Technical Program Manager, Silicon Physical Design

About the Role

You will own the cross-functional execution framework for advanced SOC programs from early planning through tapeout. You will drive milestones, dependencies, execution reviews, decision-making forums, risk management, and tapeout readiness across multiple engineering teams.

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.
• Drive gate reviews and weekly program syncs with physical design and validation teams.
• Manage technical risks related to schedule, design maturity, Intellectual Property readiness, verification closure, physical signoff, package/test readiness, and supply chain.
• 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.
• Ability to drive schedules, dependency management, issue tracking, risk management, milestone governance, and executive-level communication.
• Experience coordinating design reviews and driving closure across cross-functional engineering teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to summarize technical risks, tradeoffs, decisions, and schedule impact.
• Proficiency with program-management and engineering collaboration tools such as Jira, GitHub, Confluence, Smartsheet, MS Project, Google Workspace, or equivalent.

Bonus Points

• 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.

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.

• Early Career: $120,000 - $250,000 + equity
• Mid Career: $175,000 - $362,500 + equity
• Senior Career: $250,000 - $475,000 + equity

Benefits

• Time off: 4 weeks PTO (accrued) + 12 company Holidays + up to 3 weeks remote work
• Health: Company-subsidized Medical (Kaiser or Anthem) for employees & dependents, Guardian Dental and Vision insurances for employee & dependents, and life insurance (employee only), plus HSA and FSA offerings via Lively.
• Financial Wellbeing: Choose from Roth IRA/401K (or both) retirement plans with up to 5% company contribution to 401K (even if you don't contribute). Also, 100% company-paid life insurance (up to $300K) and long-term disability insurances.
• Professional Development: $1500 Professional Development Budget (per year)
• Team Meals: Onsite team lunch & dinner Monday - Friday, with your choice of ordering via WeBox, Specialty’s, or via reimbursement system
• Commute: Company Uber account or reimbursement for train rides (100% covered for daily commute).
• MatX Extras: $50/month to use on the perk you value most
• Cell & Internet Reimbursement: $35/month for cellular and $40/month for wifi
• Mental Wellbeing: 100% paid mental health benefit via SpringHealth and Guardian EAP.
• Support to Parents: Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave regardless of path to parenthood, 10 weeks pregnancy disability leave, flexible return-to-work hours, and Benepass reproductive health & parental benefit.
• AI Resources: Up to $20K/month plus a dedicated internal AI Tooling Team to support your productivity