Senior IoT Wireless Hardware Product Manager

Silicon Labs; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 125,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Great medical benefits

401k with match

Equity rewards (RSUs)

Life/AD&D and disability coverage

Flexible PTO

Tuition reimbursement

Free downtown parking

Onsite gym

Monthly wellness offerings

Job summary

Silicon Labs in Austin, TX is hiring a Senior Hardware Product Manager for IoT Wireless to own SoC product requirements from concept to plan, coordinating with silicon design, validation, software, and engineering teams.

You will map market needs to product use cases, define hardware tools, and drive roadmaps across wireless standards. The role offers exposure to executives and strategic initiatives in smart home and industrial IoT markets.

Qualifications

• BSEE/BSCS (or equivalent) and 6+ years of experience in semiconductor product management or IoT industry.
• Core development experience in IC front end / architecture / verification / embedded systems.
• Knowledge of key architectural considerations for PPA, including power estimation, die size estimation, and fundamental process node technology principles.
• Knowledge of Wireless Modem and RF Design principles for any of Wi‑Fi, Bluetooth, 802.15.4, and other Low Power Wireless standards.
• Proven ability to work successfully at a technical level with cross‑functional engineering teams, including hardware and software engineers.
• Experience developing business cases for Technology investments working with Business Unit partners, sensitivity analysis of business case to variables under consideration.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, especially to executive management

Responsibilities

• Define SoC product requirements, features, specifications, and system KPIs for core CPU, co-processors, accelerators, power management, digital and analog peripherals, security sub‑system, radio sub‑system, and packages.
• Map market systems application requirements to product use cases, including system block diagrams, compute and peripheral requirements, and protocol stack features and performance requirements for Wi‑Fi, Matter, Thread, ZigBee, Bluetooth Low Energy, Bluetooth Classic, Sidewalk, Wi‑SUN, and proprietary protocols.
• Define hardware and evaluation tools for customers, including debug interfaces such as JTAG, SWD, ETM trace, PTI, virtual communication port requirements, and user interfaces such as push buttons, LCDs, LEDs, analog joysticks, and RHT sensors.
• Collaborate with leaders and individual contributors across functional teams such as IC design, product test, software development, product and segment marketing, applications, operations, and sales to develop long‑term innovation ideas, roadmap, and silicon definition.
• Drive the product development process from concept through definition and pitch the most promising product ideas to executive staff.
• Conduct key competitive analysis, including tear‑down at the die level and various spec analyses, to provide conclusive takeaways for design, specification, and fighting guides.
• Manage the entire portfolio of scalable products with clear mapping to target applications.

Skills

Semiconductor product management

IoT experience

Cross-functional teamwork

Executive communication

Wireless/RF design knowledge

Education

BSEE/BSCS (or equivalent)

Job description

Silicon Labs in Austin, TX is hiring a Senior Hardware Product Manager for IoT Wireless to own SoC product requirements from concept to plan, coordinating with silicon design, validation, software, and engineering teams.

You will map market needs to product use cases, define hardware tools, and drive roadmaps across wireless standards. The role offers exposure to executives and strategic initiatives in smart home and industrial IoT markets.