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About the role

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.
What you'll do

• 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

What we're looking for

• 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

Compensation

Final offers depend on level, location, and skills relevant to the role. Additional compensation: equity grant per company guidelines; medical / dental / vision; 401(k); standard PTO.
Visa Sponsorship

DensityAI sponsors qualified candidates for H-1B, O-1, TN, E-3, and other employment-based visas, and we welcome applicants on F-1 OPT and STEM-OPT. Work authorization is required at start; we provide immigration support to secure or transfer status.

Full compensation packages are based on candidate experience and relevant certifications.

California pay range

$190,000-$320,000 USD