Principal ASIC Engineering Program Manager

HITEC; Fort Collins (CO); Hybrid; USD 147,000 - 279,000; Full time

Job summary

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is seeking a Principal ASIC Engineering Program Manager in a hybrid role requiring ~2 days per week on-site in Colorado. You will lead cross‑functional teams of VLSI engineers, coordinate with vendors and partners, and drive architectural and manufacturing milestones for complex ASIC programs.

Senior candidates with 10+ years of ASIC or VLSI experience, strong program management, and the ability to influence across leadership levels are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, computer science, or equivalent technical discipline.
• PMP/PMI certification preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic technical coordination and program leadership to teams of VLSI engineers and partners across all stages of ASIC development.
• Own executive‑level management of vendors and development partners, including schedules, deliverables, risk and recovery.
• Manage dependencies across design quality, verification, validation, and manufacturing readiness to align with program milestones.
• Provide decision‑quality program analysis to senior executives and product stakeholders; communicate status and recommendations clearly.
• Establish durable program‑management mechanisms and operating rhythms to improve predictability across ASIC programs.
• Lead cross‑functional alignment among engineering, operations, finance, procurement, product management, and partners.

Skills

ASIC/VLSI leadership

Executive program management

Vendor management

Cross‑functional leadership

Education

Bachelor’s / Master’s in EE, CE, CS

PMP/PMI certification

Tools

PM tools

Job description

Principal ASIC Engineering Program Manager

This role has been designed as 'Hybrid' with a requirement that you will work on average 2 days per week from an HPE office.

Who We Are:

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is the global edge-to-cloud company advancing the way people live and work. We help companies connect, protect, analyze, and act on their data and applications wherever they live, from edge to cloud, so they can turn insights into outcomes at the speed required to thrive in today’s complex world. Our culture thrives onfinding new and better ways to accelerate what’s next. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good. If you are looking to stretch and grow your career our culture will embrace you.Open up opportunities with HPE.

Job Description:

Job Level Definition

Contributions have substantial technical impact on a significant HPE product or project, or on a strategic or architectural direction. Serves as a go-to creator and innovator for critical business challenges and opportunities. Delivers substantial, unique contributions that provide long-lasting, recurring benefits such as improved time to market, cost reductions, execution predictability, or satisfaction of current and future customer needs. Is recognized as an internal authority in key technology and program areas and provides technical leadership to the business for significant project and program work. Leads and connects others across functions to unite around common goals, actively mentors others, and contributes to the HPE technical community.

Description

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic technical coordination and program leadership to teams of VLSI engineers and to internal and outsourced development partners across all stages of complex ASIC development, including architecture, design, verification, physical implementation, validation, manufacturing readiness, and test.
• Own executive-level management of vendors and development partners, including expectations, schedules, deliverables, commercial and technical dependencies, risk response, and recovery. Ensure alignment between VLSI physical-design progress, manufacturing readiness, material and purchase-order status, and overall program milestones.
• Anticipate and manage complex dependencies across design quality, verification and validation, partner constraints, business demand, product road maps, supply chain capacity, and customer commitments. Resolve ambiguity and unite stakeholders around a common execution plan.
• Provide decision-quality program analysis to senior executives and product stakeholders. Clearly communicate program status, tradeoffs, escalations, and recommendations, and drive timely decisions on technical scope, investment, risk acceptance, sourcing, and schedule.
• Establish durable program-management mechanisms, operating rhythms, metrics, and quality practices that improve predictability and execution across ASIC programs, rather than only within an individual project.
• Lead cross-functional alignment among engineering development, architecture, operations, finance, procurement, manufacturing, product management, marketing, software and systems teams, supply-chain organizations, end customers, and external partners.
• Demonstrate sustained leadership and measurable impact across significant programs by improving time to market, cost, quality, risk posture, execution predictability, or the ability to meet present and future customer needs.

Education and Experience Required

• Bachelor's or master's degree in electrical engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or equivalent technical discipline.
• PMP/PMI certification preferred.
• Typically, 10+ years of relevant engineering, technical program management, or silicon product development experience, including leadership of complex cross-functional programs.
• Demonstrated hands‑on understanding of ASIC or VLSI design and development processes, with experience connecting technical execution to manufacturing, supply chain, partner, and business milestones.

Knowledge and Skills

• Deep, practical understanding of ASIC design flows, stage gates, signoff criteria, verification and validation, physical design, manufacturing readiness, and silicon program dependencies.
• Expertise in building and governing integrated execution plans, critical‑path schedules, resource and capability models, budgets, risk systems, decision frameworks, and recovery plans for complex silicon programs.
• Exceptional analytical, systems‑thinking, and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to convert ambiguous technical and business conditions into clear decisions and executable plans.
• Demonstrated business and financial acumen, including the ability to evaluate tradeoffs among schedule, scope, quality, risk, investment, supply, and customer commitments.
• Proven ability to influence senior leaders, technical authorities, matrixed teams, vendors, and partners without relying on direct reporting relationships.
• Executive‑level written and verbal communication skills, including concise presentation of program strategy, options, recommendations, risks, and results.
• Advanced negotiation and conflict‑resolution skills with internal executives, engineering leaders, external vendors, foundries, technology partners, and other stakeholders.
• Recognized internal authority in technical program leadership for ASIC or VLSI development, with a record of mentoring others and strengthening the broader technical community.

Accessibility

HPE is committed to creating an inclusive and accessible workplace and encourages applications from all qualified individuals, including those with disabilities. If you believe you require accommodation during any stage of the application or interview process, please submit your request by completing our secure form linked here.

Note: This option is reserved for applicants needing assistance/reasonable accommodation related to a disability.

What We Can Offer You:

Health & Wellbeing

We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing.

Personal & Professional Development

We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are. We have specific programs catered to helping you reach any career goals you have — whether you want to become a knowledge expert in your field or apply your skills to another division.

Unconditional Inclusion

We are unconditionally inclusive in the way we work and celebrate individual uniqueness. We know varied backgrounds are valued and succeed here. We have the flexibility to manage our work and personal needs. We make bold moves, together, and are a force for good.

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Job:

Engineering

Job Level:

TCP_05

The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level.
– United States of America: Annual Salary USD 147,000 - 279,000 in Colorado // 140,000 - 321,000 in Texas & Wisconsin
The listed salary range reflects base salary. Variable incentives may also be offered.

Information about employee benefits offered in the US can be found at https://myhperewards.com/main/new-hire-enrollment.html

The estimated job application period closure is November 1 2026; this timeline is provided for transparency and internal planning purposes.

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