Senior Technical Program Manager – Silicon Co-Design

Nvidia

Hybrid Actively hiring
Santa Clara, CA Posted 28 days ago $200,000–$322,000 / year
View original post Log in to save

At a glance

AI generated

TL;DR

NVIDIA's Silicon Co-Design Group is seeking a Senior TPM to lead complex SoC programs from architecture through tape-out and productization. This role involves defining schedules, identifying dependencies early, and driving alignment across engineering teams without deferring critical decisions. The ideal candidate will have deep hands-on experience in bring-up, validation, and productization of SoCs, along with the ability to work effectively at the intersection of silicon, systems, software, and operations. They should be adept at using AI-powered program management tools to enhance outcomes while maintaining clarity on technical risks and mitigations. The position requires a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in electrical engineering, computer science, or related fields, plus 12+ years of relevant industry experience, including at least five years in technical program management. Candidates must be based in Santa Clara, CA, with a minimum of three days per week on-site.

Skills

AI ML SoC ProgramManagementTools DependencyTracking RiskManagement CI/CD SiliconHardwareLogistics BringUpValidation GTMPlanning AutomatedDocumentation CodingAssistants TapeOut Kubernetes Docker AWS Azure GoogleCloud

What you'll do

  • Own program outcomes from architecture review through tape-out and bring-up.
  • Lead design complexity by flagging scope risks early and resolving them with minimal disruption.
  • Serve as the main technical link among silicon, systems, software, operations, and marketing.
  • Drive risk closure by finding technical and schedule risks early and building mitigations.
  • Improve program execution by capturing lessons from finished programs and implementing process changes.
  • Handle silicon hardware logistics to ensure validation and bring-up stay unblocked.

What we're looking for

  • 12+ years in technical roles with at least 5 years in technical program management.
  • Deep hands-on experience in SoC bring-up, validation, and productization.
  • Ability to work across silicon, system, and software boundaries effectively.
  • Proven track record of managing fast development cycles under uncertainty.
  • Experience using AI-powered program management tools for improved outcomes.
  • On-site presence in Santa Clara, CA, at least three days per week.

Market check

Salary context

This $200,000–$322,000 range sits above 94% of similar postings on FindRole.

Peer median band

$151,000–$234,700

Median floor and ceiling across peers.

Typical midpoint (25–75%)

$160,000–$223,750

Middle half of comparable postings.

Based on 240 comparable postings.

* 240 is the maximum number of comparable postings sampled.

Employer

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

Nvidia currently has 801 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $184,000–$287,500 across 797 roles with salary data.

Most-posted roles

View all roles at Nvidia

More like this

Similar roles

Senior Technical Program Manager, Chip Tools

Nvidia

Remote (Us, Ca, Remote, US) 11 days ago $200,000–$322,000
Python JavaScript Kubernetes Docker AWS CI/CD Git PostgreSQL Prometheus Grafana Jenkins Terraform Ansible NVIDIA_InfiniBand NVIDIA_DGX_Systems
Remote

Technical Program Manager – VLSI

Nvidia

Us, Ca, Santa Clara, US 14 days ago $136,000–$212,750
Python Kubernetes Docker CI/CD AI DevOps LLMs API integrations Jira Smartsheet PostgreSQL Terraform AWS Grafana Prometheus

Senior Technical Program Manager

Sony Group Corporation

Na / San Diego Via Esprillo 40, US 25 days ago $150,000–$165,000
Agile Scrum CI/CD Python JavaScript React Node.js PostgreSQL AWS Kubernetes Docker Terraform Git JIRA Confluence

Senior Technical Program Manager

Mastercard

Arlington, Virginia, US 9 days ago $110,000–$187,000
Jira Confluence Aha! Power BI MS Project Agile CI/CD AWS Kubernetes Docker Python PostgreSQL Git GitHub Terraform Prometheus Grafana

Senior Manager, Technical Program Management

Capital One Financial

New York, Ny, US 10 days ago $200,700–$229,100
Distributed Computing AI Technical Program Management Cloud Services CI/CD Python Java JavaScript SQL NoSQL Kubernetes Terraform AWS Azure GitHub Jira Confluence PostgreSQL MongoDB Redis Prometheus Grafana