Staff Systems Technical Program Manager (Hardware) - Sunnyvale, CA, United States
$180,000 - $230,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 17 September 2026 by the employer — open 4 days.
This role focuses on Cerebras' wafer-scale engine supercomputers.
About the role
This role involves spearheading operational excellence for high-performance AI compute systems and data centers. You will own the end-to-end system schedule for design and engineering improvements to wafer-scale engine supercomputers.
What you'll do
- Own end-to-end program schedules for engineering improvements, including comprehensive program plans, schedules, material plans, and validation plans.
- Work with stakeholders in product management, quality, reliability, supply chain, and executive teams to define program strategy and requirements.
- Identify and mitigate technical risks, ensuring program deliverables are met on time and within budget.
- Act as the single-threaded owner across product, engineering, supply chain, and software to manage detailed and high-level product planning.
- Develop and implement new processes to improve team efficiency as the business scales.
- Collaborate with supply chain, operations, and procurement teams to coordinate component sourcing, vendor management, and logistics.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in computer science, electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, physics, mathematics, related scientific/engineering discipline, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of experience in technical program management, with a focus on hardware, embedded SW, and product planning.
- Strong understanding of hardware design processes, product lifecycle management, and manufacturing workflows.
- Strong understanding of the intersection of software and hardware, and how hardware changes affect software workflows.
- Proven experience effectively managing project priorities across diverse hardware, software, product, and operations disciplines.
- Familiarity with project management software, such as MS Project or Smartsheet.
Skills: program schedule, hardware design processes, manufacturing workflows, supply chain, AI compute systems
This role has been open 4 days — well below the 55-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · AI ML Hardware
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Open roles in category
68
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Median days open
55 d
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Median salary
$237k
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| Metric | Cerebras | All employers we track in this specialty (68 roles · 18 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 68 |
| Median days open | 30 d | 55 d (−25 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $237k |
Skills observed across this category: program schedule, hardware design processes, manufacturing workflows, supply chain, AI compute systems
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 20 open roles · median 69 d
- Qualcomm · 9 open roles · median 55 d
- Lam Research · 8 open roles · median 41 d
- AMD · 6 open roles · median 43 d
- Micron Technology · 5 open roles · median 38 d
- Tenstorrent · 3 open roles · median 88 d
How we counted: 68 open Technical Program Management (AI ML Hardware) roles from 18 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 21 Sept 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.