Qualcomm
Program Manager, SR
$185K–$277K
Santa Clara, California · On-site · Manager · Full-time · Posted Sep 29, 2026
- Experience
- 4+ years of Program Management or related work experience. Relevant advanced degrees may substitute for up to two years: Master’s = one year; Doctorate = two years.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
About the job
Own technical program management for the Oryon CPU Engineering team’s CPU IP development and delivery to Qualcomm SoCs.
What you'll do
- Plan and coordinate CPU IP development and integration, including schedules, milestones, resources, and cross-functional teams.
- Manage program risks and issues, develop mitigation plans, and report milestones, budgets, metrics, and risks to senior management.
- Guide hardware programs across design, development, validation, test, manufacturing, deployment, and sustaining; improve team processes.
What they ask for
- Strong semiconductor domain knowledge and experience managing complex silicon development programs.
- Strong IP core design and debug background, including project management of IP teams working across multiple programs.
- Technical expertise in the VLSI development cycle and IP delivery process.
- Ability to plan and execute within resource and schedule constraints and drive teams toward milestones.
Nice to have
- Familiarity with Physical Design flows, implementation processes, and design closure (signoff).
- Experience applying AI solutions to integrate enterprise data, automate metrics, build executive-ready dashboards, and support data-driven decisions.
Pay
$184,800.00 - $277,200.00 USD base salary
Tools
Oryon CPU, Snapdragon X Series, Snapdragon 8 Elite / Gen 5, Physical Design, VLSI
AI focus
Apply AI solutions to integrate enterprise data, automate metric generation, build executive-ready dashboards, and support data-driven program and business decisions.
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