Technical Program Manager, Silicon/Hardware

MatX • Mountain View, CA

7d • Onsite

About The Position

MatX is seeking a Technical Program Manager to join our Silicon/Hardware team as we create best-in-class silicon for high-performance and sustainable GenAI. Successful candidates for this role will be responsible for delivering performant and functionally accurate silicon for MatX products across compute, memory management, high-speed connectivity, and other key technologies. You will own the cross-functional execution framework for advanced Silicon HW programs, from early planning through tapeout. You will drive milestones, dependencies, execution reviews, decision-making forums, risk management, and tapeout readiness across multiple engineering teams.

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience in chip/IC development as an engineer, engineering manager, or technical program manager, with at least 3 years in a technical program manager role.
• Experience leading Silicon HW programs through multiple phases of the silicon lifecycle, with end-to-end chip execution from concept to silicon.
• Experience driving complex cross-functional programs with multiple engineering teams, technical dependencies, external vendors, and tight schedules.
• Technical fluency in SoC or chiplet design flows — enough to understand RTL milestones, DV signoff, Silicon HW handoffs, and silicon bring-up phases without needing translation.
• Strong technical judgment with the ability to manage tradeoffs across performance, power, area, cost, schedule, quality, and risk.
• Ability to drive schedules, dependency management, issue tracking, risk management, milestone governance, and executive-level communication.
• Experience coordinating design reviews and driving closure across cross-functional engineering teams.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to summarize technical risks, tradeoffs, decisions, and schedule impact.
• Proficiency with program-management and engineering collaboration tools such as Jira, GitHub, Confluence, Smartsheet, MS Project, Google Workspace, or equivalent.
• All candidates must be authorized to work in the United States and work from our offices in Mountain View Tuesdays-Thursdays.
• This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. This offer of employment is contingent upon the applicant's capacity to perform job functions in compliance with U.S. export control laws without obtaining a license from U.S. export control authorities.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AI infrastructure, datacenter racks, networking systems, storage systems, or high-power server platforms.
• Experience coordinating programs involving high-speed interconnects, liquid-cooled systems, telemetry, diagnostics, or rack-scale validation.
• Prior hands-on engineering experience in BE PD.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end execution of Silicon HW development programs, from concept through production, driving planning and implementation across cross-functional teams.
• Partner tightly with Architecture, RTL Design, and Design Verification (DV) teams to identify bottlenecks, track coverage metrics, and mitigate risks before they impact the tapeout schedule.
• Define the core operational processes and modes of work for the HW group, building and refining the stage-gate reviews required to transition smoothly from architecture into implementation and verification.
• Develop playbooks and best practices for program management across the Silicon HW organization for cross-functional deliveries.
• Support silicon planning across performance, power, area, cost, reliability, and manufacturability tradeoffs.
• Track technical dependencies, schedule risks, owners, closure dates, critical path, program milestones, tapeout readiness, silicon bring-up deliverables, and escalation paths.
• Manage technical risks related to schedule, design maturity, IP readiness, verification closure, physical signoff, package/test readiness, and supply chain.
• Act as a liaison between hardware teams and company leadership, providing clear, timely updates and insights.

Benefits

• 4 weeks PTO (accrued)
• 12 company Holidays
• up to 3 weeks remote work
• Company-subsidized Medical (Kaiser or Anthem) for employees & dependents
• Guardian Dental and Vision insurances for employee & dependents
• life insurance (employee only)
• HSA and FSA offerings via Lively
• Roth IRA/ 401K (or both) retirement plans with up to 5% company contribution to 401K
• 100% company-paid life insurance (up to $300K)
• long-term disability insurances
• $1500 Professional Development Budget (per year)
• Onsite team lunch & dinner Monday - Friday
• Commute on our company Uber account, or reimburse your train rides. Either way, we pay 100% for your daily commute.
• $50/mo to use on the perk you value most
• $35/mo for cellular and $40/mo for wifi
• 100% paid mental health benefit via SpringHealth and Guardian EAP.
• Up to 12 weeks paid parental leave regardless of path to parenthood
• 10 weeks pregnancy disability leave
• flexible return-to-work hours
• Benepass reproductive health & parental benefit.
• Up to $20K/month plus a dedicated internal AI Tooling Team to support your productivity

What This Job Offers

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