Company:Qualcomm Technologies International GmbH

Job Area:Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Applications Engineering

General Summary:

Qualcomm is a company of inventors that unlocked 5G ushering in an age of rapid acceleration in connectivity and new possibilities that will transform industries, create jobs, and enrich lives. But this is just the beginning. It takes inventive minds with diverse skills, backgrounds, and cultures to transform 5Gs potential into world-changing technologies and products. This is the Invention Age, and this is where you come in.

QUALCOMM Inc. (www.qualcomm.com) is a global provider of innovative Smartphone, Automotive and IOT products and services based on advanced modems, application processors & multimedia technologies. Qualcomm values close collaboration with its customers offering comprehensive technical support & design services to enable accelerated product development and to bring industry-first technologies to market.

The Technical Account Manager (TAM) is an engineering role coordinating all aspects of technical support assigned to the program and is the primary communication channel with customers for technical topics during the development. Technical support will be managed throughout the full lifecycle from concept through factory introduction and mass production maintenance for EMEA customers. The TAM closely tracks customer priorities, schedules, and mobilizes the required expertise calling on HW/SW application engineers, R&D and Quality and Reliability engineering. The prime measure of success is the quality and responsiveness of the technical support delivered. The TAM owns all customer technical issues across SW, HW, Systems, Quality, Performance & Test and Manufacturing and negotiates RCA plans and resolution timeframes with the customers project management. The successful candidate works across the Qualcomm development teams to customize Qualcomm software to meet customer needs.

Minimum Qualifications:

•    Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 8+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
OR
Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 7+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.
OR
PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 6+ years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, or related work experience.

• 4+ years of experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.
• 4+ years of experience with debugging techniques.

Preferred Qualifications

Technical Project or Program management ideally within Infotainment and/or ADAS

Experience with one or more components like Displays, Audio, Camera, ML/AI, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, or Automotive SOC sector in general.

Technical understanding of Automotive Applications Processor, GPU, Memory, Camera, Interfaces and Systems

Software Applications Engineering, embedded software development, integration & debugging.

Knowledge of Automotive Applications, Requirements, KPIs and Use Cases

Experience with ASPICE, Functional Safety, Cyber Security

Technical background in systems, software, multimedia and/or hardware

Proven analytical and problem-solving skills.

Ability to simultaneously support multiple projects and to work across functions.

Team player with a successful track-record of working inside diverse global organizations.

Leadership, communication, and reporting skills.

Familiar with key OEMs and Tier 1s in the automotive industry like device manufactures, integrators, etc.

Minimum Qualifications

Master’s degree in engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field. 

+5 years of Software Applications Engineering, Software Development experience, SW or System Project Management or related work experience.  

+3 years of experience in a automotive customer-facing role. 

+1 years of work experience in a role requiring interaction with senior leadership (e.g., Director level and above). 

Languages: Fluent English

Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfil the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.

Principal Duties and Responsibilities:

Own the overall customer, including developing and managing relationships across the technical groups, from working level to leadership.

Maintain a deep and dynamic understanding of the customer’s technical objectives, strategies, and capabilities, and ensure ongoing alignment within Qualcomm Automotive team.

Responsible for creating a bridge between customers and Qualcomm to facilitate timely and quality problem resolution of customer products.

Managing customer project support from its inception throughout the entire development and deployment cycle.

Acts as a tech lead on large projects and owns the outcome of the project.

Negotiating, establishing, and managing effective technical support activities & plans towards customers

Tracking customer program schedules and priorities, risk management.

Building and maintaining trusted working relationships with key representatives within the Customer organization (i.e. engineering and management).

Serves as a role model for building connections across the company and with the customers.

Proactively identifies complex customer problems and recommends solutions that meet customer needs.

Leading and coordinating engineering resources in resolving complex technical issues.

Building, maintaining, and leveraging a network of engineering specialists within Qualcomm.

Organizing technical training, design reviews and engineering workshops on behalf of customers

Work closely with broader Qualcomm support organization (Sales Operations, Development, Product Marketing, Customer Service, etc.), to support all aspects of the customer business cycle and to determine strategies regarding complex customer needs (e.g., pain points).

Providing Technical support to business development

Solid technical knowledge of Qualcomm’s Automotive products, technologies, and roadmap. 

Maintain project pipeline, provide monthly planning and forecasts, and support quarterly global Business Unit reviews

Ability to travel domestically.

Level of Responsibility:

Decision-making is critical in nature and highly impacts program, product, or project success.

Requires verbal and written communication skills to convey highly complex and/or detailed information. May require strong negotiation and influence with large groups or high-level constituents.

Works within the prescribed budgetary objectives of the department.

Tasks often require multiple steps which can be performed in various orders; extensive planning, problem-solving, and prioritization must occur to complete the tasks effectively.

*References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.

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