Unconventional AI
Technical Program Manager
Mountain View, CA +1 · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Location
- Mountain View, CA
Mountain View - Experience
- 10+ years technical program management; no alternative stated.
- Education
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
About the job
Owns program execution for test-chip and hardware-software co-development, coordinating teams from architecture exploration through tapeout, bring-up, and characterization while preparing for product execution.
What you'll do
- Drive test-chip programs through rapid tapeout, bring-up, and characterization cycles.
- Coordinate hardware, software, compiler, and systems schedules and dependencies; build infrastructure for tracking experiments, learnings, risks, and tradeoffs.
- Translate research goals into executable program plans and help evolve program practices toward product readiness.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of technical program management in silicon, systems, or ML infrastructure.
- Strong written and verbal communication across highly technical teams.
- BS/MS in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience with hardware-software codesign programs, such as AI accelerators, novel compute architectures, or research silicon.
Nice to have
- Understanding of the chip development lifecycle and familiarity with compiler/runtime development and system software integration.
- Fluency with agentic tools and AI-assisted workflows; experience shipping in fast-moving environments is also noted.
Tools
silicon, AI accelerators, RTL, compiler/runtime, system software
AI focus
Uses agentic tools and AI-assisted workflows to scale program management; coordinates programs translating AI research directions into test-chip plans.
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