Staff Product Manager - Fixed Wireless Access
Description
Company:
Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.Job Area:
Operations Group, Operations Group > Product ManagementGeneral Summary:
The Staff Product Manager will drive end-to-end product strategy for Qualcomm's WBC division, spanning 5G NR/LTE modems, FWA platform chipsets, and next-generation broadband gateway solutions. This role sits at the intersection of chipset engineering, carrier ecosystem engagement, and platform software — owning the product vision from silicon architecture through commercial launch and lifecycle management. The ideal candidate brings deep cellular standards expertise, a proven record in FWA or broadband CPE product management, and the executive communication skills to influence key stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities
1. Cellular & FWA Product Strategy
- Define and own multi-generation product roadmaps for 6G, 5G NR and LTE-based FWA chipsets, CPE platforms, and modem solutions.
- Drive chipset capacity benchmarks and competitive positioning narratives across platform generations.
- Develop business cases for next-generation cellular platforms.
2. Platform & Requirements Leadership
- Translate carrier, OEM/ODM, and ecosystem requirements into detailed PRDs (Product Requirements Documents) and MRD (Market Requirements Documents) with KPI tracking.
- Drive feature prioritization across cellular performance (throughput, coverage, latency), system cost, reliability, and deployment ease.
- Define carrier-grade hardware requirements including multi-core CPU architectures, DDR, QoS, WAN, LAN and WLAN.
- Partner with Engineering software teams to align platform software schedules with silicon releases
- Champion integration of connectivity options for next-generation FWA solutions.
3. Wi-Fi & Connectivity Integration
- Lead product strategy for Wi-Fi integration within FWA gateway platforms, including comparative performance positioning over prior generations.
- Define router product concepts leveraging WBC platforms.
- Ensure holistic platform roadmaps spanning modem, Wi-Fi 6/6E/7/8, BLE, mesh, IPv4/IPv6, QoS, SD-WAN, and security frameworks.
4. Cross-Functional Program Leadership
- Act as primary interface between engineering, system architecture, customer engineering, business development, sales, operations, quality, and executive management.
- Drive alignment of chipset silicon milestones, hardware schedules, carrier certification timelines, and go-to-market plans.
- Prepare and deliver executive-level strategy presentations to stakeholders; own 4-minute strategy narratives and marketing content.
- Define and maintain the WBC Long-Term Priorities roadmap content covering FWA expansion, Wi-Fi transition, and emerging market dynamics.
5. Customer & Ecosystem Engagement
- Engage directly with Tier-1 carriers, OEMs, ODMs, and strategic partners to validate roadmap and close design wins.
- Own the FWA Support Model structure and externally-sharable partner-facing materials.
- Represent Qualcomm at customer briefings, industry standards forums (3GPP, Wi-Fi Alliance, Broadband Forum), and technology workshops.
6. Competitive & Technology Intelligence
- Continuously monitor ecosystem and synthesize insights into roadmap recommendations.
- Identify opportunities in AI/ML-enabled network optimization, cloud-native software, and next-generation connectivity.
- Serve as subject matter expert for cellular modem architectures, FWA platform design, and broadband software ecosystems.
This is an office based position located in San Diego, CA and is expected to comply with the company's onsite work policy.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related technical field.• 5+ years of Product Management or related work experience.
*Completed advanced degrees in a relevant field may be substituted for up to two years (Master’s = one year, Doctorate = two years) of work experience.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Master's degree or Ph.D. in Engineering, Computer Science, or Telecommunications; MBA preferred.
- 10+ years of Product Management experience with direct responsibility for end-to-end product lifecycle management.
- 15+ years of Product Management experience, with 5+ years in cellular chipset, modem, or wireless broadband platforms.
- Demonstrated expertise in 4G LTE and 5G NR cellular technologies, modem architecture, and FWA or broadband CPE product management.
- Strong understanding of chipset platform architectures and cellular standards (3GPP Releases 15–18+).
- Deep knowledge of FWA chipset families (e.g., Qualcomm SDX/QMX platforms), carrier certification processes, and OEM/ODM supply chains.
- Experience with RDK-B, prplOS, OpenWRT broadband software ecosystems.
- Proven track record launching carrier-grade FWA, broadband gateway, or wireless networking products at scale with Tier-1 carriers.
- Familiarity with Wi-Fi 6/6E/7/8 standards, Bluetooth Low Energy, mesh, SD-WAN, QoS, and device security frameworks.
- 2+ years working with operating budgets and/or project financials.
- 2+ years negotiating third-party business agreements and strategic partnerships.
- Experience in a large matrixed organization influencing without direct authority.
Level of Responsibility
- Operates with significant autonomy and minimal supervision while influencing product strategy across multiple organizations.
- Makes strategic decisions with substantial impact on silicon investments, technology direction, customer commitments, and business outcomes.
- Influences senior leadership and engineering key stakeholders.
- Leads cross-functional teams without direct reporting authority and drives alignment across diverse technical and business groups.
- Solves highly ambiguous problems involving technical, business, customer, and ecosystem tradeoffs across short- and long-term horizons.
- Recognized as a domain expert in cellular modem platforms, FWA solutions, and wireless broadband ecosystems.
Differentiators for a Strong Staff-Level Candidate
- Proven ownership of multi-generation FWA and cellular chipset roadmaps from silicon definition through commercial deployment.
- Demonstrated ability to define capacity benchmarks and competitive narratives that influence executive investment decisions.
- Technical credibility to engage with modem architects and software engineers while maintaining customer-facing business leadership.
- Track record of shaping industry direction through standards participation, ecosystem partnerships, and open-source contributions.
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Pay range and Other Compensation & Benefits:
$181,800.00 - $272,600.00The above pay scale reflects the broad, minimum to maximum, pay scale for this job code for the location for which it has been posted. Even more importantly, please note that salary is only one component of total compensation at Qualcomm. We also offer a competitive annual discretionary bonus program and opportunity for annual RSU grants (employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for our annual bonus). In addition, our highly competitive benefits package is designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play. Your recruiter will be happy to discuss all that Qualcomm has to offer – and you can review more details about our US benefits at this link.
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