Principal Product Manager

Axiado; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Axiado is building a distributed, silicon-rooted platform that secures, optimizes, and manages every endpoint in the AI rack, centered on the TCU. As Principal Product Manager you will own the software, firmware, and AI/ML roadmap across the TCU platform, collaborating with engineering, customers, and go-to-market to define requirements and ship capabilities.

Reporting to the Head of Products and Marketing, you will lead a cross-functional team, develop PRDs, ensure alignment with hardware

Qualifications

• 12+ years of product management experience in semiconductor, embedded systems, or systems software.
• Experience shipping firmware or software in hardware-adjacent environments.
• Experience owning a product line or platform at principal or lead level.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, able to write PRDs and present to executives.

Responsibilities

• Own the SW/FW/AI-ML roadmap for the TCU platform.
• Translate platform vision into PRDs and shippable capabilities.
• Coordinate with hardware modules to align SW/FW roadmap with system requirements.
• Lead requirements from concept through release with data-driven tradeoffs.
• Engage with hyperscalers, OEMs, ODMs, and CSPs for integration requirements.
• Grow and mentor PMs as the function scales.

Skills

SW/FW/AI-ML roadmap

Cross-functional leadership

Data center platform management

Firmware/software product mgmt

Stakeholder management

Job description

• Compensation: USD 180,000 - USD 220,000 - yearly

Company Description

Axiadois building the future ofAIpowereddigital infrastructure. We are a fastgrowing,wellfundedsilicon, systems, and solutionscompany pioneering a newcategoryofsemiconductor called theTrusted Control/Compute Unit (TCU) that combinesadvanced hardware security,AIdrivenresilience and efficiency, andrealtimeplatform management. Our technology protects the world’s most critical infrastructure—from data centers tonextgenerationcloud and AI platforms—by securing systems at thefoundation levels of hardware, independent of host CPUs and operating systems.

Founded in 2019and now over 150 employeesstrong,Axiadohas evolved into a recognized leader in the convergence of AI, security, and silicon innovation. We partner with and are actively engaged in commercial programs with multiple Tier 1 industry leaders,validatingboth our technology and our long-term market trajectory.Axiadohas also won numerousindustry awards for our ground-breaking products and technological innovations, includingbeing namedone ofFast Company’s 2025 Top 10 Most Innovative Companiesin Security,winning the2025 Global InfoSec Award for Outstanding AI Security Solution, and being named a finalist for the Global Semiconductor Alliance’s 2025 “Start-Up to Watch” award.

AtAxiado, developing breakthrough technology takes more than great engineering—it takes a team of exceptional people who collaborate boldly, challenge assumptions, and take pride in building what comes next. We value curiosity, execution, respect, and a shared desire to make a meaningful impact on the security and reliability of the digital world.

Ifyou’redriven to innovate, energized by hard problems, and excited to help define the future of secure AI infrastructure, we invite you to apply and join us on this journey.

Job Description

Axiado is building a new kind of intelligence layer for AI infrastructure: a distributed, silicon-rooted platform that secures, optimizes, and manages every endpoint in the AI rack, from the first clock tick to full rack scale. At the heart of it is the Axiado Trusted Control/Compute Unit (TCU), an AI-native platform that replaces reactive, software-bound management with local inference and hardware-enforced action at every node.

We are seeking a Principal Product Manager to lead product definition and management for this effort. You will own the software, firmware, and AI/ML roadmap that turns individual TCUs into a coordinated, self-aware platform, while maintaining broad visibility across Axiado's full data center silicon and hardware module portfolio. Reporting to the Head of Products and Marketing, you will sit at the intersection of engineering, customers, and go-to-market: defining requirements, driving alignment, and shaping how an ambitious platform vision becomes shipping product.

This is a high-visibility, high-impact role with clear leadership trajectory as Axiado's PM organization scales. You will work directly with our engineering team on platform architecture, with customers on integration requirements, and with product marketing on positioning and launch. You will not just manage a product line, you will help define a category.

What You’ll Do

Own the SW/FW/AI-ML roadmap for the TCU platform, spanning platform management software (BMC/RMC), the security stack (root of trust, hardware firewall), and on-chip AI/ML inference, prioritizing across competing engineering, customer, and business needs.

Translate an ambitious platform vision into product: define how local, hardware-rooted inference at each node scales into fleet-level awareness and autonomous management, and turn that architecture into PRDs, acceptance criteria, and shippable capabilities.

Serve as the cross-functional PM voice across the full TCU platform, including silicon and hardware modules, coordinating with hardware product management to ensure SW/FW roadmap decisions are informed by and aligned with system-level hardware requirements.

Drive requirements from concept through release: author PRDs, define acceptance criteria, and translate customer and market needs into actionable engineering work.

Be the customer interface for the TCU platform, leading technical discussions with hyperscalers, OEMs, ODMs, and CSPs to understand integration requirements and surface feedback into the roadmap.

Coordinate cross-functionally across firmware engineering, hardware architecture, software, QA, security, and marketing to align on scope, schedule, and priorities.

Define and maintain feature prioritization across multiple concurrent development programs, making clear tradeoff decisions with data to back them up.

Engage with ecosystem and standards bodies, tracking and influencing relevant industry standards and competitive positioning in the platform management, security, and infrastructure orchestration space.

Support product launches and partner with product marketing on messaging, collateral, and customer-facing technical content that carries the platform narrative.

Grow and lead the PM function: as a principal-level owner, set the standard for product management practice and take on mentorship and, over time, direct management responsibility for other PMs.

Qualifications

12+ years of product management experience in semiconductor, embedded systems, or systems software, with a demonstrated track record of shipping firmware or software products in a hardware-adjacent environment, including experience owning a product line or platform at a principal or lead level.

Deep domain knowledge of BMC/RMC and data center platform management firmware, including platform management standards, out-of-band management architectures, boot firmware, and platform telemetry.

Hands-on experience with data center infrastructure firmware and software: you understand how firmware integrates into server and rack-level systems at hyperscale and OEM/ODM customers.

Strong technical foundation: you can hold your own in architecture discussions with firmware and ASIC engineers. A background in embedded software engineering, firmware development, or systems architecture is strongly preferred.

Experience working directly with customers on technical requirements: you are comfortable leading conversations with principal engineers and architects at major cloud or OEM accounts.

Excellent written and verbal communication skills: able to write clear PRDs, present to executives, and represent Axiado externally with credibility to customers, partners, analysts, and press.

A product leader's instinct for vision: comfort operating where the category is still being defined, and the judgment to turn an ambitious platform vision into a concrete, sequenced roadmap.

Embedded or edge AI/ML: inference on resource-constrained hardware, ML model deployment in firmware contexts, or AI-driven platform management.

Hardware security: root of trust architectures, secure boot, attestation, TPM/fTPM, or cryptography.

Standards familiarity: NIST 800-193, OCP Security, DMTF Redfish, SPDM, PLDM, or related open standards in the data center platform management and security ecosystem.

Prior experience at a fabless semiconductor company or in a role where firmware is a first-class product, not an afterthought.

Exposure to AI server or accelerator platforms (GPU servers, AI ASICs, custom silicon) and the management plane requirements they introduce.

Additional Information

Axiado is committed to attracting, developing, and retaining the highest caliber talent in a diverse and multifaceted environment. We are headquartered in the heart of Silicon Valley, with access to the world's leading research, technology and talent.

We are building an exceptional team to secure every node on the internet. For us, solving real-world problems takes precedence over purely theoretical problems. As a result, we prefer individuals with persistence, intelligence and high curiosity over pedigree alone. Working hard and smart, continuous learning and mutual support are all part of who we are.

Axiado is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Axiado does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, non‑disqualifying physical or mental disability, national origin, veteran status or any other basis covered by appropriate law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, merit, and business need.