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Technical Program Manager, Hardware Development Infrastructure
·Israel
On-siteFull-timeProject ManagementSemiconductors
Drive infrastructure programs for silicon development, bridging product roadmaps with lab capacity, managing cross-functional stakeholders, and ensuring timely delivery of hardware validation environments.
Responsibilities
- Translate product development roadmaps into long-term infrastructure requirements, ensuring alignment between silicon milestones and lab availability.
- Act as primary liaison between hardware engineering, software development, procurement, and lab operations, managing competing priorities.
- Proactively identify and resolve project roadblocks, navigating ambiguous environments to drive critical-path dependencies.
- Lead continuous improvement of infrastructure processes, increasing engineering velocity by removing friction.
- Oversee strategic capacity planning for power, rack space, and compute resources to prevent bottlenecks.
- Manage full lifecycle of infrastructure projects from procurement through deployment to operational readiness.
- Develop dashboards and reporting mechanisms for real-time infrastructure health visibility.
- Partner with cross-functional leadership on technical specifications, equipment lead times, and hardware lifecycles for optimal cost and performance.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent experience).
- 7+ years of experience in Technical Program Management within hardware development, semiconductor, or complex infrastructure environments.
- Deep understanding of Software/Hardware Development Lifecycles (SDLC/HDLC), including ASIC development and silicon validation.
- Proven ability to influence without authority and align diverse technical teams toward a common goal.
- Self-starter with a relentless focus on delivering results in fast-paced, high-stakes environments.
- Demonstrated success managing complex, cross-functional projects with multiple high-stakes dependencies.
- Exceptional communication skills, able to translate technical needs for various stakeholders.
- Proficiency in project management methodologies (Agile/Waterfall) and tools (Jira, Confluence).
Nice to have
- Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
- Direct experience managing development labs, hardware validation environments, or large-scale test infrastructure.
- Familiarity with compute infrastructure, high-speed networking, traffic generation systems, and hardware test automation/CI/CD pipelines.
- Experience with technical equipment procurement, vendor management, and budget planning.
- Track record of developing infrastructure observability tools and driving operational excellence.