d-Matrix
Technical Program Manager - Hardware/Systems, Principal
$196K–$300K
Santa Clara · Hybrid · Principal · Full-time · Posted Aug 6, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years in IC chip and board development, with the last 3 or more years as a technical program manager.
About the job
Leads end-to-end post-silicon and systems hardware programs, coordinating global teams and partners to deliver chip and system development, qualification, and product milestones predictably.
What you'll do
- Manage post-silicon and systems hardware development, including silicon arrival preparation, firmware deployment, characterization, demonstrations, qualification, and NPI.
- Coordinate milestones, dependencies, risks, and delivery across teams in North America, India, Serbia, and Australia; report program health to leadership.
- Establish scalable program processes, playbooks, metrics, dashboards, and best practices.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of experience in IC chip and board development as an engineer, engineering manager, or technical program manager, including 3 or more years as a technical program manager.
- Experience in companies with complex software/hardware integration.
- Proven track record managing distributed, multi-region engineering teams.
- Strong understanding of the system development and qualification cycle and waterfall program management methodologies; experience establishing scalable processes in fast-moving engineering organizations.
Nice to have
- Prior experience as an Engineering Manager responsible for chip-to-ship execution, or in datacenter hardware development companies.
- Experience scaling engineering teams at Series B/C startups; proficiency with JIRA, Smartsheet, and project toolchain integration; experience managing external dependencies and customer-driven timelines.
Pay
$196K – $300K (base salary)
Tools
JIRA, Smartsheet
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