Senior System Engineering Program Manager – Silicon Co-design
NvidiaSummary
NVIDIA's Silicon Co-Design Group is seeking a Senior Program Manager to define and own the execution methodology for their chip development programs. This role involves setting operating models, cadences, and governance, translating strategy into roadmaps, and proactively managing program health. The ideal candidate will be decisive, analytical, and adept at driving measurable improvements in speed, quality, and predictability within complex hardware environments, leveraging AI as a force multiplier. This is an ownership role focused on how work gets done, not just coordination.
Required Skills
Details
- Salary
- $168,000 – $322,000/yr
- Experience Required
- 5+ years
- Posted
- ~Jun 25, 2026
- Equity
- Yes
Description
NVIDIA's Silicon Co-Design Group sits at the intersection of architecture, silicon, systems, and manufacturing. SCG owns the hardest problem in chip development: making them all work together. This is an ownership role, not a coordination role. We need a Senior Program Manager who defines how the program operates and makes the call when the room is waiting. You set the operating model, cadences, and governance; translate strategy into actionable roadmaps; and surface program-health signals before they become crises. You are decisive under pressure and improve the system after every program. The exceptional hire uses AI deliberately — as a demonstrated force multiplier, not a credential.
This role vs. the TPM: The TPM owns technical interlock across the silicon–system–software boundary. This PM owns how work gets done across SCG-ArchDesign — the operating model, execution methodology, and the improvements the Program Execution function depends on.
What you will be doing:
- Own end-to-end execution methodology: cadences, governance, achievement definitions, reporting, and critical issue paths.
- Make forward-moving calls in high-visibility settings under tight turnaround — even without being the deepest technical expert.
- Define, track, and own program health KPIs: schedule alignment, velocity, delivery quality, and dependency closure.
- Apply statistical analysis and trend detection to surface risks invisible to any single function.
- Own alignment across engineering, operations, product, and executive leadership.
- Close risks — don't just report them.
- Deploy new processes by earning trust and demonstrating value.
- Capture lessons and drive measurable improvements in speed, quality, and predictability.
What we need to see:
- Bachelor's in Engineering, Business, or related field or equivalent experience; MBA/master's a plus.
- 10+ overall years in technical or engineering organizations; 5+ years in program management, ideally in semiconductor or complex hardware environments.
- Working knowledge of silicon, system, and product design cycles — judgment over technical mastery.
- Proven composure and decisiveness under pressure and high visibility.
- Track record building program infrastructure from scratch.
- Strong analytical capability — data, statistics, and trend analysis to drive decisions, not just report status.
- Demonstrated AI workflow impact.
Ways to stand out from the crowd:
- Built a program operations function from the ground up that outlasted their tenure.
- Owned high-stakes decisions in executive reviews, escalations, or live crises without deferring to the most senior engineer.
- Driven organizational change in engineering cultures through earned trust, not enforced compliance.
- Rolled out AI productivity tools with concrete, evidence-backed improvements to program outcomes.
NVIDIA is widely considered one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us. If you build things others depend on, decide with conviction when it counts, and leave systems better than you found them, we want to hear from you.
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You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
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