Sr, Technical Program Manager - Santa Clara, California, United States of America
$154,400 - $263,300 USD yearly
Originally posted 31 August 2026 by the employer.
Own technical program management for the Oryon CPU Engineering team’s development and delivery to key Qualcomm SoCs.
About the role
This role involves technical program management for the Oryon CPU Engineering team's development and delivery to key Qualcomm SoCs, specifically the Snapdragon X Series and Snapdragon 8 Elite / Gen 5.
What you'll do
- Plan, drive, and deliver CPU IP development and integration into silicon products.
- Lead the creation and maintenance of credible and data-driven schedules and project milestones.
- Organize and lead interdepartmental meetings to set project milestones, plans of record, define project tasks, and establish program policies and processes.
- Manage the IP-SoC relationship and partnership program.
- Troubleshoot program issues and develop alternative program tasks, schedules, milestones, and resource plans to resolve conflicts.
- Determine risks, develop mitigation strategies, and communicate information to internal and external key stakeholders.
What you'll need
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
- 4+ years of Program Management or related work experience.
Nice to have
- MS or PhD degree in Engineering.
- Experience as an engineer in chip development and integration into hardware or software systems, including silicon development methodologies, leading tape-outs, and silicon validation.
- Strong IP core (preferably CPU) design and debug background, including Project Management of an IP team working on multiple programs.
- Technical domain expertise in all aspects of VLSI development cycle and IP delivery process.
- Knowledgeable on program management tools and processes.
Skills: CPU IP development, silicon products, project milestones, VLSI development cycle, IP delivery process
This role has been open 44 days — below the 48-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
167
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Median days open
48 d
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Median salary
$219k
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| Metric | Qualcomm | All employers we track in this specialty (167 roles · 46 employers) |
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| Open roles in this specialty | 26 | 167 |
| Median days open | 50 d | 48 d (+2 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $219k |
Skills observed across this category: CPU IP development, silicon products, project milestones, VLSI development cycle, IP delivery process
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm (this employer) · 26 open roles · median 49 d
- NVIDIA · 19 open roles · median 47 d
- AMD · 18 open roles · median 36 d
- Synopsys · 13 open roles · median 54 d
- Arm Holdings · 10 open roles · median 80 d
- NXP Semiconductors · 6 open roles · median 33 d
How we counted: 167 open Technical Program Management (SOC Architecture) roles from 46 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 14 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.