Principal Technical Program Manager

Job Title

Principal Technical Program Manager

Role Summary

Lead complex platform development programs from concept through validation and production readiness for integrated board, switch, and optical systems serving hyperscale cloud and networking customers. Connect engineering execution with customer priorities and align cross-functional teams across hardware, firmware, optics, and manufacturing.

Experience Level

Senior - principal-level role. Candidates are expected to have substantial industry experience (typical candidates have 15+ years); at least 5 years of technical project or program management experience in semiconductor or systems/platform development is required.

Responsibilities

Own and deliver integrated platform programs, coordinate technical integration, and drive cross-functional execution.

• Define and own integrated program plans including requirements, milestones, dependencies, validation, and release criteria.
• Translate customer commitments into engineering priorities and execution plans for hyperscale customers.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary teams across board design, switch architecture, optics, silicon, firmware, software, validation, product, and operations.
• Drive bring-up, debug, root-cause investigations, and issue resolution across hardware, firmware, switching, and optical interfaces.
• Align validation strategies, qualification milestones, and acceptance criteria to ensure customer deployment readiness.
• Balance schedule, scope, quality, cost, and resources; facilitate timely, informed tradeoff decisions.
• Identify risks early, develop mitigation and contingency plans, and escalate with clear recommendations.
• Coordinate with supply chain, manufacturing, and suppliers to align prototype availability and transition to production.
• Communicate program health, critical dependencies, and recovery plans to engineering teams, customers, and executives.
• Improve program management practices and execution discipline as platform complexity grows.

Requirements

Key skills and experience required (education is listed below).

• Substantial experience in semiconductors, networking, or systems/platform development.
• Minimum 5 years of technical project or program management experience in the semiconductor or systems/platform industry.
• Demonstrated development experience in one or more: high-speed board design, switch systems, or optics/optical interconnects, and experience managing cross-domain dependencies.
• Technical fluency with high-speed PCB design/layout, signal integrity, switch architectures, optical module integration, and hardware/firmware validation.
• Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent development efforts and deliver complex, integrated products to customer requirements.
• Strong cross-functional influence, executive communication, planning, risk analysis, and decision-making under pressure.
• Experience coordinating with supply chain, operations, and manufacturing partners for prototype and production readiness.
• Track record of improving program processes and execution discipline.
• May require eligibility to access export-controlled technology; candidates may be subject to export license review.
• Compensation includes participation in bonus and equity plans.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field. Master's degree or PhD is a plus. (Source lists degree preferences; equivalent professional experience is not specified explicitly.)

About the Company

Company: Marvell Technology

Headquarters: Santa Clara, California, United States

Marvell’s semiconductor solutions serve as essential building blocks of the data infrastructure connecting our world, driving innovation across enterprise, cloud, AI, and carrier architectures. The company focuses on creating transformative technology that shapes the future.