Technical Program Manager, Silicon HW — Remote

MatX; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 600,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO + holidays

Remote work up to 3 weeks

Health insurance

Job summary

MatX seeks a Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional Silicon HW programs, from planning through tapeout, coordinating Architecture, RTL, and DV teams to keep milestones on track. You will manage dependencies, risks, and executive updates across engineering groups in a fast-paced GenAI hardware environment.

The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, stage-gate reviews, and creating playbooks for program management, while balancing performance, power, area, and manufacturability

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in chip/IC development as an engineer, engineering manager, or technical program manager, with at least 3 years in a technical program manager role.
• Experience leading Silicon HW programs through multiple phases of the silicon lifecycle, with end-to-end chip execution from concept to silicon.
• Experience driving complex cross-functional programs with multiple engineering teams, technical dependencies, external vendors, and tight schedules.
• Technical fluency in SoC or chiplet design flows - enough to understand RTL milestones, DV signoff, Silicon HW handoffs, and silicon bring-up phases without needing translation.
• Strong technical judgment with the ability to manage tradeoffs across performance, power, area, cost, schedule, quality, and risk.
• Ability to drive schedules, dependency management, issue tracking, risk management, milestone governance, and executive-level communication.
• Experience coordinating design reviews and driving closure across cross-functional engineering teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to summarize technical risks, tradeoffs, decisions, and schedule impact.
• Proficiency with program-management and engineering collaboration tools such as Jira, GitHub, Confluence, Smartsheet, MS Project, Google Workspace, or equivalent.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end execution of Silicon HW development programs, from concept through production, driving planning and implementation across cross-functional teams.
• Partner with Architecture, RTL Design, and DV teams to identify bottlenecks, track coverage metrics, and mitigate risks before they impact the tapeout schedule.
• Define core operational processes and stage-gate reviews for smooth transitions from architecture to implementation and verification.
• Develop playbooks and best practices for program management across the Silicon HW organization for cross-functional deliveries.
• Support silicon planning across performance, power, area, cost, reliability, and manufacturability tradeoffs.
• Track dependencies, schedule risks, owners, closure dates, critical path, milestones, tapeout readiness, bring-up deliverables, and escalation paths.
• Manage risks related to schedule, design maturity, IP readiness, verification closure, signoff, package/test readiness, and supply chain.
• Act as liaison between hardware teams and company leadership, providing clear, timely updates and insights.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Executive communication

Risk management

Program coordination

Tools

Jira

GitHub

Confluence

Smartsheet

MS Project

Google Workspace

Job description

MatX seeks a Technical Program Manager to lead cross-functional Silicon HW programs, from planning through tapeout, coordinating Architecture, RTL, and DV teams to keep milestones on track. You will manage dependencies, risks, and executive updates across engineering groups in a fast-paced GenAI hardware environment.

The role emphasizes end-to-end ownership, stage-gate reviews, and creating playbooks for program management, while balancing performance, power, area, and manufacturability