Edge-AI Hardware Program Lead

Stealth AI Startup; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Stealth AI Startup in Laguna Hills, CA is seeking a Technical Program Manager to own cross-functional programs spanning silicon, hardware, firmware, software, system integration, and product delivery.

You will build schedules, manage dependencies, identify risks, and ensure hardware and software teams stay aligned through major milestones, including ASIC tapeout planning and silicon readiness activities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical discipline.
• Five or more years of technical program management, engineering program, project, or product-development management experience.
• Experience managing complex hardware, embedded, semiconductor, or hardware-software development programs.
• Ability to understand technical dependencies across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Experience building schedules, managing risks, and coordinating major development milestones.
• Strong organization, communication, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to influence technical teams without relying solely on formal authority.
• Experience communicating with engineers, functional leaders, 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 connecting hardware-development and software-readiness milestones.
• Coordinate dependencies across architecture, engineering, system integration, testing, and product teams.
• Identify program risks, clarify ownership, and drive teams toward resolution plans.
• Facilitate cross-functional reviews, milestone meetings, and leadership updates.
• Track decisions, technical dependencies, deliverables, and critical-path activities.
• Support ASIC and SoC development, tapeout planning, and silicon-readiness activities.
• Coordinate firmware, drivers, development tools, boards, and pre-silicon platforms.
• Support hardware bring-up, system integration, validation, qualification, and production release.
• Work with engineering leaders to evaluate priorities, resources, schedules, and technical tradeoffs.
• Establish practical program dashboards, operating rhythms, and communication processes.
• Improve collaboration across engineering teams in multiple locations.

Skills

Technical PM leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Scheduling & milestones

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Influence without authority

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/CS

Tools

Jira

Smartsheet

MS Project

Confluence

Job description

Stealth AI Startup in Laguna Hills, CA is seeking a Technical Program Manager to own cross-functional programs spanning silicon, hardware, firmware, software, system integration, and product delivery.

You will build schedules, manage dependencies, identify risks, and ensure hardware and software teams stay aligned through major milestones, including ASIC tapeout planning and silicon readiness activities.