Product Manager - Custom Silicon

Job Title

Product Manager - Custom Silicon

Role Summary

The Product Manager will define and drive strategy, roadmap, and lifecycle for CPU IP and custom silicon solutions targeted at aerospace and defense (A&D) and other high-reliability markets. This role coordinates sales, customers, engineering, quality/compliance, and business teams to deliver secure, standards-compliant processor IP and custom silicon.

Experience Level

Mid-level. The role expects approximately 5–10+ years of experience in semiconductor, CPU/IP, or custom silicon product management or equivalent technical leadership.

Responsibilities

Key responsibilities include product strategy, customer engagement, compliance, go-to-market, and cross-functional leadership.

• Define product requirements and multi-year roadmaps for CPU IP and Custom Silicon focused on A&D performance and certification needs.
• Identify market opportunities across avionics, space, radar, secure communications, and embedded defense systems.
• Engage directly with prime contractors, government customers, ecosystem partners, and Sales to capture customer requirements and support pursuits, RFP/RFI responses, and technical positioning.
• Translate customer and regulatory requirements into clear product specifications and differentiated value propositions.
• Ensure products meet relevant standards (e.g., DO-254, ISO 26262 where applicable), support certification and audits, and address export-control constraints.
• Develop product positioning, messaging, collateral, pricing strategy, and licensing models; manage product lifecycle and long-term support/obsolescence planning.
• Collaborate with CPU architects, silicon engineering, software, program management and cross-functional global teams; report product performance and market trends to leadership.
• Perform work in accordance with Environmental, Health, Safety & Security requirements.

Requirements

Must-have qualifications and experience required to perform the role; preferred items listed separately.

• Must-have: 5–10+ years of product management or equivalent technical leadership in semiconductor, CPU/IP, or custom silicon domains.
• Proven experience serving aerospace, defense, space, or other high-reliability markets and understanding of long product lifecycles common to A&D programs.
• Familiarity with export controls (ITAR/EAR) and handling of regulated products.
• Strong communication skills with both technical and executive audiences; ability to influence without authority.
• Ability to perform competitive analysis, market sizing, and data-driven decision making.

• Nice-to-have: Experience with safety-critical or mission-critical systems, radiation-hardened design techniques, work with defense primes or government programs, understanding of security architectures and trusted computing, and familiarity with RISC-V CPU IP.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field is stated; equivalent practical experience is acceptable. (Source also references technical leadership experience of 5–10+ years.)

About the Company

Company: GlobalFoundries

Headquarters: Saratoga Springs, New York, USA

GlobalFoundries is a leading contract manufacturer for the global semiconductor industry, with facilities in multiple countries, including the USA. The company develops a broad portfolio of semiconductor technologies and employs around 13,000 people worldwide. GlobalFoundries focuses on enhancing competitiveness in specialized application solutions and fostering innovation in mobile communications, consumer electronics, and automotive applications.