Technical Program Manager - Embedded Software

About the Role

As Embedded SW TPM, you will be the connective tissue between silicon, platforms and systems teams, driving the embedded and low-level software programs that enable EN100 (and future accelerators) to run real AI workloads reliably and efficiently. You'll own the program plan from architecture through bring-up, pre-/post- silicon validation, and customer/OEM deployment to surface risks before they become blockers and keeping a hardware-coupled software org moving in lockstep with silicon milestones.

What You'll Do

• Own end-to-end program management for embedded software workstreams: device drivers, firmware, boot-loaders and board support packages for EnCharge accelerators.
• Build and maintain integrated program schedules that align embedded software milestones with chip tape-out, silicon bring-up, board bring-up, and customer/OEM delivery dates.
• Partner closely with embedded software, ASIC/hardware, platform and validation teams to define scope, sequence dependencies, and track execution against plan.
• Identify, track, and drive resolution of cross-team risks and blockers (e.g., silicon errata affecting driver behavior, toolchain dependencies, host OS/driver compatibility).
• Drive silicon bring-up and platform enablement, including early firmware, boot flows, device initialization, memory management, command submission, interrupts, power management, and hardware/software integration.
• Run the program's operating cadence: planning, standups, milestone reviews, retrospectives tuned to what a hardware-coupled software team actually needs, not generic ceremony.
• Drive execution across geographically distributed engineering teams and external partners as needed.
• Help build the program management function like process, tooling, and reporting.

What We're Looking For

• 8+ years of technical program or project management experience, with a meaningful portion spent on embedded software, drivers, firmware, or low-level systems software.
• Direct experience coordinating software programs tightly coupled to hardware (silicon bring-up, board bring-up, or similar), ideally in AI/ML accelerators, semiconductors, robotics, or a related hardware-software domain.
• Background in Linux kernel driver development processes, JTAG/lab-based debug workflows, or hardware validation methodologies.
• Experience with FPGA simulation and emulator environments like Zebu, Veloce, Palladium.
• Strong understanding of areas such as: o Embedded firmware o Device drivers o SoC/accelerator architecture o Memory and DMA o Interrupts and command queues o Boot and initialization o Hardware/software interfaces o Performance and system-level debugging
• Track record of managing complex, multi-team schedules with hard external dependencies (tape-out dates, partner deliverables, customer commitments) and keeping them honest.
• Strong risk management instincts — you find the thing that's going to break the schedule two months before it does.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to flex between engineering detail and executive summary.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AI accelerators, GPUs, NPUs, DSPs, or other heterogeneous compute architectures.
• Experience with silicon bring-up and early hardware/software co-development.
• Experience with firmware for custom accelerators or SoCs.
• Experience working across firmware, driver, compiler, and runtime teams.
• Experience with simulation/emulation environments used for pre-silicon software development.
• Experience with Linux kernel, embedded Linux, RTOS, or low-level systems software.
• Experience managing external engineering partners or vendors.