Jessica Liu Strohmann is a Principal Engineer at Qualcomm whose work spans piezoelectric

material engineering, ultrasound device physics, systemlevel architecture, and highvolume

product deployment. With a Ph.D. in medical ultrasound and a master’s degree in piezoelectric

materials, she focuses on translating advances in acoustic transduction into manufacturable

technologies used worldwide.

She is a named inventor on 223 granted patents with more than 150 additional global

applications, covering innovations in piezoelectric thinfilm systems, highcoupling material

formulations, transducer microarchitecture, acoustic stack optimization, and lowpower

ultrasound frontend electronics. Her work includes novel transducer design, matching and

backing layer engineering, electromechanical coupling optimization, and multiphysics modeling

of acoustic and electrical behavior in integrated systems.

Jessica has led the development of flexible and conformal ultrasound arrays, integrating

thinfilm piezoelectrics, stretchable interconnects, and highdensity routing to enable mobile and

bodyconformal sensing platforms. Her systemlevel contributions include signalchain

optimization, powerperformance tradeoff analysis, reliability engineering, and transitioning

researchgrade prototypes into robust, manufacturable product architectures.

At Qualcomm, she provides technical and strategic leadership across globally distributed teams,

driving programs from early feasibility through architecture definition, process development,

supplychain readiness, and largescale commercialization. Her work combines deep technical

rigor with product strategy to deliver ultrasoundenabled technologies at global scale.

Jessica also contributes to the ultrasonics community through IEEE leadership, editorial service,

conference organization, and mentorship. Through the Stanford LEAD program, she is

expanding her focus from deeptech execution to innovation strategy, shaping how advanced

materials, devices, and systems move from laboratory breakthroughs to worldwide impact.