Qualcomm Technical Program Manager 

United States, Texas, Austin 

815084522

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Systems Engineering

Position: Technical Program Manager (TPM)

As an experienced(individual contributor), you will lead technical program management for the platform team, collaborating with cross-functional engineering teams, including SoC, software, firmware, SIPI, and packaging. You will drive planning, address complex challenges in high-performance platform development, and facilitate seamless production transitions for server products.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical program management for next-generation server platforms within a matrixed organization across multiple teams and global locations.

• Provide hands-on program management across analysis, design, development, testing, implementation, and post-implementation phases.

• Define and manage program requirements, scope, schedules, and deliverables with engineering teams, partners, and stakeholders.

• Conduct risk assessments, implement mitigation strategies, manage change, actively communicating with stakeholders to drive solutions.

• Oversee daily activities and quality assurance by establishing and tracking milestones, plans, and project tasks, managing feature requests, and balancing schedules with product value.

• Drive process improvements across teams and functions.

• Communicate regularly with project leads and internal teams, providing senior management with updates on milestones, budgets, metrics, risks, and mitigation plans.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

• 5+ years of experience in systems or hardware engineering or technical product/program management.

• Experience with server hardware systems and interfaces.

• Proven experience working with technical teams to develop systems, solutions, and products.

• Strong ability to build working relationships across multidisciplinary teams and global time zones.

• Experience managing technical programs across cross-functional teams, establishing processes, and coordinating release schedules, and working in large, matrixed organizations.

• Strong communication, organizational, coordination, multi-tasking, and documentation skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.

• 10+ years of experience in systems or hardware engineering and hardware project lifecycle management.

• Expertise in enterprise servers and components (e.g., CPUs, FPGAs, memory) and data center architecture.

• Experience with server technologies, including board design, SIPI, thermal and mechanical aspects, BIOS, BMC, and networking.

• Familiarity with Agile methods and practices.

• Experience working with CMs, OEMs, ODMs, and suppliers in product development.

• Strong cross-functional communication skills, with experience managing complex program lifecycles, building sustainable processes, and coordinating release schedules.

• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 7+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Systems Engineering or related work experience.

Qualcomm expects its employees to abide by all applicable policies and procedures, including but not limited to security and other requirements regarding protection of Company confidential information and other confidential and/or proprietary information, to the extent those requirements are permissible under applicable law.

$192,600.00 - $330,400.00