Contract Hardware Development Program Manager Remote/Hybrid

BrainChip; Laguna Hills (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

BrainChip is seeking a Technical Program Manager for hardware development in Laguna Hills, CA. The role leads silicon, hardware, firmware, software, and system integration programs, aligning teams and delivering milestones. You will build schedules, manage risks, and drive technical decisions across multiple engineering disciplines.

We value experience with ASIC/SoC, tapeout planning, and cross-location collaboration. Relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline.
• Five+ years of technical program, engineering program, project, or product-development management experience.
• Experience managing hardware, embedded, semiconductor, or hardware-software development programs.
• Ability to manage technical dependencies across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Experience with schedule-building, risk management, and milestone coordination.
• Strong organizational, communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to influence technical teams without formal authority.
• Experience communicating with engineers, executives, and external partners.
• Experience with Jira, Smartsheet, MS Project, Confluence, or similar tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex technical programs across silicon, hardware, firmware, software, validation, and operations.
• Develop integrated schedules linking hardware and software milestones.
• Coordinate dependencies across architecture, engineering, system integration, testing, and product teams.
• Identify program risks, clarify ownership, and drive resolution plans.
• Facilitate cross-functional reviews, milestone meetings, and leadership updates.
• Track decisions, dependencies, deliverables, and critical-path activities.
• Support ASIC tapeout planning and silicon-readiness activities.
• Coordinate firmware, drivers, development tools, boards, and pre-silicon platforms.
• Assist hardware bring-up, system integration, validation, and production release.
• Work with engineering leaders on priorities, resources, schedules, and tradeoffs.
• Establish program dashboards, rhythms, and communication processes.
• Improve collaboration across geographically distributed teams.

Skills

Technical PM

Cross-functional

Leadership

Communication

Risk management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

Jira

Smartsheet

MS Project

Confluence

Job description

BrainChip is seeking a Technical Program Manager for hardware development in Laguna Hills, CA. The role leads silicon, hardware, firmware, software, and system integration programs, aligning teams and delivering milestones. You will build schedules, manage risks, and drive technical decisions across multiple engineering disciplines.

We value experience with ASIC/SoC, tapeout planning, and cross-location collaboration. Relocation assistance may be available for qualified candidates.