Drimva

NVIDIA

Senior Technical Program Manager – VLSI

$168K–$322K

US, CA, Santa Clara · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 14, 2026

Experience
8+ years of TPM experience focused on Semiconductor Design and the full ASIC/SoC lifecycle.
Education
BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field or equivalent experience (Masters preferred).

About the job

Leads end-to-end pre- and post-silicon program execution for the Circuit Solutions Group, coordinating schedules, validation, and cross-functional delivery.

What you'll do

  • Drive the Arch-to-Silicon lifecycle, managing schedules, dependencies, design reviews, and change control.
  • Coordinate closed-loop validation and post-silicon test plans, including architectural requirements, PVT corners, and critical corner cases.
  • Build Smartsheet dashboards and automate lab-data ingestion into project management tools using Python.

What they ask for

  • BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
  • 8+ years of TPM experience focused on Semiconductor Design and the full ASIC/SoC lifecycle.
  • Strong technical fluency in VLSI, including the design cycle, silicon validation, and correlation.
  • Expert-level Smartsheet proficiency, including advanced automation and visual dashboarding.

Nice to have

  • Masters degree.
  • Direct background in circuit design or hardware validation; proficiency in Python; or experience running projects in cutting-edge process nodes.

Pay

168,000 USD - 258,750 USD base salary; 200,000 USD - 322,000 USD base salary

Tools

Smartsheet, Python, VLSI, ASIC/SoC

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First seen Oct 16, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)