Principal Technical Program Manager
$214,200 - $289,800 USD yearly
Originally posted 4 November 2026 by the employer.
About the role
As a Principal Technical Program Manager in the Solutions Engineering organization, you will lead complex technical engineering projects from initial definition through development, integration, validation, and delivery. Projects span semiconductor IP, Compute Subsystems, SoC development, FPGA and emulation platforms, validation boards, and hardware/software enablement.
What you'll do
- Independently lead technical engineering projects from initial definition through development, integration, validation, and delivery, taking ownership of execution and outcomes.
- Establish project objectives, deliverables, milestones, and success criteria, developing integrated plans and schedules that support delivery commitments.
- Manage project schedules, critical paths, technical dependencies, risks, resource constraints, and changes to scope or delivery commitments.
- Partner with Engineering Technical Leads to evaluate delivery impacts, challenge assumptions, and establish mitigation and recovery plans.
- Coordinate cross-functional engineering teams across disciplines, organizations, and locations, aligning on priorities and commitments.
- Establish project metrics and communicate progress, risks, issues, and trade-offs to engineering teams and senior stakeholders.
What you'll need
- Proven experience independently leading complex technical product-development projects within the semiconductor industry, with accountability for execution across multiple engineering teams or disciplines.
- Strong project or program management capabilities, including integrated planning, scheduling, critical-path management, dependency tracking, risk mitigation, change management, and recovery planning.
- Experience working closely with engineers and technical leaders in complex product-development environments to recognize challenges, evaluate dependencies, and support informed decision-making.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional engineering teams, influence stakeholders without direct authority, navigate ambiguity, and communicate with technical teams and senior leadership.
Nice to have
- Experience delivering projects in semiconductor IP, Compute Subsystems, SoC/ASIC development, RTL design and verification, FPGA or hardware emulation, or pre-silicon and post-silicon validation.
- Experience with hardware platforms, PCB or board development, customer reference boards, embedded systems, or hardware/software integration.
- Familiarity with silicon bring-up, product qualification, software enablement, or power and performance development.
- A degree or equivalent industry experience in Electrical Engineering, Electronic Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
- Professional project or program management certifications such as PMP, PRINCE2, or MSP.
Skills: program management, SoC, ASIC, semiconductor IP, PMP
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This role has been open 0 days — well below the 55-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
167
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Median days open
55 d
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Category median salary (all employers)
$220k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Arm Holdings | All employers we track in this specialty (167 roles · 49 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 6 | 167 |
| Median days open | 7 d | 55 d (−48 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $220k |
Skills observed across this category: program management, SoC, ASIC, semiconductor IP, PMP
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 22 open roles · median 51 d
- Qualcomm · 22 open roles · median 71 d
- AMD · 21 open roles · median 40 d
- Synopsys · 14 open roles · median 50 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 7 open roles · median 45 d
- Arm Holdings (this employer) · 5 open roles · median 8 d
How we counted: 167 open Technical Program Management (SOC Architecture) roles from 49 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 5 Nov 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.