Principal Technical Program Manager - 2290

Originally posted 4 November 2026 by the employer.

About the role

KIOXIA America is seeking a Principal Technical Program Manager (TPM) to join the SSD Business Unit Program Management Office (PMO). This senior individual-contributor role provides end-to-end program leadership for SSD initiatives spanning controller/ASIC, NAND, DRAM, firmware, hardware, validation, and qualification from definition to end of life.

What you'll do

• Own end-to-end execution of complex SSD programs across multiple products, customers, development teams, and product generations.
• Serve as a cross-functional program integration leader between the U.S. subsidiary and global headquarters in Japan, bringing together Engineering, Firmware, Validation, Quality & Reliability, and Operations.
• Build and govern integrated program schedules covering key milestones, critical paths, cross-program dependencies, qualification, customer readiness, and manufacturing deliverables.
• Lead resolution of technical and business tradeoffs involving scope, architecture, resources, quality, schedule, customer requirements, and business priorities.
• Drive product development and qualification readiness across SSD builds, firmware maturity, validation, issue resolution, manufacturing, and customer qualification dependencies.
• Partner with PMO, engineering, and product leadership to evolve program governance, lifecycle/gate processes, integrated planning, and dashboards.

What you'll need

• 15+ years of experience in complex hardware/software product development, semiconductor, storage, memory, or an equivalent technical product environment.
• Extensive technical program leadership experience delivering large product development and New Product Introduction (NPI) programs.
• Deep understanding of SSD architecture and development, including controller/ASIC, NAND, DRAM, firmware, hardware, validation, qualification, reliability, and manufacturing.
• Demonstrated experience governing integrated schedules, critical paths, cross-program dependencies, risk portfolios, and recovery strategies across matrixed organizations.
• Experience with modern program tracking, analytics, and dashboard tools such as Jira and Power BI or equivalent platforms.
• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.

Nice to have

• Direct experience leading enterprise or data-center SSD product development and qualification programs.
• Experience with SSD New Product Introduction, development build planning, qualification, transition to high-volume manufacturing, and customer deployment.
• Deep familiarity with semiconductor product lifecycles and vertically integrated development environments.
• Experience defining and scaling PMO operating mechanisms, governance, lifecycle gates, portfolio planning, and executive reporting.
• Master's degree in Engineering or a related discipline.

Skills: SSD, NPI, program management, ASIC, NAND, firmware