Staff, Engineer – Product Integration & Commercialization (PSIC)

Company:

Qualcomm Vietnam Company Limited

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

We are seeking an experienced and passionate Product Software Commercialization Lead to drive software feature commercialization across Qualcomm's portfolio of SoC solutions spanning Mobile, XR, AR/VR, IoT, Automotive, IVI, MBB, and Appliance markets.

In this role, you will lead software integration, feature enablement, release readiness, and cross-functional program execution to ensure high-quality software deliveries that meet aggressive schedules and business objectives. The ideal candidate combines deep technical expertise in embedded systems and software integration with strong program management, stakeholder management, and problem-solving capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Drive software feature planning, integration, validation, and commercialization aligned with product release schedules.
• Coordinate with cross-functional teams to ensure successful feature enablement and timely software deliveries.
• Lead software release execution while ensuring adherence to process compliance, quality standards, and release management practices.
• Drive issue triage, debug efforts, and technical reviews to resolve runtime, build, and system integration issues.
• Collaborate with engineering, product, and program stakeholders to identify risks, drive alignment, and execute mitigation plans.
• Manage software integration workflows, configuration management, and release processes across multiple product lines.
• Track program milestones, dependencies, and deliverables to ensure smooth project execution.
• Optimize development and validation workflows to improve efficiency, quality, and predictability of software releases.
• Facilitate effective communication among technical and business stakeholders across geographically distributed teams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Electronics, Embedded Systems, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in embedded software development, system software integration, or software commercialization.
• Strong understanding of software integration, release management, and configuration management processes.
• Experience with real-time embedded systems, operating systems, and system software development.
• Strong C programming, debugging, and scripting skills.
• Experience with multitasking, multithreading, and operating system concepts.
• Proven ability to troubleshoot complex runtime, build, and integration issues.
• Hands-on experience with Agile methodologies and tools such as JIRA.
• Excellent program management, planning, and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and drive execution without direct authority.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with end-to-end embedded/SoC platform bring-up, integration, stabilization, validation, and commercialization .
• Broad exposure to multiple SoC subsystems such as Boot, Kernel/BSP, Firmware, Power, Memory/DDR, Storage, Multimedia/GPU, Connectivity, Modem, and Security .
• Experience debugging complex cross-subsystem HW/SW issues , including intermittent failures, system crashes/hangs, low-power issues, and performance/stability regressions.
• Experience with Linux kernel, BSP, OS, compiler/toolchain, or major software baseline upgrades .
• Experience owning or supporting release readiness, regression assessment, blocker disposition, and major software milestones .
• Experience supporting customer/OEM technical escalations, field issues, or commercialization activities .
• Familiarity with advanced debugging tools such as JTAG, GDB, crash-dump analysis, system tracing, UART, ADB/Fastboot, and other platform diagnostics .
• Experience with Git/Perforce, build integration, CI/Jenkins, configuration management, and release branches .
• Hands-on experience using Python/Shell scripting for build, validation, debug, test, or log-analysis automation .
• Experience evaluating systemic software workarounds , including stability, performance, power, and regression impact.
• Exposure to AI-assisted/agentic engineering workflows for development, debugging, automation, or failure analysis.
• Ability to create/review technical notes, RCA reports, release documentation, and customer-facing technical communication .
• Previous experience as a Technical Lead, Platform Integration Lead, or System Integration Lead while maintaining hands-on technical involvement.

Success in This Role

• Deliver software releases on schedule with high quality and minimal integration issues.
• Drive alignment across engineering, product, and program teams.
• Improve software commercialization efficiency through better planning, integration, and release practices.
• Enable successful feature deployment across Qualcomm's diverse SoC and platform portfolio.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

OR Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 5+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience. OR PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

• 3+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

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