Technical Program Management Lead

• Lead end-to-end engineering program management for silicon IC and hardware development projects from planning through production release.
• Drive cross-functional execution across ASIC/SoC design, verification, physical design, firmware, hardware, validation, operations, and manufacturing teams.
• Develop and maintain program schedules, milestones, dependencies, resource plans, and risk assessments.
• Coordinate closely with third-party vendors, design partners, contractors, and manufacturing suppliers to ensure deliverables meet schedule, quality, and cost targets.
• Track critical path items and proactively identify and resolve program risks, bottlenecks, and execution gaps.
• Drive alignment between engineering teams and external partners on priorities, schedules, deliverables, and issue resolution.
• Lead regular program reviews, status meetings, and executive updates.
• Manage silicon development milestones including specification freeze, RTL release, tape-out, package development, board bring-up, validation, and production readiness.
• Coordinate hardware development activities including PCB design, prototype builds, lab validation, and system integration.
• Support engineering change management, issue tracking, and escalation management processes.
• Ensure effective communication and coordination across geographically distributed teams and external vendors.
• Drive continuous improvement in program management processes, execution methodologies, and operational efficiency.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field.
• 10+ years of program management experience in semiconductor, ASIC/SoC, or hardware product development environments.
• Strong understanding of silicon IC development flows including architecture, design, verification, physical design, tapeout, bring-up, and production.
• Experience managing hardware development programs including PCB/system development and validation activities.
• Proven experience coordinating and driving execution with third-party vendors, design houses, manufacturing partners, and suppliers.
• Strong project planning and schedule management skills with the ability to manage complex cross-functional dependencies.
• Experience managing aggressive development schedules and multiple concurrent deliverables.
• Strong risk management, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management abilities.
• Experience using program management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, MS Project, or equivalent.

Demonstrates expertise in leading end-to-end engineering program management for silicon IC and hardware development, with a strong focus on cross-functional execution, risk management, and effective communication across teams and external partners.

• Program Management Experience
• Silicon IC Development Flows
• Hardware Development Management
• Risk Management Skills
• Project Planning and Schedule Management

• Silicon IC Development
• ASIC/SoC Design
• PCB Design
• Validation Activities
• Tapeout
• System Integration
• Specification Freeze
• RTL Release
• Production Readiness
• Continuous Improvement

• Leadership
• Communication
• Stakeholder Management
• Problem-Solving
• Decision-Making

• Semiconductor
• Hardware Product Development
• Cross-Functional Execution
• Third-Party Vendor Coordination
• Program Reviews

• Jira
• Confluence
• Smartsheet
• MS Project