Low Power Analog-Mixed Signal Technologist, Senior Director

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > ASICS Engineering

The Senior Director of Low Power Analog & Mixed-Signal Technologist will serve as the key technology and organizational leader responsible for defining and executing the long-term strategy for advanced sensing, mixed-signal semiconductor platforms, and intelligent edge systems. This leader will drive innovation and product differentiation across Robotics, Extended Reality (XR), Industrial IoT (IIoT), Intelligent Sensors, and AI-enabled embedded platforms.

The role requires a unique combination of deep technical expertise, executive leadership, business acumen, and cross-functional influence. The successful candidate will work with multiple engineering organizations and senior technical leaders while shaping technology roadmaps, investment priorities, ecosystem partnerships, and multi-generation platform strategies.

This position will play a critical role in developing technologies for next-generation sensor ASIC IP, mixed-signal subsystems, intelligent sensing architectures, and edge AI platforms, while ensuring alignment between technical execution, customer requirements, and business objectives.

• Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline with 10+ years of relevant industry experience
• M.S. in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related discipline with 14+ years of relevant industry experience
• Proven experience leading large engineering organizations consisting of directors, managers, architects, and senior technical contributors.
• Extensive expertise in low-power analog, mixed-signal, sensor, and semiconductor system architecture.
• Demonstrated success defining and delivering complex semiconductor products from concept to high-volume production.
• Experience leading global cross-functional teams spanning silicon development (pre/post bringup), firmware, software, validation, packaging, manufacturing, and product engineering.
• Strong track record of driving technology strategy, technical innovation, and organizational transformation.
• Experience managing external partners, technology suppliers, foundries, IP providers, and strategic ecosystem relationships.
• Demonstrated ability to influence executive leadership and business stakeholders through technology vision and execution excellence.

• Define and own the long-term technology roadmap for low-power analog, mixed-signal, sensing, and intelligent edge computing platforms.
• Drive technology planning for Robotics, XR, Industrial Automation, Intelligent Sensors, and Edge AI applications.

• Build a high-performance engineering culture focused on innovation, execution excellence, technical rigor, and continuous learning.
• Foster collaboration across global cross-functional engineering organizations and external technology partners.
• Drive engineering process improvements, quality initiatives, and operational excellence across the organization.
• Mentor senior technical teams across systems engineering, platform integration, and architecture execution.

• Provide executive oversight of system architecture across sensing, mixed-signal ICs, AI processing, embedded software, communication interfaces, packaging, and system integration.
• Guide architecture tradeoffs involving power, performance, scalability, latency, reliability, safety, security, and cost.
• Lead technology review boards and critical architecture decision forums.
• Drive development of platform architectures that enable reusable technologies across multiple product families and business segments.
• Champion innovation through patents, publications, strategic research initiatives, and industry engagement.

• Build strategic relationships with customers, suppliers, foundries, technology partners, universities, and research organizations.
• Drive external collaborations that accelerate innovation and product differentiation.

• Oversee a portfolio of mixed-signal, sensor, and intelligent edge technology programs spanning multiple product generations.
• Align technology roadmaps with business requirements, customer needs, and market opportunities.
• Establish execution frameworks, milestones, and risk mitigation plans for key development programs.
• Ensure successful program delivery from concept initiation through commercialization and production ramp.

• Direct development of advanced mixed-signal technologies such as Analog Front Ends (AFEs), ADCs and DACs, Low-Power Sensor Interfaces, Timing and Synch/Asynch Architectures, Power Management IP, Sensor Fusion Platforms, Intelligent Edge Processing Architectures, AI-Enabled Sensor Systems.
• Guide architecture and implementation decisions involving CMOS technologies, heterogeneous integration, advanced…