Senior Technical Program Manager - VLSI

What You'll Be Doing

As a Senior TPM, you would be responsible for the top-level silicon schedules and help manage complex dependencies across multidisciplinary teams to meet SOL (Speed of Light) schedules.

Align cross-functional program schedules into a single, integrated source of truth and maintain roadmap synchronization.

Act as the primary liaison between VLSI and partners in ASIC, Architecture, Software, Systems and Operations to handle input/output dependencies at the highest level.

Maintain Plan of Record (POR) ensuring all scope and schedule changes are documented and communicated.

Proactively identify risks and critical path, develop mitigation strategies and advance issues to leadership.

Provide regular updates on program status, highlighting challenges and proposing options to facilitate informed decision-making.

Quantify Program Health through real-time KPIs and metrics.

Continuously improve processes by taking learnings from prior programs, optimize workflows to maintain highest quality deliverables.

What We Need To See

• BS in Engineering or Applied Sciences or equivalent experience (Masters preferred)
• 8+ years of overall experience in semiconductor design or datacenter/consumer electronics (6+yrs if Masters), with minimum 3+ years of direct Technical Program Management experience
• Strong experience across all stages of the ASIC/SoC development from architecture to productization
• Demonstrate critical thinking with the ability to synthesize complex technical data into actionable project plans
• Proficient in leading rapid development cycles and embracing change, maintaining flexibility and composure in uncertain situations
• Able to align different teams on a unified execution path and influence technical trade-offs
• Outstanding negotiation and presentation skills; ability to influence senior engineering staff without direct authority

Ways To Stand Out From The Crowd

• Direct background in pre-silicon development or hardware validation
• Expertise in Smartsheet for building project trackers and dashboards
• Proficiency in Python to automate data-driven project management tasks

Pay

The base salary range is $168,000 - $258,750 for Level 4, and $200,000 - $322,000 for Level 5.

Schedule

Applications for this job will be accepted at least until June 15, 2026.