Senior Technical Program Manager - Vlsi

NVIDIA NVIDIA · Semiconductors · Santa Clara, CA

Senior Technical Program Manager for NVIDIA's VLSI Engineering organization, focusing on orchestrating end-to-end execution of silicon development projects. This role involves managing complex dependencies, aligning roadmaps, tracking schedules, identifying risks, and improving processes across the ASIC/SoC development lifecycle.

What you'd actually do

  1. Align cross-functional program schedules into a single, integrated source of truth and maintain roadmap synchronization
  2. Act as the primary liaison between VLSI and partners in ASIC, Architecture, Software, Systems and Operations to handle input/output dependencies at the highest level
  3. Maintain Plan of Record (POR) ensuring all scope and schedule changes are documented and communicated
  4. Proactively identify risks and critical path, develop mitigation strategies and advance issues to leadership
  5. Provide regular updates on program status, highlighting challenges and proposing options to facilitate informed decision-making

Skills

Required

  • BS in Engineering or Applied Sciences or equivalent experience
  • 8+ years of overall experience in semiconductor design or datacenter/consumer electronics
  • 3+ years of direct Technical Program Management experience
  • Experience across all stages of the ASIC/SoC development from architecture to productization
  • Critical thinking
  • Ability to synthesize complex technical data into actionable project plans
  • Leading rapid development cycles
  • Negotiation skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Ability to influence senior engineering staff without direct authority

Nice to have

  • Masters degree
  • Direct background in pre-silicon development or hardware validation
  • Expertise in Smartsheet for building project trackers and dashboards
  • Proficiency in Python to automate data-driven project management tasks

What the JD emphasized

  • 8+ years of overall experience in semiconductor design or datacenter/consumer electronics (6+yrs if Masters), with minimum 3+ years of direct Technical Program Management experience
  • Strong experience across all stages of the ASIC/SoC development from architecture to productization
  • Demonstrate critical thinking with the ability to synthesize complex technical data into actionable project plans
  • Proficient in leading rapid development cycles and embracing change, maintaining flexibility and composure in uncertain situations
  • Ability to align different teams on a unified execution path and influence technical trade-offs.