Post-Silicon Validation Technical Program Manager

Qualcomm • Santa Clara, CA

2d • $158,400 - $237,600

About The Position

The successful candidate will provide development and validation technical program management support for the Oryon CPU Engineering team, the team behind the Snapdragon Elite X laptop CPU. Responsibilities will include planning, driving, and delivering CPU post-silicon validation and integration into key Qualcomm silicon products. The role involves driving cross-functional teams to debug technical issues on various platforms, both pre-silicon and post-silicon, and supporting software, product/test engineering, and customer engineering teams. The candidate must be able to determine risks, develop mitigation strategies, and communicate information to internal and external key stakeholders, proactively driving and solving problems. Regular reporting to senior management-executives on key validation milestones, metrics, risks, and mitigation plans is required. The role is also responsible for IP-SoC/SW relationship & partnership program management, acting as an advocate for the program in cross-functional and stakeholder meetings. Additionally, the candidate will troubleshoot program issues, help develop alternative program tasks, schedules, milestones, resource plans, and processes to resolve issues and conflicts, and develop processes to increase team productivity and efficiency. The role involves managing teams through design, development, validation, test, manufacturing, deployment, and sustaining activities for hardware products, leading the creation and maintenance of credible and data-driven schedules and project milestones, and organizing and leading interdepartmental meetings to set project milestones/schedules, plans of records, define project tasks, and establish program policies and processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related field.
• 2+ years of Program Management or related work experience.
• Completed advanced degrees in a relevant field may be substituted for up to two years (Master’s = one year, Doctorate = two years) of work experience.

Nice To Haves

• MS or PhD degree in Engineering
• Experience in post-silicon bring-up and debug, working with cross-functional teams like software and product/test engineering.
• Experience with silicon development methodologies, leading tape-outs and silicon validation.
• Experience as an engineer in chip development and integration into hardware or software systems.
• A strong IP core (preferably CPU) design & debug background including Project Management of IP team working on multiple programs.
• Technical domain expertise in all aspects of VLSI development cycle and IP delivery process, including silicon bring-up.
• Knowledge of emulation / FPGA prototyping / virtual platforms a plus.
• Ability to drive teams towards long-term challenging goals and intermediate milestones, as well as navigating teams through short-term, highly visible priorities.
• Track record of successful planning and execution within resource and schedule constraints.
• Knowledgeable on program management tools and processes to increase productivity across engineering teams.
• Proven skills: communication, negotiation, motivation, dealing and resolving difficult and complex situations, thinking on the fly, and drive to meet the business need.

Responsibilities

• Plan, drive, and deliver CPU post-silicon validation and integration into key Qualcomm silicon products.
• Drive cross-functional teams to debug technical issues on various platforms, both pre-silicon and post-silicon.
• Support software, product/test engineering, and customer engineering teams.
• Determine risks, develop mitigation strategies, and communicate information to internal and external key stakeholders.
• Proactively drive and solve problems to solutions.
• Roll up and report regularly to senior management-executives on key validation milestones, metrics, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Responsible for IP-SoC/SW relationship & partnership program management.
• Be an advocate for the program in cross-functional and stakeholder meetings.
• Troubleshoot program issues and help to develop alternative program tasks, schedules, milestones, resource plans, processes etc. to resolve program issues and conflicts.
• Develop processes to increase the productivity and efficiency of the team.
• Manage teams through design, development, validation, test, manufacturing, deployment and sustaining activities for hardware products.
• Lead the creation and maintenance of credible and data-driven schedules and project milestones.
• Organize and lead interdepartmental meetings to set project milestones/schedules, plans of records, define project tasks, establish program policies and processes.

Benefits

• Competitive annual discretionary bonus program
• Opportunity for annual RSU grants
• Highly competitive benefits package designed to support your success at work, at home, and at play.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior