About the role
The ASIC Program Manager is responsible for the program execution of the ASIC program in terms of schedule, performance, power, cost, and quality.
What you'll do
- Drive program execution across schedule, performance, power, cost, and quality targets to achieve predictable execution. - Identify project risks alongside engineering teams, build risk mitigation plans, and review status regularly with the executive team. - Manage dependencies, enforce change control, and lead project development milestone reviews across the ASIC development process. - Roll up and report key development milestones, metrics, risks, and mitigation plans to senior management. - Partner with design and technical leads, implementation teams, and program managers to deliver quality products on schedule.
What you'll need
- ASIC program management experience covering the complete ASIC development life cycle. - Experience with planning, scheduling, execution, risk management, and delivery of SOCs. - Experience collaborating with ASIC functional teams (Architecture, Design, Verification, DFT, Physical Design) and cross-functional teams (IT, EDA partners, HW boards, SW, Validation, Business). - Working understanding of SOC design flows. - Experience defining and generating program metrics and resource burn charts, including critical path definition and tracking. - Strong proficiency in planning and project management tools, including Microsoft Project (MPP), advanced Excel, and PowerPoint.
Nice to have
- PMP certification.
Skills: ASIC program management, schedule, performance, cost, quality
This role has been open 124 days — well above the 68-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
60
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Median days open
68 d
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Median salary
$229k
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| Metric | EdgeCortix | All employers we track in this specialty (60 roles · 19 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 60 |
| Median days open | 124 d | 68 d (+56 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $229k |
Skills observed across this category: ASIC program management, schedule, performance, cost, quality
Who's hiring in this category
- Micron Technology · 12 open roles · median 22 d
- NVIDIA · 11 open roles · median 38 d
- Qualcomm · 7 open roles · median 81 d
- AMD · 5 open roles · median 68 d
- Tenstorrent · 4 open roles · median 76 d
- Lam Research · 3 open roles · median 75 d
How we counted: 60 open Technical Program Management (AI ML Hardware) roles from 19 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 27 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there. Figures refresh nightly.