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NVIDIA

Technical Product Manager - CPU Hardware Program

$168K–$328K

US, CA, Santa Clara · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026

Experience
8+ years; applicable fields include technical program management, systems engineering, hardware program management, or a comparable role.
Education
BS or MS degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related area, or equivalent experience.

About the job

Leads cross-functional CPU silicon and platform programs from development through customer readiness, coordinating plans, risks, decisions, and commitments.

What you'll do

  • Coordinate dependencies and delivery across CPU silicon, platform, firmware, validation, performance, operations, and product teams.
  • Identify risks and technical trade-offs; bring stakeholders together to make timely decisions.
  • Develop program plans, decision records, risk assessments, dashboards, and customer and executive updates.

What they ask for

  • 8+ years of experience in technical program management, systems engineering, hardware program management, or a comparable role leading complex hardware and software products.
  • BS or MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related area, or equivalent experience.
  • Working knowledge of server or silicon development and dependencies across CPU, memory, I/O, firmware, board, system, validation, and manufacturing.
  • Experience building and driving coordinated technical programs across engineering and customer-facing teams.

Nice to have

  • Experience delivering server CPUs, accelerated computing platforms, rack-scale systems, or complex silicon programs.
  • Experience with silicon bring-up, platform qualification, OEM/ODM execution, firmware, validation, or production readiness.

Pay

168,000 USD - 258,750 USD base salary (Level 4); 208,000 USD - 327,750 USD base salary (Level 5)

Tools

CPU, memory, I/O, firmware, board, system, validation, manufacturing

AI focus

The role develops CPU silicon and platforms for AI and data center infrastructure. NVIDIA uses AI tools in its recruiting processes.

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First seen Oct 15, 2026 · Last verified Nov 4, 2026 (UTC)