Technical Account Manager, Principal Engineer

Qualcomm • Detroit, MI

95d • $148,300 - $222,500

About The Position

Qualcomm with its strong Auto Roadmap of SoCs and Software for an immersive and intelligent digital experience is redefining vehicles for the 21st Century. This is an exciting time to be a part of Qualcomm's Auto team as we engage with the auto ecosystem for a major digital transformation across connectivity, infotainment, and autonomous driving. We are looking for Technical Account Manager (TAM) from the auto industry with proven track record of product level ownership & commercialization into major auto OEMs. Ideal candidate for this position would have worked in the auto hardware/software ecosystem - OEM or Tier1, led and managed hardware/software delivery of a major project into an OEM. The Technical Account Manager (TAM) oversees the customers (OEM/ODM) product portfolio and manages the technical aspects of the components (hardware and software) that are designed into the customers projects.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 8+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.
• OR Master's degree in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 7+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.
• OR PhD in Electrical/Electronics Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field and 6+ years of Hardware Applications Engineering or Hardware Design experience or related work experience.

Nice To Haves

• Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field
• 12+ Years of software experience in embedded software development.
• 3+ years in Automobile software development with Auto Tier1, OEM.
• Experience in a leadership role, with Product level ownership.
• Experience leading and directing engineers that are in independent functional organizations.
• Ability to proactively manage customer expectations and influence customer relations and design decisions
• Experience interfacing with & managing deliverables into major Auto OEMs.
• Experience through all phases of Product life cycle from requirements, bring up, software integration, certification, commercialization.
• Excellent communication skills, presentation, proven experience interfacing with Director level audience.
• Program Management experience, managing complex technical projects from Tier1s, OEMs.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to work with cross functional teams.
• Quick Adaptability to work in new technologies.
• Exposure to Qualcomm mobile or Automotive platforms is a plus
• Exposure to Automotive product development and/or technical support is a plus

Responsibilities

• As primary owner of customer projects, manage overall project from conceptualization to mass production as part of program manager role
• For projects under development: drive customer issues to resolution, mitigate escalations and set expectations with the customer by collaborating with QCOM internal teams and customer teams on a daily basis
• For projects under evaluation: engage with the customer by organizing trainings, reviewing the design concept, gathering project requirements, and analyzing the gaps & risk involved in product commercialization
• Align customer milestones with hardware and software deliverables timeline by collaborating with Engineering, product and program management team
• Review the customer portfolio on a regular basis, prioritize customer projects and ensure attention for successful execution of customer projects
• Have strong communication skills, ability to interact with a wide cross section of the organization across Product Marketing, Sales, Finance, Hardware & Software engineering teams
• Customer relationship development and managing

Benefits

• $148,300.00 - $222,500.00 salary range
• Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
• Opportunity for annual RSU grants
• Highly competitive benefits package designed to support success at work, at home, and at play

What This Job Offers

• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees