Technical Manager- Virtual Platform Team - California, Santa Clara, United States
$195,200 - $315,490 USD yearly
Originally posted 13 October 2026 by the employer.
About the role
What you'll do
- Establish strategy and methodology for virtual-platform development.
- Drive technical development with deep expertise in virtual-platforms.
- Deliver first-pass silicon success through best-in-class virtual-platforms.
- Enable early software development for Artificial Intelligence products.
What you'll need
- Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or related field with 6+ years OR a PhD with 4+ years of relevant experience in developing simulation models, virtual-platforms, and performance models for architecture, micro-architecture, and early software enabling.
- 4+ years of experience in managing a highly technical team.
- 4+ years of experience in subsystem and SoC-level development, analysis, and understanding of AI software stack.
- 4+ years of hands-on experience in advanced hands-on coding proficiency across software programming languages (C/C++), scripting (Python), and build systems.
- Established track record of developing and delivering highly configurable and reusable software collateral.
Nice to have
- Demonstrated experience collaborating with software and verification teams.
- Excellent communication and organizational skills with a proven track record of delivering on-time, high-quality pre-silicon development environments and establishing technical standards.
Skills: Virtual Platform, simulation models, AI products, early software development, C++ and Python
This role has been open 1 day — well below the 51-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Infrastructure Platform
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Open roles in category
956
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Median days open
51 d
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Median salary
$235k
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See the full market breakdown ▾Category comparison, skills in demand, and who else is hiring
| Metric | Intel Corporation | All employers we track in this specialty (956 roles · 86 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 40 | 956 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 196 | 6164 · 146 employers |
| Median days open | 9 d | 51 d (−42 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $235k |
Skills observed across this category: Virtual Platform, simulation models, AI products, early software development, C++ and Python
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 287 open roles · median 44 d
- Qualcomm · 61 open roles · median 56 d
- AMD · 53 open roles · median 22 d
- Graphcore · 44 open roles · median 89 d
- Cerebras · 39 open roles · median 79 d
- Intel Corporation (this employer) · 36 open roles · median 13 d
How we counted: 956 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Infrastructure Platform) roles from 86 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 — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.