Sr. Technical Program Manager, Hardware Engineering - TX, Austin, United States
Originally posted 10 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This role is for an experienced Program Manager to support the successful development, deployment, and application of methodologies for power optimization and functional verification across a cross-functional engineering organization.
What you'll do
- Define, plan, and drive projects and program plans based on management and senior technical guidance.
- Apply project management principles effectively across projects of varying size and complexity.
- Manage projects and processes of significant technical importance that span multiple engineering project areas.
- Identify and implement improvements to existing processes and methods to enhance project and team efficiency.
- Create and maintain project management artifacts including schedules, resource plans and forecasts, risk registers, and issue logs.
- Identify issues and risks throughout the project lifecycle and collaborate with stakeholders to develop and execute appropriate action and mitigation plans.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent relevant education and experience.
- Experience developing and maintaining meaningful indicators for schedule, quality, risk, and program performance.
- Experience with engineering development.
- Experience with methodology development.
- Technical program management and stakeholder or customer relationship management experience.
- Experience collaborating with Engineering, Program/Project Management, and Business Units to solve problems and mitigate risks.
- Strong working knowledge of productivity and project management tools, including Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Office Suite, and Copilot.
Skills: program manager, power optimization, functional verification, methodologies, risk management, hardware engineering
This role has been open 1 day — 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 | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (162 roles · 47 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 19 | 162 |
| Median days open | 29 d | 51 d (−22 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $220k |
Skills observed across this category: program manager, power optimization, functional verification, methodologies, risk management, hardware engineering
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 26 open roles · median 46 d
- AMD (this employer) · 17 open roles · median 37 d
- NVIDIA · 17 open roles · median 44 d
- Synopsys · 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.