Technical Program Manager (AI Hardware)

Location: Austin, Texas; full-time onsite position

Salary: $160,000–$195,000 per year plus equity

Company

Develops silicon photonics and programmable metasurface technology for energy-efficient, high-performance AI inference hardware.

What you will do

• Own execution across the software organization, keeping firmware, compilers, runtime, and tooling ahead of hardware availability.
• Operate Scrum within a hybrid Scrum-fall program structure and run effective agile ceremonies.
• Build forward-looking completion forecasts with confidence levels, assumptions, and program-level reporting.
• Identify, quantify, escalate, and drive schedule and technical risks to resolution with named owners and dates.
• Manage dependencies across software, hardware, and cloud while making the critical path visible.
• Partner with chief engineers and executive management on commitments, scope, sequencing, and the shift toward more agile execution.

Requirements

• 8+ years of professional experience in technical program management.
• Program management experience at a semiconductor, systems, or hardware company where software ships alongside physical products.
• Experience with compiler, runtime, or firmware development programs; cloud software development and deployment experience is a plus.
• Experience deploying Scrum in a hybrid Scrum-fall environment and producing forward-looking completion and risk forecasts.
• Hands-on experience with Jira, Linear, or equivalent engineering planning and tracking tools, including workflow configuration and reporting.
• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a scientific discipline, preferably Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering.

Nice to have

• Experience managing programs through tape-out, bring-up, or comparable hard-date engineering milestones.
• Experience using AI for large-scale program planning, dependency analysis, forecasting, and risk surfacing.
• Master’s degree in engineering or a scientific discipline, or an MBA.
• Formal certification or training in Scrum, SAFe, or an equivalent framework.
• Familiarity with LLM architectures and their computational requirements.

Culture & Benefits

• Work on AI hardware at the intersection of photonics and artificial intelligence.
• Health plan premiums covered at 100% for employees and dependents, with HSA contributions.
• Unlimited PTO focused on delivery rather than fixed vacation banks.
• 401(k) matching and stock option opportunities.
• Dental, vision, life, hospital, critical illness, and accident insurance, with personalized plan options.