Staff Program Manager

Qualcomm • San Jose, CA

4d • $202,000 - $303,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The NPI Program Manager drives execution from post-silicon tape-out through RTP and production ramp. The role manages silicon fab and OSAT deliveries, customer sample delivery, and qualification planning, and serves as an interface among the PDTE team, Business Unit Program Management, supply chain, fabs, OSATs, test houses, and customers to support timely product development, qualification, ramp, and production.

This is a full-time, onsite position in Qualcomm’s San Jose, California office, five days per week. The role is not eligible for Qualcomm immigration sponsorship. It involves working independently with little supervision, making impactful decisions, communicating complex information to varied audiences, influencing stakeholders, solving complex problems with potentially incomplete information, and occasionally participating in strategic planning within the immediate area. The role does not include financial accountability or budgeting responsibility.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Science, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of program management or related work experience.
• At least 10 years of semiconductor industry experience.
• Experience with ASIC, SoC, advanced node, and advanced semiconductor packaging.
• Strong understanding of semiconductor manufacturing, assembly, and test.

Responsibilities

• Manage execution from post-silicon tape-out through RTP and production ramp.
• Own program schedules, milestone tracking, deliverables, risk management, and periodic reporting.
• Ensure phase-gate reviews, customer sample delivery, qualification builds, and RTP.
• Manage cross-functional teams, communications, and escalations.
• Coordinate with engineering and supply chain teams on schedules, milestones, and planning for fab, OSAT, and test-house activities.
• Manage customer and engineering sample forecasting, material readiness, and engineering, qualification, and production scheduling.
• Support silicon bring-up and yield improvement initiatives.
• Use data analytics to support decision-making, post-silicon bring-up in collaboration with DFT, and continuous yield improvement.
• Serve as the primary customer interface, manage customer escalations, and ensure resolution of technical and operational issues.
• Build collaborative relationships across internal and customer teams.
• Collaborate with stakeholders and program sponsors to set program goals, prioritize deliverables, address business processes, and drive decisions needed for on-time delivery.
• Manage multiple medium-sized programs or technologies of moderate complexity and develop and execute program Plans of Record, including schedule, resource forecasting, stakeholder identification, communications, scope, and prioritization.
• Establish program metrics and drive corrective action when performance deviates from the Plan of Record.
• Identify and secure resources aligned with program or technology demand.
• Lead identification of program issues and risks, create mitigation plans, and maintain risk trackers.
• Promote program vision and objectives, present them to management, and gain stakeholder support.
• Promote process adoption, best practices, and process improvement initiatives across the Program Management team.

Benefits

• Competitive annual discretionary bonus program.
• Opportunity for annual RSU grants; employees on sales-incentive plans are not eligible for the annual bonus.
• Competitive benefits package.

What This Job Offers

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