Technical Program Manager - Hardware/Systems, Principal - Santa Clara, United States
Product & Program Management
Originally posted 6 August 2026 by the employer.
About the role
This Principal Technical Program Manager will drive engineering excellence across the global hardware organization, focusing on creating lightweight, scalable processes for predictable project delivery. This role involves leading end-to-end program management across the post-silicon and system hardware development cycle.
What you'll do
- Lead end-to-end program management across post-silicon and system hardware development cycle.
- Coordinate preparation for silicon arrival, including lab space, bring-up systems/boards, and production (EVK) design.
- Drive firmware deployment and development for key feature demonstration.
- Oversee power and performance characterization, demo version delivery, and kick-off of qualifications (silicon, board, product, NPI).
- Establish well-defined, predictable milestones for development within the company and with 3rd party partners.
- Define metrics, create dashboards, and report on progress and program health.
What you'll need
- 10+ years of experience in IC chip and board development as an engineer, engineering manager, or technical program manager, with 3+ years as a technical program manager.
- Experience in companies with complex software/hardware integration.
- Proven track record managing distributed, multi-region engineering teams.
- Strong understanding of the system development and qualification cycle.
- Familiarity with waterfall program management methodologies.
- Experience establishing scalable processes in engineering organizations.
Nice to have
- Prior industry experience as Engineering Manager responsible for chip-to-ship execution – post-silicon to product.
- Background in datacenter hardware development companies.
- Experience scaling engineering teams at Series B/C stage startups.
- Proficiency with JIRA, Smartsheet, and project toolchain integration.
- Experience managing external dependencies and customer-driven timelines.
Skills: post-silicon, system hardware development, firmware deployment, power and performance characterization, qualification, NPI