Technical Program Manager - Silicon Development - HQ - Vancouver, WA, United States
$130,000 - $150,000 USD yearly
Originally posted 21 August 2026 by the employer.
This role will manage silicon development milestones including specification freeze, RTL release, tape-out, package development, board bring-up, validation, and production readiness.
About the role
This role will drive execution of complex silicon IC and hardware development programs from concept through production. It involves managing silicon development milestones, including specification freeze, RTL release, and tape-out.
What you'll do
- Manage end-to-end engineering programs for silicon IC and hardware development projects from planning through production release.
- Drive cross-functional execution across ASIC/SoC design, verification, physical design, firmware, hardware, validation, operations, and manufacturing teams.
- Develop and maintain program schedules, milestones, dependencies, resource plans, and risk assessments.
- Coordinate closely with third-party vendors, design partners, contractors, and manufacturing suppliers.
- Manage silicon development milestones including specification freeze, RTL release, tape-out, package development, board bring-up, validation, and production readiness.
- Coordinate hardware development activities including PCB design, prototype builds, lab validation, and system integration.
What you'll need
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical field.
- 8+ years of program management experience in semiconductor, ASIC/SoC, or hardware product development environments.
- Strong understanding of silicon IC development flows including architecture, design, verification, physical design, tapeout, bring-up, and production.
- Experience managing hardware development programs including PCB/system development and validation activities.
- Proven experience coordinating and driving execution with third-party vendors, design houses, manufacturing partners, and suppliers.
- Experience using program management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, MS Project, or equivalent.
Nice to have
- Experience managing mixed-signal SoC or high-performance silicon development programs.
- Familiarity with semiconductor manufacturing, packaging, test, and supply chain operations.
- Experience supporting silicon bring-up, validation, and production ramp activities.
Skills: silicon IC, hardware development, ASIC/SoC design, tape-out, PCB design
This role has been open 66 days — well above the 53-day median for Technical Program Management roles.
Technical Program Management · SOC Architecture
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Open roles in category
178
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Median days open
53 d
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Median salary
$220k
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| Metric | PowerLattice | All employers we track in this specialty (178 roles · 48 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 1 | 178 |
| Median days open | 66 d | 53 d (+13 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $220k |
Skills observed across this category: silicon IC, hardware development, ASIC/SoC design, tape-out, PCB design
Who's hiring in this category
- Qualcomm · 24 open roles · median 56 d
- AMD · 21 open roles · median 31 d
- NVIDIA · 21 open roles · median 42 d
- Synopsys · 15 open roles · median 46 d
- Arm Holdings · 10 open roles · median 93 d
- GlobalFoundries · 7 open roles · median 13 d
How we counted: 178 open Technical Program Management (SOC Architecture) roles from 48 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 27 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.