SoC Pre-Silicon Engineering Program Manager

Socket.dev; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Apple is seeking a Silicon Program Manager to drive front-end silicon programs across SOC design. You will coordinate with Design, Verification, Validation, Technology, System Hardware, and Core Software teams to keep projects on track and resolve technical issues quickly.

In this role, you will manage dependencies, run technical sessions with suppliers, and monitor risks and status while focusing teams on meeting near-term milestones and data-driven decisions.

Qualifications

• BS required with at least 3 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in SoC/VLSI or ASIC design and technology process development.
• Proven ability to work in a multifaceted engineering environment and manage crises in real time.

Responsibilities

• Lead the front-end silicon program schedules and resolve technical issues to ensure on-time silicon.
• Drive program processes to ensure high-quality silicon definition and design execution.
• Support milestone execution in a fast-paced design team and coordinate with cross-functional groups.

Skills

SoC/VLSI design

ASIC design

Crisis management

Multi-tasking

Executive communication

Education

BS degree

Tools

Confluence

JIRA

Job description

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new insights have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Dynamic, intelligent people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products. The same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our dedication to leave the world better than we found it. Do you want join us in these pursuits? Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product! As a Silicon Program Manager within the Hardware Technology Engineering organization, you will be responsible for driving front-end silicon program schedules and resolving technical issues that enable on-time silicon. This is an individual contributor role, helping manage the development process for SOC silicon used in next-generation Apple products. The focus of this role is on the initial phases of architecture, specifications, design, and pre-silicon prototyping to initial samples. Interaction and coordination with post-silicon validation teams is also encouraged.

Description

• Work on a Program Management team orchestrating technical issue resolution to enable on-time silicon to meet daring product schedules of groundbreaking silicon
• Drive internal program process to guarantee high-quality silicon definition and design execution
• Support high-level milestone execution in a fast-paced design team
• Interface and drive silicon issues within multi-functional teams: Design, Verification, Validation, Technology, System Hardware, and Core Software
• Focus design teams on meeting near-term achievements and unblocking technical issues by pulling together the right technical specialists to resolve the issues with data driven decision-making
• Run dependencies across various programs, functional teams, and sites
• Coordination and management with other organizations (Systems, SW, Ops)
• Attend and drive technical sessions with suppliers/design partners to supervise and follow-up issues and customer concerns
• Focused issue reporting, bug tracking and communication of program risks & status

Minimum Qualifications

BS + minimum of 3 years of relevant experienceRequires experience in SoC/VLSI Chip Design, ASIC Chip Design, or Technology process developmentExperience working in a multifaceted engineering environment, strong at multi-tasking, and real-time crisis management

Preferred Qualifications

Technical Program or Project Management or Functional Management experiencePhenomenal leadership and interpersonal skills (Executive communication)Expertise owning and driving project development using well-defined metricsExperience working with ASIC & VLSI design flows and leading silicon projects from concept to productionProgramming language experience (Javascript, Python, Perl)Familiarity with project management tools (Confluence, JIRA)|