Senior Hardware Systems Program Manager - TX, Austin, United States
Originally posted 8 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves leading complex, cross-functional programs for the development and deployment of AMD’s hardware solutions, serving as a central point of coordination across engineering, product management, sales, manufacturing, and customer teams.
What you'll do
- Lead and coordinate programs for AMD’s hardware solutions development and deployment.
- Drive schedules, manage risks, and track dependencies for program execution.
- Provide clear status updates to stakeholders and executive leadership.
- Serve as the primary support contact in sustaining for internal stakeholders.
- Foster relationships and manage customer expectations, aligning them with AMD business goals.
- Manage customer critical issues, escalations, and sampling requirements in development.
- Align with cross-functional teams (Business Unit, Sales, Engineering) on customer engagement, technical enablement/communications, support, and debug/issue resolution.
What you'll need
- Strong experience in program management.
- Experience driving product development with hardware platforms and related software ecosystem.
- Technical knowledge in SoC, BIOS, Platforms, SW, Tools, Manufacturing.
- Ability to align, resolve conflicts, and build consensus among parties.
- BS in EE, CE, or CS.
Nice to have
- Well-versed with different project management tools.
- Experience creating and deploying processes for efficiency and scalability.
- Experience working in a multi-site and multi-cultural environment.
- Expertise in Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, Teams).
- Seasoned in leveraging MS Project, Excel, Share Point, Teams.
- Understanding of the general silicon engineering process, from concept to tape-out to production.
- Proven track record of enabling several NPI programs resulting in successful products.
- Knowledge of GPU technologies, HPC, or AI ecosystem.
- PMP certification.
Skills: program management, hardware platforms, product development, SoC, NPI programs
This role has been open 0 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 | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (158 roles · 47 employers) |
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| Open roles in this specialty | 16 | 158 |
| Median days open | 36 d | 50 d (−14 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $220k |
Skills observed across this category: program management, hardware platforms, product development, SoC, NPI programs
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 25 open roles · median 49 d
- AMD (this employer) · 16 open roles · median 36 d
- NVIDIA · 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.