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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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The Technical Product Manager - CPU Hardware Program joins the Data Center CPU Product Management team to lead progress across complex CPU silicon and platform projects. This role involves linking technical priorities and trade-offs to actionable plans involving architecture, silicon, platform, firmware, validation, performance, operations, and product teams. You will clarify complex dependencies, manage risks, and build program mechanisms to keep teams coordinated from development through customer readiness. Key responsibilities include translating engineering inputs into requirements, decision records, and risk assessments while establishing traceability across customer commitments and product requirements. The role requires expertise in server or silicon development, including CPU, memory, I/O, firmware, board, system, validation, and manufacturing. Candidates must demonstrate proficiency in technical program management, systems engineering, and hardware program management within accelerated computing platforms.
What does a Technical Product Manager earn in California?
Median $200000 from 31 postings across 11 companies.
Drive coordinated progress across CPU silicon and platform programs by tracking achievements, dependencies, risks, and readiness criteria.
Identify schedule, scope, and quality risks early while outlining technical trade-offs to facilitate timely decision-making.
Translate complex engineering inputs into technically accurate program plans, requirements, risk assessments, and executive updates.
Coordinate responses to hardware and platform questions from customers, partners, and sales while ensuring alignment with product requirements.
Establish traceability across customer commitments, product requirements, program decisions, and delivery owners as configurations evolve.
Improve program efficiency by managing source-of-truth documentation, dashboards, and lightweight automation to reduce manual coordination.
Link technical priorities and trade-offs to actionable plans involving architecture, silicon, firmware, validation, and performance teams.
What we're looking for
8+ years of experience in technical program management, systems engineering, hardware program management, or a comparable role.
BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related area, or equivalent experience.
Working knowledge of server or silicon development, including CPU, memory, I/O, firmware, board, system, validation, and manufacturing.
Proven experience building and driving coordinated technical programs across architecture, engineering, validation, operations, product, and customer-facing teams.
Strong technical and executive communication skills for developing requirements, decision documents, risk assessments, and customer-facing responses.
Ability to grasp complex gaps in evidence, dependencies, assumptions, and implementation plans in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.
Experience delivering server CPUs, accelerated computing platforms, rack-scale systems, or complex silicon programs (preferred).
Experience with silicon bring-up, platform qualification, OEM/ODM execution, firmware, validation, or production readiness (preferred).
Semiconductor Development
Computer Architecture
Silicon Product Development
Board Development
System Development
Hardware Product Feature Tradeoffs
GPU
PDE
Technical Requirement Collateral
Datasheets
Mass Production