Staff Product Manager – Linux Platforms and Ecosystem
Manufacturing & Equipment Engineering
$179,200 - $268,800 USD yearly
Originally posted 14 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves defining and driving the Linux platform roadmap across Snapdragon-based AI PCs, Edge AI systems, developer platforms, and enterprise computing solutions.
What you'll do
- Define product roadmaps for Snapdragon AI PCs, workstations, edge AI systems, enterprise devices, and developer platforms.
- Drive prioritization decisions balancing customer value, upstream readiness, engineering feasibility, schedule, cost, and business objectives.
- Define and drive the Linux upstreaming strategy for kernel, device drivers, firmware interfaces, graphics, multimedia, connectivity, security, power management, virtualization, and AI acceleration components.
- Define requirements to enable Linux distributions on Snapdragon platforms, including Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Debian, Fedora, SUSE Linux Enterprise.
- Drive Linux enablement initiatives for AI developers across desktops, workstations, AI PCs, and edge computing platforms.
- Collaborate with Linux distribution partners, OEMs, ISVs, cloud providers, system integrators, open-source communities, and enterprise customers.
What you'll need
- Experience defining software products, platform roadmaps, technical requirements, and cross-functional execution plans.
- Experience working with Linux operating systems, open-source software ecosystems, and upstream development models.
- Experience driving Linux upstreaming or working with upstream kernel, driver, firmware, graphics, multimedia, networking, security, or platform software communities.
- Experience enabling one or more major Linux distributions, such as Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Debian, Fedora, SUSE Linux Enterprise, or an equivalent enterprise or community distribution.
- Working knowledge of Linux kernel architecture, device drivers, board support packages, distribution integration, package and release processes, and upstream contribution workflows.
- Experience collaborating with software engineering teams, open-source communities, distribution partners, OEMs, ISVs, or customer-facing organizations.
Nice to have
- Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Business Administration, or a related discipline.
- Experience contributing to or leading Linux upstreaming initiatives and working with subsystem maintainers or open-source foundations.
- Knowledge of Linux graphics and compute stacks, AI/ML frameworks, containers, Kubernetes, virtualization, Arm-based platforms, and heterogeneous compute architectures.
- Experience commercializing Linux platforms across AI PCs, workstations, edge appliances, enterprise devices, robotics, or embedded systems.
- Experience defining enterprise-grade platform capabilities including manageability, observability, telemetry, security, lifecycle management, and fleet deployment.
- Demonstrated success managing complex products across globally distributed engineering and business teams.
Market context
This role has been open 64 days — well above the 53-day median for Semiconductor Equipment Engineering roles.
Semiconductor Equipment Engineering · Manufacturing Equipment
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Open roles in category
3796
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Median days open
53 d
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Median salary
$126k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (3796 roles · 81 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 16 | 3796 |
| Open roles in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family | 48 | 9862 · 109 employers |
| Median days open | 73 d | 53 d (+20 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $126k |
Who's hiring in this category
- Applied Materials · 617 open roles · median 53 d
- Lam Research · 559 open roles · median 43 d
- Micron Technology · 283 open roles · median 44 d
- KLA Corporation · 251 open roles · median 67 d
- ASML · 195 open roles · median 70 d
- ASM International · 162 open roles · median 85 d
How we counted: 3796 open Semiconductor Equipment Engineering (Manufacturing Equipment) roles from 81 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 17 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 — it is counted in the wider Process, Fab & Equipment family row. Figures refresh nightly.