Silicon Operations Program Manager - San Jose, United States
Originally posted 24 September 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role involves managing the end-to-end production schedules and supply chain coordination for silicon components, supporting phases from engineering builds to mass production.
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain production schedules for silicon wafers, interposers, and test/assembly across all phases.
- Coordinate with foundries, OSATs, and internal teams to meet production milestones and quality goals.
- Manage procurement, delivery, and scheduling of key silicon components like wafers, interposers, and substrates.
- Build and maintain demand forecasts for silicon and related components, considering build plans and yield assumptions.
- Generate detailed dashboards and reports to track schedule adherence, capacity utilization, and delivery performance.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, or a related field.
- 5+ years of experience in supply chain management, production planning, or operations within the semiconductor industry.
- Deep understanding of the silicon lifecycle: tape-out, fabrication, packaging, test, bring-up, and validation.
- Proven track record working with foundries (TSMC, Samsung) and OSATs (ASE, Amkor, JCET).
- Strong understanding of Silicon manufacturing processes, including wafer fabrication, dicing, bumping, CoWoS packaging, and testing.
- Proficiency in using ERP systems (SAP, Oracle) and advanced Excel skills or analytics tools.
Skills: production planning, silicon lifecycle, foundries, OSATs, CoWoS packaging, ATE platforms
This role has been open 16 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
161
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Median days open
50 d
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Median salary
$219k
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| Metric | Etched | All employers we track in this specialty (161 roles · 47 employers) |
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| Open roles in this specialty | 3 | 161 |
| Median days open | 162 d | 50 d (+112 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $219k |
Skills observed across this category: production planning, silicon lifecycle, foundries, OSATs, CoWoS packaging, ATE platforms
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 25 open roles · median 50 d
- AMD · 17 open roles · median 36 d
- NVIDIA · 17 open roles · median 43 d
- Synopsys · 13 open roles · median 50 d
- Arm Holdings · 10 open roles · median 76 d
- Astera Labs · 5 open roles · median 107 d
How we counted: 161 open Technical Program Management (SOC Architecture) roles from 47 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 10 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.