Product Marketing, Senior or Staff Manager for Automotive ADAS/AD
Tokyo, Japan · Nagoya, Japan · Aichi, JapanPosted Jul 8, 2026
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Company:
Qualcomm CDMA Technologies, Y.K.
## Job Area:
Sales, Business Development & Marketing Group, Sales, Business Development & Marketing Group > Product Marketing
General Summary:
Job Description
Principal Duties and Responsibilities:
* A successful candidate will join Qualcomm Japan Automotive Product Marketing team as a senior manager (or a staff manager depending on skills & experience) in charge of products & technologies listed below:
* SoC and various software components for ADAS/AD ECU.
* NPU, GPU
* Neural Network for image classification, segmentation, detection, estimation, object behavior prediction, route planning, etc.
* Various sensors including camera, LiDAR, radar, etc.
* This person will lead & contribute to the promotion of products & technologies listed above through discussions with car OEMs, Tier 1s, Tier 2s, and our partners developing automotive vehicles & various components going into them, e.g., cars, ADAS ECUs, HPCs, etc. while closely cooperating with various internal teams such as sales, business development, engineering.
* This person’s tasks include the following:
* To understand Qualcomm products lineup, including technical aspects, and then, to promote them to customers.
* To seek out demands for new features & new products through frequent communication with customers such as car OEMs, Tier 1s, Tier 2s, and our partners.
* To be always on top of rapidly evolving requirements & demand from the market.
* To define or help define requirements for the new features & products while closely aligning with various teams including Product Management, Development, Technology teams at Qualcomm Headquarter, and other locations worldwide.
* To ensure our products incorporate the new and important features within the appropriate schedule to hit the market at the right timing through daily communication with Product Management team members.
* To ensure customers understand & to facilitate the customers to evaluate new features & products so that they confirm desired & planned results are achieved.
* To track all issues during the above process – including RFI & RFQ -- and to involve relevant members from Engineering, Product Management, Executive teams, etc. for ensuring to provide answers & solutions to customers in a timely manner.
* This person’s performance is measured by the revenue from products and technologies s/he is directly in charge of, and also influence s/he makes on other products.
* Please note depending on the interests of him/her and the company, we may adjust responsibilities from time to time as Qualcomm itself will continue evolving.
Required Qualifications:
* 5+ years of embedded system/product development or design experience. 3+ years of project management experience. Understanding of embedded system product development cycle.
* Engineering understanding of technologies used by ADAS/AD systems.
* Familiarity with relevant standards and regulations such as ISO 26262, IEC 61508, and the concept of functional safety.
* Business level fluency in Japanese & English, and professional experience working in international teams.
* Engineering bachelor's degree or higher.
Preferred Qualifications:
* Product Marketing experience in charge of ADAS/AD SoC & software, Neural Network, NPU, GPU, etc.
* This person will find the following useful:
* Strong discipline for driving multi-year technology evolution cycles in a consistent manner.
* Agility for managing changing market demands.
* Ability to maintain the understanding of rapidly evolving automotive requirements and regulatory requirements through daily access to relevant documents (mostly in English) available from customers, industry organizations, internally, etc.
* Strength in logical thought process, and a skill to explain it concisely.
* Ability to negotiate successfully in a cooperative manner internally and externally.
Minimum Qualifications:
• Bachelor's degree...