Technical Program Manager- Silicon Physical Design

About the role

MatX is on a mission to be the compute platform for Artificial General Intelligence. We are developing vertically integrated full-stack solutions from silicon to systems including hardware and software to train and run the largest Machine Learning workloads for Artificial General Intelligence.

Responsibilities

• Develop playbooks and best practices for program management across the PD organization for cross-functional deliveries.
• Lead end-to-end execution of SoC development programs from concept through production.
• Drive issue resolution during pre-silicon execution, tapeout, bring-up, debug, qualification, and yield learning ensuring physical design readiness.
• Support silicon planning across performance, power, area, cost, reliability, and manufacturability tradeoffs.
• Build and maintain program trackers, risk registers, and executive dashboards covering each engagement.
• Track technical dependencies, schedule risks, owners, closure dates, critical path, program milestones, tapeout readiness, and silicon bring-up deliverables.
• Prepare executive-level updates covering milestone health, top risks, decisions needed, critical path, and resource gaps.

Requirements

• 10+ years of technical program management, silicon engineering program management or leading SoC programs through multiple phases of the silicon lifecycle.
• Experience driving complex cross-functional programs with multiple engineering teams, technical dependencies, external vendors, and aggressive schedules.
• Experience with program planning, dependency management, milestone tracking, and technical risk management.
• Experience managing pre-silicon Application Specific Integrated Circuit development flows, including architecture planning, RTL design, functional verification, synthesis, DFT, physical design, timing closure, signoff, and tapeout.
• Experience with pre-silicon validation platforms such as simulation, emulation, Field-Programmable Gate Array prototyping, or hardware/software co-validation.
• Strong technical judgment with the ability to manage trade-offs across performance, power, area, cost, schedule, quality, and risk.
• Technical fluency in SoC or chiplet design flows - enough to understand RTL milestones, DV sign-off, PD handoffs, and silicon bring-up phases without needing translation.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to summarize technical risks, tradeoffs, decisions, and schedule impact.
• Experience coordinating design reviews and driving closure across cross-functional engineering teams.
• Proficiency with program-management and engineering collaboration tools such as Jira, GitHub, Confluence, Smartsheet, MS Project, Google Workspace, or equivalent.

Qualifications

• Experience with AI infrastructure, datacenter racks, networking systems, storage systems, or high-power server platforms.
• Experience coordinating programs involving high-speed interconnects, liquid-cooled systems, telemetry, diagnostics, or rack-scale validation.
• Prior hands-on engineering experience in BE PD.

Skills

• Technical fluency in SoC or chiplet design flows.
• Experience with pre-silicon Application Specific Integrated Circuit development flows.
• Experience with pre-silicon validation platforms.
• Experience with program planning, dependency management, milestone tracking, and technical risk management.
• Experience with high-speed interconnects, liquid-cooled systems, telemetry, diagnostics, or rack-scale validation.
• Experience with AI infrastructure, datacenter racks, networking systems, storage systems, or high-power server platforms.

Benefits

• A cash/equity mix that fits your needs and option to do early exercise.
• Health & Wellness: Company subsidized Health, Dental, Vision, and Life insurance; Pre-tax Health Savings Accounts with generous company contribution (even if you don't).
• Time To Recharge: 4 weeks paid time off (accrued), 12 company holidays, and 3 weeks remote/flexible work per year.
• Support to Parents: Up to 12 weeks of paid parental leave, regardless of your path to parenthood.
• Learning & Development: $1,500 yearly towards your professional development e.g. conferences, courses, and other learning opportunities.
• Team Connection: Team Lunches, quarterly off-sites, and regular town halls.
• Financial Wellbeing: 401K and/or Roth IRA, with 5% company contribution, even if you don't!
• Flexible Spending Accounts: Pre-tax spend accounts for medical, dental/vision, dependent care, parking, and transit expenses.
• Commute On Us: For those commuting up to 1 hour, put your rideshare cost on our company card and reclaim the drive-time to get work done!
• MatX E[x]tras: $50 per month to use on the perks you care about most.
• Remote Perks: We work remotely Monday & Friday, supported by home-tech setup, and remote wifi expense reimbursement.

Pay

The US base salary for this full-time position is determined based on a variety of factors including role, experience, location, job related skills, and relevant education and training. Career length is only a guideline for compensation.

Schedule

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