Technical Program Manager (Semiconductor)

Location: Hybrid, requiring 3 days per week onsite at the HQ in Vancouver, WA (Greater Portland Area); remote flexibility may be considered for exceptional candidates in Chandler, AZ.

Salary: $130,000–$150,000 annual base salary, plus stock options.

Company

hirify.global is a well-funded semiconductor startup developing chiplet solutions for high-performance chips, AI, and advanced computing.

What you will do

• Manage end-to-end engineering programs for silicon IC and hardware development from planning through production release.
• Drive execution across ASIC/SoC design, verification, physical design, firmware, hardware, validation, operations, and manufacturing teams.
• Develop schedules, milestones, dependencies, resource plans, risk assessments, and critical-path tracking.
• Coordinate vendors, design partners, contractors, manufacturing suppliers, and external stakeholders to meet schedule, quality, and cost targets.
• Manage silicon milestones including specification freeze, RTL release, tape-out, package development, board bring-up, validation, and production readiness.
• Lead program reviews, executive updates, issue escalation, change management, and continuous improvement of program management processes.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8+ years of program management experience in semiconductor, ASIC/SoC, or hardware product development environments.
• Strong understanding of silicon IC development flows, including architecture, design, verification, physical design, tape-out, bring-up, and production.
• Experience managing PCB and system development, prototype builds, lab validation, and system integration.
• Proven ability to coordinate third-party vendors, design houses, manufacturing partners, and suppliers.
• Strong planning, risk management, problem-solving, leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills; experience with Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, MS Project, or equivalent.

Nice to have

• Experience managing mixed-signal SoC or high-performance silicon development programs.
• Familiarity with semiconductor manufacturing, packaging, testing, and supply chain operations.
• Experience supporting silicon bring-up, validation, and production ramp activities.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement with onsite collaboration at the Vancouver, WA headquarters.
• Stock option grant.
• Comprehensive health, dental, and vision benefits.
• 401(k) plan.
• Work with geographically distributed engineering teams and external technology partners.