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Principal Engineer / Director, Technical Standards

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Qualcomm seeks a Principal Engineer/Director with UWB systems and standards expertise in Bangalore, India. This role focuses on driving the technical evolution of UWB technologies through industry standards, product development, and certification. The ideal candidate will provide technical leadership, define system architectures, and collaborate across internal and external teams to maintain Qualcomm's leadership in UWB.

Ansvarsområden

  • Provide technical leadership for UWB standards activities (FiRa Consortium, CCC, IEEE 802.15, CSA/Aliro).
  • Develop and advocate technical proposals aligning with Qualcomm's strategy.
  • Analyze emerging UWB technologies, standards, and certification requirements.
  • 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-gen features.
  • Define system-level architectures across hardware, firmware, drivers, middleware, applications, and certification frameworks.
  • Collaborate with engineering teams on architecture requirements, APIs, and testing interfaces.
  • Evaluate tradeoffs for performance, interoperability, certification, security, power, and complexity.
  • Author architecture specifications, system requirements, and technical design documents.
  • Create technical contributions, review specifications, and participate in standards working groups.
  • Analyze technical specifications for gaps, ambiguities, and interoperability risks.
  • Lead development of change requests and technical proposals.
  • Track emerging requirements from ecosystem partners.
  • Partner with certification, validation, and engineering teams on certification strategies.
  • Support industry interoperability events and plugfests.
  • Drive technical solutions to reduce ecosystem fragmentation.
  • Develop strategies aligning certification requirements with product deployment.
  • 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 in industry standards activities.
  • Present technical recommendations and status updates to senior leadership.
  • Identify patentable innovations and contribute to Qualcomm's patent portfolio.
  • Participate in invention disclosure reviews.
  • Define novel architectural approaches for emerging UWB use cases.
  • Foster innovation in ranging, positioning, security, interoperability, and certification technologies.

Krav

  • 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 wireless system architecture and cross-layer design.
  • Experience defining technical requirements and influencing product roadmaps.
  • Demonstrated success leading cross-functional technical initiatives.
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction across organizations and companies.

Önskade kvalifikationer

  • Direct experience with FiRa, CCC, IEEE 802.15, CSA/Aliro, Bluetooth SIG, NFC Forum, or similar standards organizations.
  • Expertise in secure ranging, digital key, access control, location services, or related applications.
  • Experience with UWB MAC, PHY, ranging algorithms, interoperability, and certification frameworks.
  • Strong embedded software background including drivers, RTOS, Linux, Android, or firmware development.
  • Experience leading technical architecture reviews and standards contributions.
  • Inventor on patents related to wireless systems or communications technologies.
  • Experience representing a company in multi-company technical working groups.

Förmåner

  • Qualcomm is an equal opportunity employer.
  • Commitment to providing an accessible process for individuals with disabilities.
  • Reasonable accommodations will be provided to support individuals with disabilities.
  • Commitment to making our workplace accessible for individuals with disabilities.
#UWB#Systems Engineering#Technical Standards#Wireless Technologies#Standards Organizations#Product Development#Certification Programs#System Architecture#Wireless Protocols#Embedded Systems#Interoperability#Ranging#Positioning#Secure Ranging#Next-Generation UWB
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Bangalore, India

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