Technical Program Manager, Hardware

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$190k–$320k

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Density AI Technical Program Manager at Density AI driving cross-functional execution of AI accelerator hardware programs from architecture through tapeout and bring-up. Bridges hardware and systems-software teams.

Responsibilities

Drive the cross-functional execution of our AI accelerator hardware program — owning the schedules, dependencies, and risk across silicon, board/system hardware, and the low-level software that brings it to life, from architecture through tapeout, bring-up, and scale-out. [+] You're technical enough to go a level deeper than a typical PM: comfortable in the systems-programming layer (firmware, drivers, bring-up software) where hardware and software meet, not just tracking it from the outside.
Own end-to-end program management for major hardware workstreams — schedule, dependencies, critical path, and risk from architecture through tapeout and silicon bring-up
Drive cross-functional execution across silicon (design, DV, physical design, packaging), board/system hardware, and software teams; align milestones and clear dependencies
Bridge hardware and the systems-software stack, coordinate (and where useful, hands-on contribute to) firmware, device drivers, and bring-up software that exercises new silicon and boards
Run the program operating cadence. Planning, milestone tracking, status, risk reviews, and crisp executive communication
Identify critical-path risks and drive them to resolution before they slip the schedule; own tapeout readiness and milestone gating
Translate low-level technical blockers (bring-up failures, driver/firmware issues, HW/SW integration bugs) into program decisions, and help the team triage them rather than waiting on a single owner
Build lightweight tracking and process that scales with the team without slowing engineers down

Qualification

Systems-programming backgroundDemonstrated ownership of scheduleASIC/SoC development lifecycleHardware/software co-developmentJira/ConfluencePMP or AgileAI/ML or accelerator domain

Required

5+ years of technical program/project management in hardware, silicon, or deeply technical software, driving complex cross-functional programs to delivery
Strong technical fluency — you can hold your own with chip-design and software engineers and understand the dependencies between RTL/PD/DV/packaging and compiler/runtime/bring-up
Systems-programming background: hands-on C/C++ (and/or Rust), Linux internals, firmware, device drivers, or bring-up software — enough to read the code, dig into low-level issues, and earn engineers' trust
Demonstrated ownership of schedule, critical path, and risk on a large multi-team program, ideally through a silicon tapeout or a comparable hardware milestone.
Excellent communication and stakeholder management, from IC engineers to executives
Comfort operating in ambiguity at startup pace; bias to action; lightweight, high-trust process
(Optional) Silicon program experience through tapeout/bring-up; ASIC/SoC development lifecycle; hardware/software co-development; Jira/Confluence; PMP or Agile; AI/ML or accelerator domain

Preferred

Silicon program experience through tapeout/bring-up
ASIC/SoC development lifecycle
Hardware/software co-development
Jira/Confluence
PMP or Agile
AI/ML or accelerator domain

Benefits

Dental
Vision
401(k)
PTO
Equity/RSU

Company

Density AI

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