Senior Product Marketing Manager - Embedded Software

Silicon Laboratories Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 124,600 - 231,400; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

401(k) plan with match

Tuition reimbursement

Flexible PTO schedule

Onsite gym

Job summary

Silicon Laboratories Inc. is seeking a seasoned software product manager in Austin, Texas. This role involves driving the software strategy for their wireless IoT portfolio and managing the complete developer experience for products.

The ideal candidate should have over 10 years in the IoT market, strong communication skills, and a track record in software product management. The position offers a competitive salary range along with various excellent benefits.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of industry experience in IoT, wireless, embedded, or semiconductor markets.
• 5+ years in software product marketing or software product management.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle processes.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive software strategy across SiliconLabs’ wireless IoT portfolio.
• Own the end-to-end developer experience for product SDKs and tools.
• Lead software prioritization and release planning across Broad Market segments.

Skills

Software product management

Wireless IoT knowledge

Communication skills

Developer experience

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related

Job description

SiliconLabs (NASDAQ: SLAB) is the leading innovator in low‑power wireless connectivity, building embedded technology that connects devices and improves lives. Headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company operates in more than 16 countries and partners with device makers in the smart home, industrial IoT, and smart cities markets.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the broad‑market software strategy across SiliconLabs’ wireless IoT portfolio to improve developer experience, reduce friction, and increase mass‑market adoption.
• Own the end‑to‑end developer experience for broad‑market products, including SDKs, packaging, tools, dev kits, reference apps, documentation, onboarding content, training, and community enablement.
• Define and execute software launch and readiness plans for broad‑market products, ensuring internal and external enablement assets are complete, consistent, and measurable.
• Develop and manage software‑focused ecosystem partnerships (cloud/platform, RTOS/OS, tooling, middleware) that accelerate adoption and strengthen portfolio differentiation.
• Define and monitor adoption and customer experience metrics—such as time‑to‑first‑build, eval‑to‑design‑in conversion, tool usage, top support drivers, and net promoter score—to inform decision‑making and drive continuous improvement.
• Lead BU‑wide software prioritization and release planning across Broad Market and segments (Commercial, Home, Industrial, Life), representing a unified view in planning forums with Software Product Management and R&D.
• Communicate clear prioritization rationale using customer impact, revenue/design‑in potential, time‑to‑value, quality, and strategic differentiation.
• Identify and translate market and customer needs into engineering‑ready requirements at the 2nd/3rd level of detail, communicating technical and business implications to inform decisions.
• Partner with global stakeholders—including leadership, product marketing, product management, engineering/R&D, program/project management, sales/FAEs, support/apps, and community—to align roadmaps, priorities, release readiness, and stakeholder communications.
• Implement repeatable mechanisms—such as prioritization frameworks, readiness scorecards, voice‑of‑market intake, top support driver analysis, and post‑release learnings—to improve execution quality and predictability.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or related technical discipline (or equivalent experience).
• 10+ years of industry experience in IoT, wireless, embedded, or semiconductor markets, including 5+ years in software product marketing or software product management.
• Strong understanding of software development lifecycle processes and release management.
• Proven track record of leading software planning, prioritization, and release execution with demonstrated ability to influence roadmap trade‑offs across multiple business stakeholders.
• Strong understanding of wireless IoT markets, ecosystems, and technologies—including Bluetooth, Wi‑Fi, 802.15.4 (Zigbee/Thread/Matter), sub‑GHz, and edge compute.
• Exceptional communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical topics into crisp, decision‑ready narratives and enablement content.

Desired Qualifications

• Hands‑on experience developing embedded software (connectivity stacks, SDK components, device drivers, tools, or reference applications).
• Experience improving developer experience and adoption for embedded/IoT SDKs and tools (IDE/tooling, docs, examples, development kits, onboarding flows).
• Experience building scalable enablement programs for broad‑market customers (distribution, community, self‑service models).
• Familiarity with IoT/embedded developer workflows (IDE/toolchains, debugging, SDK structure, CI/build, sample apps) and system‑level considerations (OS selection, security, provisioning, interoperability/certification, low‑power, connectivity stacks).
• Experience developing ecosystem partnerships/integrations (cloud, middleware, toolchain).
• Experience building business cases that tie software investments to business outcomes grounded in analytics and data (adoption funnel metrics, customer success measures).
• Familiarity with edge compute and AI/ML technologies.

Benefits & Perks

• Great medical (Choice of PPO or Consumer‑Driven Health Plan with HSA), dental and vision plans.
• Highly competitive salary; 401(k) plan with match and Roth option; equity rewards (RSUs); Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP).
• Life/AD&D and disability coverage; flexible spending accounts; adoption assistance.
• Back‑up childcare; commuter benefits; legal benefits; pet insurance.
• Flexible PTO schedule; 3 paid volunteer days per year; charitable contribution match.
• Tuition reimbursement; free downtown parking; onsite gym; monthly wellness offerings and free snacks.
• Monthly company updates with our CEO; annualized base pay range $124,600‑$231,400 USD (actual pay may vary).

SiliconLabs is an equal‑opportunity employer and values the diversity of our employees. Employment decisions are made on the basis of qualifications and job‑related criteria without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.