Product Program Manager - CA, Santa Clara, United States
$136,000 - $258,750 USD yearly
Originally posted 6 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves leading technical program management efforts for product development from ideation through manufacturing and launch. The team builds Data center related products, Jetson devices, industrial PCs, robotics platforms, automotive, consumer electronics, and GPU cards.
What you'll do
- Lead technical program management efforts throughout the product ideation, development, qualification, manufacturing, launch, and sustaining lifecycles.
- Drive priorities to ensure products achieve schedule and milestone targets, elevating risks and obstacles.
- Work with matrixed teams from hardware, software, marketing, and operations to resolve issues.
- Communicate product status to internal teams, including executives.
What you'll need
- BS degree or greater in an Electrical engineering field, or equivalent experience.
- 5+ years of relevant working experience.
- Hands-on experience with hardware product development and validation.
- Strong project/program/product management fundamentals.
- Experience influencing decisions and leading teams in a matrix environment.
Nice to have
- 5+ years track record successfully delivering products from concept through launch.
- Deep understanding of product development processes, including fundamentals of hardware design.
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering.
- Experience in board / system design and validation.
Skills: technical program management, product ideation, development, qualification, manufacturing, hardware product development, board / system design, Electrical engineering
This role has been open 2 days — well below the 50-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
158
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Median days open
50 d
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Median salary
$220k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | NVIDIA | All employers we track in this specialty (158 roles · 47 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 17 | 158 |
| Median days open | 42 d | 50 d (−8 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $220k |
Skills observed across this category: technical program management, product ideation, development, qualification, manufacturing, hardware product development, board / system design, Electrical engineering
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 25 open roles · median 49 d
- AMD · 16 open roles · median 36 d
- NVIDIA (this employer) · 16 open roles · median 47 d
- Synopsys · 13 open roles · median 49 d
- Arm Holdings · 10 open roles · median 75 d
- Astera Labs · 5 open roles · median 106 d
How we counted: 158 open Technical Program Management (SOC Architecture) roles from 47 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 9 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.