Qualcomm · 5 months ago
Senior Director, AI Factory/Edge Product Lead
San Diego, California, United States of America
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff, Director/Executive
$228K/yr - $342K/yr
10+ years expQualcomm Technologies, Inc. is seeking a Senior Director, AI Factory/Edge Product Lead to direct a comprehensive product strategy focusing on GenAI technology. The role involves defining ML inference optimization solutions, advancing AI technology, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure that product roadmaps are met.
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Responsibilities
Defining ML inference optimization solutions roadmap encompassing AI/GenAI technology, HW, SW across multiple platforms and product lines
Consistently and sustainably advance the state of AI, including setting and executing against roadmaps for 6-month plus timeframes
Work towards long-term ambitious research, development and productization goals, planning and successfully executing and intermediate milestones working with various internal stakeholders
Define use cases and develop methodology and benchmarks to evaluate different approaches
Prepares and delivers highly complex technical presentations regarding state of the art in AI, and taking the lead on development and design innovation of new and complex products to articulate differentiation of products to customer and identify trends
Translates customer feedback and external environment into potential changes for the differentiated product roadmap and communicates this to senior leaders
Ensures successful cross-functional collaboration by ensuring that agreed upon KPIs and specifications are met for a new, complex product(s), upon delivery by engineering team
Work and collaborate with cross-functional teams, build relationships with stakeholders
Provides this information to guide design conversations
Completes product development and definition activities for a new or highly complex, owned product, including determination of cost and impact, and interacts with sales team to generate forecasts
Holds self and team(s) accountable for remaining up to date on competitors, technological advances, and the product ecosystem and taking the lead on development and design innovation of new and complex products to articulate differentiation
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, Humanities, or related field
10+ years of Product Management or related work experience
Preferred
Strong understanding on the challenges and best practices of deploying GenAI systems at scale for efficient inference at Data center
Deep knowledge of neural network algorithms, trends in ML space and challenges associated with deployment
Ability to drive system level analysis of GenAI models and understand associated tradeoffs on model size, performance, accuracy/quality, power and benchmarks towards defining HW/SW roadmaps
5+ years of Product Management or related work experience. Solid understanding of machine learning (ML) models and inferencing techniques on general purpose and domain specific accelerators – NPU
5+ years of product management or engineering development experience for ecosystem, product development process, release cadence and geo specific partners
Experience training and/or deploying deep learning applications across ASIC engines
Background with different AI SW stack solutions including Qualcomm and other industry players in Mobile, IoT, Automotive or Industrial markets would be a strong value add
Experience in Agentic AI, Hybrid AI design would be a strong plus
Execution oriented and track record of driving on time deliverables to customers with aggressive schedules
Exposure working and implementing GEN AI would be a strong plus
Strong communication and presentation skills
Benefits
Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
Opportunity for annual RSU grants
Highly competitive benefits package
Company
Qualcomm
Qualcomm designs wireless technologies and semiconductors that power connectivity, communication, and smart devices.
10001+ employees
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Funding
Current Stage
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$3.5M1991-12-20IPO
1988-01-01Undisclosed· $3.5M
Leadership Team
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President and Chief Executive Officer
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CEO
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