Hexagon and RISC-V Software Product Manager

Qualcomm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 179,200 - 268,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary bonus

RSU grants

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Qualcomm seeks a dynamic Product Management leader to join the Hexagon Product Management team for Embedded Software initiatives. You will shape the roadmap, positioning, and market success of Hexagon and RISC-V software products focused on edge AI and heterogeneous compute.

The role centers on developer workflows, toolchains, RTOS ecosystems, and collaboration with engineering, marketing, and support to deliver features and customer value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; 5+ years of product management or related work experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, information systems, computer science, humanities, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute product strategies for Embedded Software Solutions.
• Drive improvements in developer experience across toolchains, SDKs, and workflows.
• Engage in open-source ecosystems (e.g., Zephyr) and influence upstream direction.
• Conduct market research to identify trends, customer needs, and competitive landscape.
• Create and maintain product roadmaps and ensure timely delivery of features.
• Collaborate with engineering, marketing, and customer support for launches.
• Gather customer feedback to drive adoption and satisfaction.
• Oversee marketing documentation and developer guides.

Skills

Embedded processor architectures

C/C++

RTOS environments

Debuggers/Profilers/Emulators

Open-source development

Zephyr

FreeRTOS

QuRT

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, information systems, computer science, humanities, or related field

Tools

Zephyr RTOS

QuRT

FreeRTOS

ARM/RISC-V architectures

Debuggers/Emulators

Job description

Summary

As Qualcomm evolves its Hexagon and RISC-V Processor IP families to address growing demand at the edge, we are seeking a dynamic Product Management leader to join our Hexagon Product Management team for Embedded Software initiatives. The Product Manager will play a strategic role in shaping the roadmap, positioning, and market success of Hexagon and RISC-V current and next-generation software products. This role sits at the center of product strategy, customer insight, and go‑to‑market execution, translating market requirements and technology trends into differentiated product direction and stronger business outcomes. The role will focus on enabling scalable, developer‑friendly embedded platforms through ownership of developer workflows, toolchains and RTOS ecosystems, while strengthening Qualcomm’s position in edge AI and heterogeneous compute.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Strategy: Define and execute product strategies for Embedded Software Solutions ensuring alignment with Qualcomm’s vision and market needs for embedded and memory-constrained use‑cases.
• Developer Platform Ownership: Drive improvements in developer experience across toolchains, SDKs, and workflows, including compilers, debuggers, RTOS integration, and system software environments.
• Ecosystem Leadership: Drive Qualcomm’s engagement in open-source ecosystems (e.g., Zephyr), influencing upstream direction, strengthening ecosystem positioning, and identifying opportunities for deeper integration with Hexagon capabilities.
• Market Analysis: Conduct market research to identify trends, customer needs, and competitive landscape.
• Roadmap Planning: Create and maintain product roadmaps, ensuring timely delivery of features and enhancements.
• Collaboration: Work closely with engineering, marketing, and customer support teams to ensure successful product launches and ongoing improvements.
• Customer Engagement: Engage with customers to gather feedback, understand their requirements, and ensure product satisfaction.
• Business Impact: Drive developer adoption, ecosystem growth, and customer design wins across key application domains.
• Marketing, Documentation: Oversee the creation of technical documentation, user guides, and marketing materials.

Qualifications

• Technical Skills
  • Relevant experience in engineering, applications engineering or product management with expertise in embedded processor architectures and software, embedded software tools including C/C++ compilers, debuggers, profilers, emulators and RTOS environments.
  • Strong understanding of microcontrollers and DSP architectures and deep experience with at least one major embedded processor architecture, such as ARM or RISC-V.
  • Understanding of embedded software and RTOS principles.
  • Hands‑on experience with compilers, debuggers, profilers, emulators and other tools used as part of the embedded development process.
  • Familiarity with developer toolchains, SDKs, and system-level software environments.
  • Experience with open-source development.
  • Familiarity with FreeRTOS, Zephyr, Qualcomm RTOS (QuRT) or similar real-time operating systems.
• Communication
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
  • Ability to convey technical concepts to executive and non‑technical stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with embedded systems and development environments/workflows.
• Hands‑on experience with real-time operating systems or middleware.
• Experience engaging with or contributing to open-source projects (e.g., Zephyr).

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, information systems, computer science, humanities, or related field.
• 5+ years of product management or related work experience.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Qualcomm is an equal opportunity 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.

Pay and Benefits

$179,200.00 – $268,800.00. This pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum range for this position. Salary is one component of total compensation. Qualcomm also offers a competitive annual discretionary bonus program, opportunity for annual RSU grants, and a highly competitive benefits package to support your success at work, home, and play.