Technical Program Manager- PDK/IP

Cisco • San Jose, CA

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About The Position

The Common Hardware Group (CHG) creates innovative hardware platforms central to the AI era, powering Cisco’s core Switching, Routing, and Wireless products for organizations globally. Our innovations in silicon, optics, and hardware platforms—like Silicon One—are shaping the technology industry. We're a global team of creative experts, bringing our unique backgrounds and bold ideas to push boundaries and help each other grow. Because full product development—from design to qualification to production—is within our team, we’re able to think differently, experiment more, and work quickly. Join us to power the future of the digital world. We are looking for a motivated technical leader to join the CAD/Methodology team. You will own Infrastructure engagement and alignment including the arrangement/QA for Vendor IPs, standard cells and Process Design Kits (PDKs)—from early architecture through tape-out and into post-silicon bring-up and debug. Drive PDK updates by resolving technical issues, ensuring timely standard cell development. Collaborate with PDK engineers to fix bugs and enhance stability through effective validation. Shape technical strategy, proactively manage risks, align cross-functional priorities, and set direction. Success depends as much on clarity and follow-through as on depth in flows and tools. You will be the primary key stakeholder bridging between Cisco projects leads and all supply chain dependencies such as IP/std cells vendors and external foundries. Responsibilities include keeping schedules, aligning technical requirements, and aligning delivery commitments so IP and PDK land on time, qualified, and usable in Cisco projects.

Requirements

• 10+ years in physical design enablement, CAD, or equivalent, with prior experience with ASIC flows, physical design methodologies, and foundry processes.
• Prior experience in communication and program management.
• Prior experience with multi-party threads, writing summaries for executives and engineers, and keep pre-silicon and post-silicon stakeholders aligned.
• Prior experience with IP installation, PDK enablement, and technology file management.

Nice To Haves

• Experience Scripting (e.g., Python, TCL) for automation; comfortable with process nodes and PDK structures in real programs.
• Experience with timing models.
• Experience with EDA tools (e.g., Synopsys, Cadence, Siemens) for physical design and verification.

Responsibilities

• Own Infrastructure engagement and alignment including the arrangement/QA for Vendor IPs, standard cells and Process Design Kits (PDKs)—from early architecture through tape-out and into post-silicon bring-up and debug.
• Drive PDK updates by resolving technical issues, ensuring timely standard cell development.
• Collaborate with PDK engineers to fix bugs and enhance stability through effective validation.
• Shape technical strategy, proactively manage risks, align cross-functional priorities, and set direction.
• Keep schedules, align technical requirements, and align delivery commitments so IP and PDK land on time, qualified, and usable in Cisco projects.

Benefits

• medical, dental and vision insurance
• a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution
• paid parental leave
• short and long-term disability coverage
• basic life insurance
• 10 paid holidays per full calendar year, plus 1 floating holiday for non-exempt employees
• 1 paid day off for employee’s birthday, paid year-end holiday shutdown, and 4 paid days off for personal wellness determined by Cisco
• 16 days of paid vacation time per full calendar year, accrued at rate of 4.92 hours per pay period for full-time employees (Non-exempt employees)
• flexible vacation time off program, which has no defined limit on how much vacation time eligible employees may use (subject to availability and some business limitations) (Exempt employees)
• 80 hours of sick time off provided on hire date and each January 1st thereafter, and up to 80 hours of unused sick time carried forward from one calendar year to the next
• Additional paid time away may be requested to deal with critical or emergency issues for family members
• Optional 10 paid days per full calendar year to volunteer
• annual bonuses
• performance-based incentive pay

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed