Silicon DFX Program Manager — Bring-Up & Release

NVIDIA; Santa Clara (CA); Hybrid; USD 168,000 - 322,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking a hands-on Technical Program Manager to drive DFX programs for cutting-edge chip designs from plan of record to production release. You will own end-to-end DFX execution across silicon bring-up, testability, and productization, coordinating with design, verification, test, and operations to meet milestones and quality targets.

This role emphasizes pre- and post-silicon test readiness, with exposure to tapeout, bring-up, and production ramp, plus collaboration across multiple

Qualifications

• BS (Masters preferred) in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or a related field or equivalent experience.
• 6+ years of experience in semiconductor technical program management, test engineering, DFX or post-silicon validation
• Hands-on knowledge of the ASIC/SoC development flow, with working familiarity with DFX concepts (SCAN, ATPG, MBIST, JTAG) and post-silicon bring-up, test and productization
• Demonstrated ability to drive execution with multi-functional teams and concurrent programs while keeping sophisticated schedules on track
• Understands and deals well with rapid development cycles and constant change; remains flexible and calm in the face of uncertainty
• Proficient with program management tools and data (e.g., Jira, Smartsheet, Confluence); scripting experience in Python is a plus

Responsibilities

• Work closely with DFX engineering managers and engineers, as well as cross-functional partners to drive DFX execution across multiple concurrent programs.
• Own the integrated DFX execution schedule from plan of record through production release, tracking dependencies and deliverables against milestones.
• Drive pre-silicon test readiness, ensuring DFX features and test programs are ready ahead of tapeout and silicon arrival.
• Lead post-silicon DFX bring-up execution, coordinating test content across teams.
• Track and drive productization milestones with Operations, including test time reduction, test coverage, yield learning and quality targets.
• Coordinate handoffs to Operations and support production ramp readiness, including system-level and datacenter test needs.
• Run regular program execution reviews, capture decisions and owners, manage scope changes, and drive closure of actions.
• Proactively identify schedule and quality risks and provide data-driven status and recommendations to leadership.
• Assemble lessons learned and apply standard methodologies to improve DFX execution across programs

Skills

Strong communication

Project management

Python scripting

Education

BS in Electrical/Computer Engineering (Masters preferred)

Tools

Jira

Smartsheet

Confluence

Job description

NVIDIA is seeking a hands-on Technical Program Manager to drive DFX programs for cutting-edge chip designs from plan of record to production release. You will own end-to-end DFX execution across silicon bring-up, testability, and productization, coordinating with design, verification, test, and operations to meet milestones and quality targets.

This role emphasizes pre- and post-silicon test readiness, with exposure to tapeout, bring-up, and production ramp, plus collaboration across multiple