Principal Engineer / Director, Technical Standards (India)

Qualcomm; India; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Qualcomm India Private Limited is seeking a senior expert in UWB systems and standards to drive technical evolution across industry groups, internal teams, and certification programs.

The role demands leadership in translating emerging UWB technologies into standards contributions, product requirements, and certification strategies, with close collaboration across Qualcomm leadership, architecture, product management, and validation teams.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in related field with 8+/7+/6+ years experience respectively in Systems Engineering or related work.
• Deep expertise in Ultra-Wideband technology and protocol architecture.
• Experience with wireless standards organizations and specification development.

Responsibilities

• Provide technical leadership for UWB standards activities in industry forums.
• Analyze emerging UWB technologies, standards, certification requirements and ecosystem trends.
• Define system-level architectures spanning hardware, firmware, drivers and certification.
• Lead changes to standards and drive Qualcomm product roadmaps alignment.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, validation, and engineering teams.

Skills

UWB systems

Standards development

Wireless protocols

Embedded systems

System architectures

Technical leadership

Ranging/Positioning

Education

BS in Electrical Engineering / Computer Engineering / Computer Science

MS in Electrical Engineering / Computer Science

PhD in Engineering / Information Systems / CS

Job description

Company: Qualcomm India Private Limited

Job Area: Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Systems Engineering

General Summary: Qualcomm is seeking a highly experienced UWB systems and standards expert to drive the technical evolution of Ultra-Wideband technologies across industry standards organizations, internal product development teams, and certification programs.

This role will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for translating emerging UWB technologies into standards contributions, product requirements, certification strategies, and system architectures. The successful candidate will work closely with Qualcomm standards leadership, architecture teams, product management, validation teams, and external ecosystem partners to ensure Qualcomm maintains a leadership position in UWB technologies.

The position requires deep expertise in UWB system architecture, wireless protocols, embedded systems, interoperability, certification, and standards development, with the ability to influence industry direction through technical contributions and cross-company collaboration.

Minimum Qualifications

• - Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

OR

• Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 7+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

OR

• PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

UWB Technical Leadership

• - Provide technical leadership for UWB standards activities within organizations such as FiRa Consortium, Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC), IEEE 802.15, CSA/Aliro, and related industry forums.
• - Develop and advocate technical proposals that advance Qualcomm's product and technology strategy.
• - Analyze emerging UWB technologies, standards, certification requirements, and ecosystem trends.
• - Drive technical alignment between industry standards and Qualcomm product roadmaps.
• - Serve as a subject matter expert on UWB ranging, positioning, secure ranging, interoperability, certification and next-generation UWB features.

Systems Architecture

• - Define system-level architectures spanning hardware, firmware, drivers, middleware, applications, and certification frameworks.
• - Collaborate with engineering teams to develop architecture requirements, APIs, debugging capabilities, testing interfaces, and platform frameworks.
• - Evaluate tradeoffs across performance, interoperability, certification, security, power consumption, and implementation complexity.
• - Author architecture specifications, system requirements, and technical design documents.

Standards Development

• - Create technical contributions, review specifications, and participate in standards working groups.
• - Analyze technical specifications and identify gaps, ambiguities, interoperability risks, and implementation challenges.
• - Lead development of change requests and technical proposals.
• - Track emerging requirements from ecosystem partners and ensure Qualcomm interests are represented effectively.
• - Influence standards evolution through technical expertise and industry relationships.

Certification and Ecosystem Development

• - Partner with certification, validation, and engineering teams to define certification strategies and implementation plans.
• - Support industry interoperability events, plugfests, and certification activities.
• - Drive technical solutions that reduce ecosystem fragmentation and improve interoperability across standards organizations.
• - Develop strategies that align certification requirements with product deployment objectives.

Cross-Functional Technical Coordination

• - Work with product management, engineering, legal, regulatory, standards, and certification teams.
• - Translate standards developments into actionable guidance for internal stakeholders.
• - Provide technical mentorship to engineers participating in industry standards activities.
• - Present technical recommendations and status updates to senior leadership.

Innovation and Intellectual Property

• - Identify patentable innovations and contribute to Qualcomm's wireless technologies patent portfolio.
• - Participate in invention disclosure reviews and technical assessments.
• - Define novel architectural approaches to emerging UWB use cases.
• - Foster innovation in ranging, positioning, security, interoperability, and certification technologies.

Required Qualifications

• - BS, MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• - 12+ years of experience in wireless systems, embedded systems, wireless protocols, or standards development.
• - Deep expertise in Ultra-Wideband technology and protocol architecture.
• - Experience with wireless standards organizations and specification development.
• - Strong understanding of .