Platform Technical Project Manager, Rack-Scale AI Systems - Remote
$175,000 - $450,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 13 June 2026 by the employer.
About the role
MatX is seeking a Platform Technical Project Manager, Rack-Scale AI Systems to drive design-phase execution for high-performance datacenter infrastructure. This role coordinates execution across rack architecture, accelerator board design, power delivery, liquid cooling, high-speed interconnect, firmware, diagnostics, and external CM/JDM partner engagements.
What you'll do
- Drive the integrated execution plan and master schedule for rack and board design from architecture through design release. - Coordinate execution across platform workstreams including board electrical/SI/PI readiness, rack power, liquid cooling, cable/optical interconnect, BMC/telemetry, diagnostics, and PLM/BOM/ECO readiness. - Partner with Systems Engineering to establish design gates, risks, dependencies, decision points, and exit criteria. - Coordinate design-readiness reviews, DFX reviews, and implementation-readiness reviews with internal teams and external CM/JDM partners. - Drive readiness for system validation using test vehicles across power, thermal, connectivity, diagnostics, instrumentation, and telemetry. - Maintain a live risk register tracking design readiness, validation readiness, power/thermal risks, interconnect risks, and long-lead supply chain dependencies.
What you'll need
- 8+ years of technical program management, hardware engineering program management, systems engineering, or hardware platform development experience. - Track record of managing hardware platforms through architecture, design, validation, and design release. - Technical familiarity across board design, power delivery, SI/PI, thermal design, liquid cooling, high-speed interconnect, firmware, diagnostics, rack integration, or system validation. - Experience managing programs with ODMs, JDMs, contract manufacturers, or external manufacturing partners. - Proficiency with program management tools such as Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, or MS Project.
Nice to have
- Experience with AI infrastructure, GPU/accelerator systems, datacenter racks, networking systems, storage systems, or high-power server platforms. - Experience coordinating programs involving high-speed interconnects, liquid-cooled systems, telemetry, diagnostics, or rack-scale validation. - Prior hands-on engineering experience in hardware, firmware, systems, manufacturing, or validation.
Skills: technical program management, rack-scale AI systems, accelerator board design, liquid cooling, high-speed interconnect
This role has been open 132 days — well above the 51-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
37
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$236k
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| Metric | MatX | All employers we track in this specialty (37 roles · 12 employers) |
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| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 37 |
| Median days open | 132 d | 51 d (+81 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $236k |
Skills observed across this category: technical program management, rack-scale AI systems, accelerator board design, liquid cooling, high-speed interconnect
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 20 open roles · median 31 d
- Qualcomm · 5 open roles · median 143 d
- AMD · 2 open roles · median 36 d
- Arm Holdings · 2 open roles · median 169 d
- Ayar Labs · 1 open role · median 73 d
- Cerebras · 1 open role · median 88 d
How we counted: 37 open Technical Program Management (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 12 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 23 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.