Senior AI & Silicon Program Manager

NVIDIA Corporation; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 168,000 - 322,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA Corporation in the United States is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to drive AI-enabled chip design initiatives, orchestrating multi-functional programs, scales, and delivering AI capabilities that transform silicon design.

You will lead planning, coordinate with AI engineers, hardware teams, and third-party tool providers, measure progress with key metrics, and translate user needs into actionable roadmaps while ensuring delivery at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 10+ years of technical program management spanning AI and ASIC chip design.
• Strong understanding of RTL design, simulation, and formal verification; software engineering fundamentals, system architecture, and scalable infrastructure.
• Hands-on experience building, deploying, integrating, or enabling AI agents or AI productivity tools in engineering workflows.
• Proven ability to collaborate with engineering teams and influence technical decisions, architecture, prioritization, and trade-offs.
• Experience driving programs from concept through production, including planning, execution, risk management, and delivery at scale.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end planning and execution of AI for Chip Design initiatives, ensuring timely, on-scope, and scalable delivery.
• Define program plans and timelines for AI capabilities, tracking progress, partnership status, risks, opportunities, and reporting status to leadership.
• Lead technical discussions between AI engineers, hardware teams, platform groups, and third-party tool providers to ensure alignment on requirements, architecture, integration, and delivery expectations.
• Operationalize the evaluation of both internal and external AI tools, drive their availability and adoption by collaborating with hardware teams, providing guidance, and gathering feedback for continuous improvement.
• Act as a product and program interface between silicon design teams, internal AI platform teams, and third-party partners, helping prioritize requirements and translate user needs into actionable roadmaps.
• Establish and monitor key program metrics to measure execution success, identify bottlenecks, and ensure delivery meets quality, performance, and scalability targets.
• Serve as the central point of communication for all collaborators, providing clear status updates and insights into dependencies.
• Partner with engineering leaders to prioritize initiatives that improve impact for silicon development and hardware workflows

Skills

Program management

AI for chip design

RTL design understanding

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/EE

Job description

NVIDIA Corporation in the United States is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to drive AI-enabled chip design initiatives, orchestrating multi-functional programs, scales, and delivering AI capabilities that transform silicon design.

You will lead planning, coordinate with AI engineers, hardware teams, and third-party tool providers, measure progress with key metrics, and translate user needs into actionable roadmaps while ensuring delivery at scale.