Principal Engineer / Director, Technical Standards
Qualcomm · Bengaluru · 8+ yrs experience · Posted 2026-07-28
Tech stack: Linux
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About the role
Qualcomm India Private Limited
Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Systems Engineering
Responsibilities: - Qualcomm is seeking a highly experienced UWB systems and standards expert to drive the technical evolution of Ultra-Wideband technologies across industry standards organizations, internal product development teams, and certification programs.
- This role will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for translating emerging UWB technologies into standards contributions, product requirements, certification strategies, and system architectures.
- The successful candidate will work closely with Qualcomm standards leadership, architecture teams, product management, validation teams, and external ecosystem partners to ensure Qualcomm maintains a leadership position in UWB technologies.
- The position requires deep expertise in UWB system architecture, wireless protocols, embedded systems, interoperability, certification, and standards development, with the ability to influence industry direction through technical contributions and cross-company collaboration.
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.
- UWB Technical Leadership
- Provide technical leadership for UWB standards activities within organizations such as FiRa Consortium, Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC), IEEE 802.15, CSA/Aliro, and related industry forums.
- Develop and advocate technical proposals that advance Qualcomm's product and technology strategy.
- Analyze emerging UWB technologies, standards, certification requirements, and ecosystem trends.
- Drive technical alignment between industry standards and Qualcomm product roadmaps.
- Serve as a subject matter expert on UWB ranging, positioning, secure ranging, interoperability, certification, and next-generation UWB features.
- Systems Architecture Define system-level architectures spanning hardware, firmware, drivers, middleware, applications, and certification frameworks.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to develop architecture requirements, APIs, debugging capabilities, testing interfaces, and platform frameworks.
- Evaluate tradeoffs across performance, interoperability, certification, security, power consumption, and implementation complexity.
- Author architecture specifications, system requirements, and technical design documents.
- Standards Development Create technical contributions, review specifications, and participate in standards working groups.
- Analyze technical specifications and identify gaps, ambiguities, interoperability risks, and implementation challenges.
- Lead development of change requests and technical proposals.
- Track emerging requirements from ecosystem partners and ensure Qualcomm interests are represented effectively.
- Influence standards evolution through technical expertise and industry relationships.
- Certification and Ecosystem Development
- Partner with certification, validation, and engineering teams to define certification strategies and implementation plans.
- Support industry interoperability events, plugfests, and certification activities.
- Drive technical solutions that reduce ecosystem fragmentation and improve interoperability across standards organizations.
- Develop strategies that align certification requirements with product deployment objectives.
- Cross-Functional Technical Coordination
- Work with product management, engineering, legal, regulatory, standards, and certification teams.
- Translate standards developments into actionable guidance for internal stakeholders.
- Provide technical mentorship to engineers participating in industry standards activities.
- Present technical recommendations and status updates to senior leadership.
- Innovation and Intellectual Property
- Identify patentable innovations and contribute to Qualcomm's wireless technologies patent portfolio.
- Participate in invention disclosure reviews and technical assessments.
- Define novel architectural approaches to emerging UWB use cases.
- Foster innovation in ranging, positioning, security, interoperability, and certification technologies.
- BS, MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- 12+ years of experience in wireless systems, embedded systems, wireless protocols, or standards development.
- Deep expertise in Ultra-Wideband technology and protocol architecture.
- Experience with wireless standards organizations and specification development.
- Strong understanding of wireless system architecture and cross-layer design.
- Experience defining technical requirements and influencing product roadmaps.
- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional technical initiatives.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction across organizations and companies.
- Direct experience with FiRa, CCC, IEEE 802.15, CSA/Aliro, Bluetooth SIG, NFC Forum, or similar standards organizations.
- Expertise in secure ranging, digital key, access control, location services, or related applications.
- Experience with UWB MAC, PHY, ranging algorithms, interoperability, and certification frameworks.
- Strong embedded software background including drivers, RTOS, Linux, Android, or firmware development.
- Experience leading technical architecture reviews and standards contributions.
- Inventor on patents related to wireless systems or communications technologies.
- Experience representing a company in multi-company technical working groups.
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.
- UWB Technical Leadership
- Provide technical leadership for UWB standards activities within organizations such as FiRa Consortium, Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC), IEEE 802.15, CSA/Aliro, and related industry forums.
- Develop and advocate technical proposals that advance Qualcomm's product and technology strategy.
- Analyze emerging UWB technologies, standards, certification requirements, and ecosystem trends.
- Drive technical alignment between industry standards and Qualcomm product roadmaps.
- Serve as a subject matter expert on UWB ranging, positioning, secure ranging, interoperability, certification, and next-generation UWB features.
- Systems Architecture Define system-level architectures spanning hardware, firmware, drivers, middleware, applications, and certification frameworks.
- Collaborate with engineering teams to develop architecture requirements, APIs, debugging capabilities, testing interfaces, and platform frameworks.
- Evaluate tradeoffs across performance, interoperability, certification, security, power consumption, and implementation complexity.
- Author architecture specifications, system requirements, and technical design documents.
- Standards Development Create technical contributions, review specifications, and participate in standards working groups.
- Analyze technical specifications and identify gaps, ambiguities, interoperability risks, and implementation challenges.
- Lead development of change requests and technical proposals.
- Track emerging requirements from ecosystem partners and ensure Qualcomm interests are represented effectively.
- Influence standards evolution through technical expertise and industry relationships.
- Certification and Ecosystem Development
- Partner with certification, validation, and engineering teams to define certification strategies and implementation plans.
- Support industry interoperability events, plugfests, and certification activities.
- Drive technical solutions that reduce ecosystem fragmentation and improve interoperability across standards organizations.
- Develop strategies that align certification requirements with product deployment objectives.
- Cross-Functional Technical Coordination
- Work with product management, engineering, legal, regulatory, standards, and certification teams.
- Translate standards developments into actionable guidance for internal stakeholders.
- Provide technical mentorship to engineers participating in industry standards activities.
- Present technical recommendations and status updates to senior leadership.
- Innovation and Intellectual Property
- Identify patentable innovations and contribute to Qualcomm's wireless technologies patent portfolio.
- Participate in invention disclosure reviews and technical assessments.
- Define novel architectural approaches to emerging UWB use cases.
- Foster innovation in ranging, positioning, security, interoperability, and certification technologies.
- BS, MS or PhD in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- 12+ years of experience in wireless systems, embedded systems, wireless protocols, or standards development.
- Deep expertise in Ultra-Wideband technology and protocol architecture.
- Experience with wireless standards organizations and specification development.
- Strong understanding of wireless system architecture and cross-layer design.
- Experience defining technical requirements and influencing product roadmaps.
- Demonstrated success leading cross-functional technical initiatives.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
- Demonstrated ability to influence technical direction across organizations and companies.
- Direct experience with FiRa, CCC, IEEE 802.15, CSA/Aliro, Bluetooth SIG, NFC Forum, or similar standards organizations.
- Expertise in secure ranging, digital key, access control, location services, or related applications.
- Experience with UWB MAC, PHY, ranging algorithms, interoperability, and certification frameworks.
- Strong embedded software background including drivers, RTOS, Linux, Android, or firmware development.
- Experience leading technical architecture reviews and standards contributions.
- Inventor on patents related to wireless systems or communications technologies.
- Experience representing a company in multi-company technical working groups.
Responsibilities
- Qualcomm is seeking a highly experienced UWB systems and standards expert to drive the technical evolution of Ultra-Wideband technologies across industry standards organizations, internal product development teams, and certification programs.
- This role will serve as a senior technical leader responsible for translating emerging UWB technologies into standards contributions, product requirements, certification strategies, and system architectures.
- The successful candidate will work closely with Qualcomm standards leadership, architecture teams, product management, validation teams, and external ecosystem partners to ensure Qualcomm maintains a leadership position in UWB technologies.
- The position requires deep expertise in UWB system architecture, wireless protocols, embedded systems, interoperability, certification, and standards development, with the ability to influence industry direction through technical contributions and cross-company collaboration.