Director, Product Management - Processors - Industrial & Edge AI
$198,200 - $297,400 USD yearly
Originally posted 29 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
Qualcomm is seeking a Director of Product Management to own the definition, roadmap, and lifecycle of processors for Industrial and Edge AI markets.
What you'll do
- Own processor definition, roadmap, positioning, business case, pricing inputs, and product lifecycle management.
- Develop MRDs and PRDs that translate customer workloads into measurable silicon, package, board, software, reliability, longevity, and platform requirements.
- Lead architecture and platform trade-offs across performance, power, cost, die size, memory, I/O, connectivity, packaging, thermal design, and software scope.
- Define requirements across CPU, GPU, NPU, DSP, real-time compute, vision, memory hierarchy, security, virtualization, and high-speed I/O.
- Drive requirements for motor and motion-control workloads, mixed-criticality systems (Linux or Windows with RTOS), and industrial networking protocols such as TSN, EtherCAT, PROFINET, EtherNet/IP, OPC UA, Modbus, CAN/CAN-FD, and IO-Link.
- Collaborate with software and engineering leads to translate Edge AI, machine vision, and industrial automation workloads into compute, benchmark, and tooling specifications.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
- 8+ years of product management or related work experience (advanced degrees in a relevant field may substitute for up to two years of experience).
Nice to have
- 15 years of relevant experience in semiconductor product management, SoC architecture, embedded processors, or industrial systems.
- Demonstrated ownership of chipset products from definition through launch, production ramp, and lifecycle management.
- Strong knowledge of heterogeneous compute, real-time processing, low-latency industrial systems, motor control, and industrial connectivity.
- Experience leading decisions across architecture, silicon, hardware, software, package, validation, operations, sales, and business teams.
- Advanced degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
Skills: Product Management, PRD, MRD, SoC architecture, Edge AI
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 34-day median for Product Management roles.
Product Management · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
44
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Median days open
34 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$228k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (44 roles · 15 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 12 | 44 |
| Median days open | 31 d | 34 d (−3 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $228k |
Skills observed across this category: Product Management, PRD, MRD, SoC architecture, Edge AI
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 11 open roles · median 34 d
- AMD · 9 open roles · median 27 d
- NVIDIA · 6 open roles · median 14 d
- GlobalFoundries · 5 open roles · median 35 d
- Arm Holdings · 2 open roles · median 38 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 2 open roles · median 93 d
How we counted: 44 open Product Management (SOC Architecture) roles from 15 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 30 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.