Staff Product Manager – Linux Platforms and Ecosystem United States of A[

## Staff Product Manager – Linux Platforms and Ecosystem San Diego, California, United States of America Apply Now Find out how well you match with this jobJob ID3095103##
** Company:
** Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.##
** Job Area:
** Operations Group, Operations Group  Product Management
** General

Summary:

** Qualcomm is seeking an experienced Staff Product Manager to define and drive Linux platform roadmap across Snapdragon-based AI PCs, Edge AI systems, developer platforms, and enterprise computing  this role, you will be responsible for product planning, roadmap development, ecosystem engagement, distribution enablement, and commercialization of Linux-based software platforms spanning AI development, enterprise computing, and edge AI. You will work closely with engineering, OEMs, independent software vendors, Linux distribution partners, open-source communities, enterprise customers, and strategic partners to deliver industry-leading Linux experiences optimized for Snapdragon platforms.

The successful candidate will combine strong technical knowledge of Linux ecosystems with customer-focused product management skills and the ability to influence cross-functional teams. The role requires translating market and customer needs into platform requirements, upstream plans, partner priorities, and executable product roadmaps.
** Principal Duties and Responsibilities
**** Product Strategy & Roadmap Development
*** Define Linux product roadmaps for Snapdragon AI PCs, workstations, edge AI systems, enterprise devices, and developer platforms.
* Gather customer, ecosystem, and market requirements to identify product investments, platform gaps, and differentiation opportunities.
* Create product requirements documents, use cases, customer scenarios, and business justifications for Linux platform initiatives.
* Drive prioritization decisions that balance customer value, upstream readiness, engineering feasibility, schedule, cost, and business objectives.
* Align Linux platform requirements across hardware, firmware, kernel, operating system, middleware, AI software, developer tools, and enterprise services.
** Linux Platform Enablement & Upstreaming
*** Define and drive the Linux up streaming strategy for kernel, device drivers, firmware interfaces, graphics, multimedia, connectivity, security, power management, virtualization, and AI acceleration components.
* Partner with engineering teams to establish upstream-first plans that improve long-term maintainability, reduce downstream fragmentation, and accelerate ecosystem adoption of Snapdragon platforms.
* Drive alignment between upstream community requirements, commercial product schedules, customer commitments, and Snapdragon platform roadmaps.
* Track upstream readiness, dependencies, gaps, risks, and acceptance criteria across Linux subsystems and product generations.
* Collaborate with maintainers, open-source communities, Linux Foundation initiatives, and ecosystem partners to advance Qualcomm technologies in broadly adopted open-source projects.
** Linux Distribution Strategy & Enablement
*** Define the requirements to enable industry-leading Linux distributions on Snapdragon platforms, including Ubuntu, Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), Debian, Fedora, SUSE Linux Enterprise, and other strategic enterprise or community distributions.
* Lead technical and product engagements with distribution vendors and communities to align platform support, certification, release schedules, installation experiences, update mechanisms, security maintenance, and lifecycle expectations.
* Drive a consistent, production-ready Linux experience spanning installation, boot, kernel, drivers, graphics, multimedia, networking, AI acceleration, developer tooling, manageability,…