable.
• Familiar with device provisioning/pairing, identity authentication, device data modeling, command distribution, state reporting, offline re-connection, OTA updates, and local automation rules.
• Mastery of the complete Device–App–Cloud flow and protocols (MQTT, HTTP, CoAP), including Cloud-to-Cloud integration (OAuth, device binding, model mapping, rate limiting, timeout, retry, and idempotency mechanisms) and practical troubleshooting skills to orchestrate cross-team root-cause analysis.
• Ability to independently author or review PRDs, integration guides, API specs, device models, and QA acceptance standards.
• Excellent communication skills to interface effectively with chip/module vendors, OEMs, and appliance ecosystem partners.

Preferred Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with major smart home platforms.
• Working experience in semiconductor suppliers, wireless module vendors, IoT cloud platforms, or smart hardware OEMs.
• Experience in driving SDK platformization, Matter certification, industry standard committees, or alliance working groups.
• Experience in managing connectivity stability and troubleshooting complex issues for deployments scaling to 1M+ active devices.
• Ability to read embedded C/C++ code and perform packet capture or log analysis independently.