Senior Technical Program Manager - San Jose, California, United States

Originally posted 11 February 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 6 October 2026.

About the role

Altera is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to coordinate and drive the engineering execution behind FPGA device rollouts across silicon, IP, software, firmware, validation, and manufacturing readiness.

What you'll do

- Lead and manage technical programs supporting FPGA device development from definition through production rollout. - Coordinate execution across multiple engineering disciplines, including silicon design, IP, software, firmware, validation, and system enablement. - Develop and maintain detailed program plans, schedules, milestones, and dependency tracking for multi-threaded development efforts. - Drive alignment across global teams in North America and Asia, establishing clear ownership, accountability, and communication. - Identify program risks, critical path issues, and resource constraints, proactively developing and executing mitigation plans. - Support silicon bring-up, validation, sampling, and production readiness milestones by ensuring cross-functional execution alignment.

What you'll need

- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline, with 10+ years of experience in Technical Program Management, Program Management, or Engineering Program Leadership roles. - 8+ years of experience managing complex, cross-functional hardware and software development programs across silicon, hardware, software, firmware, IP, design verification, and validation teams. - Silicon or hardware design domain expertise with an understanding of HW/FW/SW interactions to engage across RTL, design verification (DV), and system engineering disciplines. - Experience across pre- and post-silicon development phases, including validation, silicon bring-up, and debug. - Demonstrated leadership across the full Product Lifecycle (PLC), translating technical complexity into execution plans, critical path management, and dependency resolution. - 7+ years of experience leading programs across multiple organizations and geographically distributed international teams.

Nice to have

- 5+ years of technical experience in one or more of: Transceivers, Embedded Systems (particularly ARM), Config and Security, PCIe, Ethernet, or ASIC Design / Design Verification (DV). - 5+ years of experience working directly on FPGA, ASIC, or silicon-based product development programs. - Hands-on technical background in silicon design, validation, or software/firmware engineering. - Experience supporting silicon bring-up, validation, debug, or manufacturing readiness phases. - Familiarity with Agile, hybrid Agile/Waterfall, or scaled execution frameworks in hardware-centric environments. - Experience presenting program status, execution metrics, risks, and technical trade-offs to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.

Skills: FPGA device rollouts, silicon, IP, software, firmware, validation, manufacturing readiness, program management, schedule and risk transparency