Senior Technical Program Manager

191 Altera Corporation; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 159,700 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

191 Altera Corporation is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager in San Jose, California, to coordinate engineering efforts for next-generation FPGA devices. In this cross-functional role, you will manage large programs, ensuring alignment across teams in North America and Asia, and implementing best program management practices.

The ideal candidate has over 10 years of experience in technical program management, strong stakeholder management abilities, and a bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or a related discipline. Salary range is between $159,700 and $230,000 based on experience.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Technical Program Management or Engineering Program Leadership roles.
• 5+ years in embedded systems or ASIC Design.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage large, complex technical programs supporting FPGA development.
• Coordinate execution across multiple engineering disciplines.
• Drive alignment across global teams in North America and Asia.

Skills

Technical Program Management

Cross-functional leadership

FPGAs

Electrical Engineering

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related field

Tools

Project management tools

Job description

About Altera For decades, Altera has been at the forefront of programmable logic technology, enabling customers to build innovative solutions that transform industries. As we continue to deliver the biggest, fastest, and most advanced FPGAs in the market, execution excellence across hardware, software, and silicon development is critical to our success. We are looking for experienced Technical Program Managers to help drive complex, global engineering programs from concept through production.

About the Role Altera is seeking a Senior Technical Program Manager to coordinate and drive the engineering execution behind next-generation FPGA device rollouts. In this highly cross‑functional role, you will orchestrate complex development efforts spanning silicon, IP, software, firmware, validation, and manufacturing readiness, ensuring alignment across geographically distributed teams in North America and Asia. As a member of Altera’s Execution Alignment Team, you will implement best‑in‑class program management practices, drive schedule and risk transparency, and ensure successful delivery of industry‑leading FPGA products.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage large, complex technical programs supporting FPGA device development from definition through production rollout.
• Coordinate execution across multiple engineering disciplines including silicon design, IP, software, firmware, validation, and system enablement.
• Develop and maintain detailed program plans, schedules, milestones, and dependency tracking for multi‑threaded development efforts.
• Drive alignment across global teams in North America and Asia, ensuring clear ownership, accountability, and communication.
• Identify program risks, critical path issues, and resource constraints; proactively develop and execute mitigation plans.
• Partner closely with engineering, product management, quality, and operations teams to ensure on‑time, high‑quality delivery.
• Implement and continuously improve best‑in‑class project and program management processes, tools, and reporting mechanisms.
• Facilitate executive‑level communication by providing clear status updates, issue escalation, and data‑driven decision support.
• Support silicon bring‑up, validation, sampling, and production readiness milestones by ensuring cross‑functional execution alignment.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in Technical Program Management, Program Management, or Engineering Program Leadership roles.
• 5+ years of technical experience in one of the following areas: Transceivers, Embedded Systems (particularly ARM), Config and Security, PCIe, Ethernet or ASIC Design / DV.
• 8+ years of experience managing complex, cross‑functional hardware and software development programs.
• Proven experience leading programs that integrate silicon, hardware, software, firmware, IP, and validation teams.
• 7+ years of experience managing programs across multiple organizations and geographically distributed international teams.
• Strong working knowledge of the full product development lifecycle, including definition, development, verification, sampling, and production rollout.
• Demonstrated ability to build detailed execution plans, manage dependencies, and drive teams to meet aggressive schedules.
• Excellent communication, organizational, and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence without direct authority.
• Advanced proficiency with project and program management tools used for schedule tracking, risk management, and reporting.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 5+ years of experience working directly on FPGA, ASIC, or silicon‑based product development programs.
• Hands‑on technical background in silicon design, validation, or software/firmware engineering.
• Experience supporting silicon bring‑up, validation, or manufacturing readiness phases.
• Familiarity with Agile, hybrid Agile/Waterfall, or scaled execution frameworks in hardware‑centric environments.
• Experience presenting program status and execution metrics to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.

Salary Range: $159,700 - $230,000 USD (Bay Area, California only). Actual salary may vary based on a number of factors including job location, job‑related knowledge, skills, experiences, trainings, etc. We also offer incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance.

Job Type: Regular. Shift: Shift1 (United States of America). Primary Location: SanJose, California, United States.

Posting Statement

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.