Senior Technical Program Manager, Silicon Co-Design

Nvidia

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Work type
Hybrid
Location
Santa Clara, CA
Salary
$200,000–$322,000 / yr
Posted
4 days ago
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Above market

How this pay compares to similar roles

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This role $261k
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This role pays more than 93% of similar roles. Most pay $177,250–$222,100 — the shaded band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $261k versus about $200k for comparable roles.

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About Nvidia

Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing

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TL;DR · Senior Technical Program Manager, Silicon Co-Design

As a Senior Technical Program Manager – Silicon Co-Design within the Silicon Co-Design Group, you will manage complex SoC programs from architecture through tape-out, bring-up, and productization. You will own end-to-end outcomes by defining schedules, identifying dependencies, and driving multi-functional alignment across silicon, systems, software, operations, and marketing. Your daily work involves participating in critical design reviews, resolving scope risks, and managing hardware logistics for boards and peripherals to ensure validation remains unblocked. The role requires a deep understanding of the silicon-system-software boundary to mitigate integration risks during fast development cycles. You will utilize AI-powered program management tools for automated status, risk, and dependency tracking. Ideal candidates possess a degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or Computer Science and have extensive experience in SoC bring-up, validation, and inference infrastructure for AI-accelerated products.

What does a Technical Program Manager earn in California?

Median $211438 from 70 postings across 19 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Own end-to-end program outcomes including schedules, dependencies, and multi-functional alignment from architecture through tape-out and bring-up.
  • Identify technical and schedule risks early to develop mitigation plans that resolve issues before they block work.
  • Act as the primary technical link between silicon, systems, software, operations, and marketing teams.
  • Make critical trade-off calls and manage scope risks during complex design reviews.
  • Manage hardware logistics for silicon, boards, and peripherals to ensure validation and bring-up remain unblocked.
  • Implement process improvements based on post-program lessons to increase speed, quality, and predictability.
  • Utilize AI-powered tools to automate status tracking, risk signals, and dependency management.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (Master's preferred).
  • 12+ years of experience in technical roles.
  • At least 5 years of experience in technical program management.
  • Experience driving SoC programs from bring-up through productization.
  • Deep, hands-on understanding of SoC bring-up, validation, and productization.
  • Ability to work across the silicon, system, and software boundaries to identify integration risks.
  • Experience with AI/ML teams on inference infrastructure and aligning multi-functional work with go-to-market timing (preferred).
  • Experience using AI-powered program management or logistics tracking tools (preferred).

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