Architect of Networking CPU Platforms

QUALCOMM, Inc.; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 198,000 - 297,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

RSU eligibility

Benefits package

Job summary

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in San Diego, CA is seeking a Director-level Product Manager to define, productize, and commercialize CPU platforms optimized for networking infrastructure.

This role owns end-to-end product leadership—from market definition and architecture framing through execution, customer adoption, and revenue impact. The position leads platform strategy across SD-WAN appliances, network/security appliances, and emerging compute use cases, with executive visibility and autonomy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related technical field.
• 8+ years of Product Management or related work experience.
• Advanced degrees may substitute for up to two years (Master’s = one year, Doctorate = two years).

Responsibilities

• Own product strategy and roadmap for networking-optimized CPU platforms.
• Define the whole product—silicon features, platform software, security/boot, reference designs, ecosystem enablement.
• Serve as voice of the customer across hyperscalers, OEMs, and network appliance vendors.
• Drive architecture framing and trade-off decisions with silicon/platform teams.
• Lead cross-functional execution across design, software, validation, manufacturing, marketing, sales, and BD.
• Define and execute go-to-market strategy including positioning and field enablement.

Skills

Product leadership

Roadmap planning

Go-to-market

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Budget management

Architecture trade-offs

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS/IS

Master's degree

Doctorate

Job description

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. in San Diego, CA is seeking a Director-level Product Manager to define, productize, and commercialize CPU platforms optimized for networking infrastructure.

This role owns end-to-end product leadership—from market definition and architecture framing through execution, customer adoption, and revenue impact. The position leads platform strategy across SD-WAN appliances, network/security appliances, and emerging compute use cases, with executive visibility and autonomy.