Project Engineering Management, Principal Engineer
Originally posted 14 September 2026 by the employer.
This role focuses on Mixed-Signal IP, SoC, or ASIC development programs.
About the role
This role is for an experienced engineering and project management professional with a strong customer focus.
What you'll do
- Partner with cross-functional engineering, product, and business teams to define project scope, requirements, and success criteria.
- Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, including schedules, resource allocation, dependencies, and risk mitigation strategies.
- Track project execution against plan, proactively identify risks and issues, and drive mitigation, escalation, and resolution.
- Represent R&D in customer engagements, ensuring alignment on commitments, execution plans, and delivery expectations.
- Evaluate and manage change requests and technical issues reported by customers, coordinating timely and effective responses.
- Manage product updates triggered by silicon process updates, design updates, and customer feedback.
What you'll need
- A degree in Engineering, Applied Science, or equivalent practical experience.
- 10+ years of experience in customer-facing project or program management roles within an engineering environment.
- Strong ability to manage customer expectations and communicate complex technical topics clearly and concisely.
- Proficiency with project management tools (MS Project preferred) and issue-tracking systems such as Jira.
- Working knowledge of UNIX/Linux environments.
- Familiarity with the development process for Mixed-Signal IP, SoC, or ASIC development programs.
- Understanding of quality management system (QMS) processes and procedures.
Skills: project management, customer engagements, Mixed-Signal IP, SoC/ASIC development, risk mitigation
This role has been open 19 days — well below the 51-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
162
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Median days open
51 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 | Synopsys | All employers we track in this specialty (162 roles · 47 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 13 | 162 |
| Median days open | 51 d | 51 d (same as this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $220k |
Skills observed across this category: project management, customer engagements, Mixed-Signal IP, SoC/ASIC development, risk mitigation
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 26 open roles · median 46 d
- AMD · 17 open roles · median 37 d
- NVIDIA · 17 open roles · median 44 d
- Synopsys (this employer) · 13 open roles · median 51 d
- Arm Holdings · 10 open roles · median 77 d
- Astera Labs · 5 open roles · median 108 d
How we counted: 162 open Technical Program Management (SOC Architecture) roles from 47 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 11 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.