Senior Principal Technical Program Manager — Digital IP Development

Job Title

Senior Principal Technical Program Manager — Digital IP Development

Role Summary

Lead Digital IP development programs from planning through IP release and SoC integration readiness within the ACE Digital IP organization. The role provides program leadership and execution visibility across architecture, design, verification, software, and integration teams for reusable Digital IP used across automotive, IoT, networking, and RF products.

Experience Level

Senior — typically requires 12+ years of relevant Digital IP, SoC development, or technical program management experience.

Responsibilities

Own execution and delivery for Digital IP and subsystem programs; provide program-level visibility, risk management, and release readiness.

• Lead programs from planning through IP release, handoff, and SoC integration readiness.
• Develop and maintain integrated program plans: scope, schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, deliverables, and release criteria.
• Drive cross-functional execution across architecture, RTL design, verification, validation, software, and SoC integration teams.
• Align stakeholders on IP specs, interfaces, integration dependencies, release content, and handoff requirements.
• Manage portfolio planning input, resource prioritization, and execution visibility across multiple IP programs.
• Identify and mitigate risks, resolve issues, close decisions, and escalate when needed to meet milestones.
• Lead technical reviews, program checkpoints, and leadership updates; communicate status, risks, actions, and decisions.
• Build and maintain dashboards, KPIs, and metrics to report execution health, resource demand, and release readiness.

Requirements

Must-have skills and experience to perform the role.

• Demonstrated ability to manage complex engineering programs across schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, and deliverables.
• Strong understanding of Digital IP development flows including architecture, RTL design, verification, integration, release management, and signoff.
• Hands-on experience creating dashboards, KPIs, and analytical reports using Power BI, Excel, SQL, Jira, Confluence, Microsoft Project, or similar tools.
• Ability to analyze program execution, schedule performance, resource utilization, and risk trends to drive business and engineering decisions.
• Experience translating complex engineering and project data into concise executive-level insights, recommendations, and action plans.
• Proven track record of cross-functional leadership and stakeholder alignment.

Nice-to-have / preferred:

• Experience with portfolio planning, resource forecasting, and capacity management.
• Familiarity with AMBA/AHB/AXI protocols, memory subsystems (ROM, RAM, Flash, LPDDR/DDR), and memory controllers.
• Practical exposure to RTL design, micro-architecture, verification, timing analysis, DFT, implementation, CDC/RDC, lint, synthesis, and signoff flows.
• Experience supporting automotive, industrial, safety, security, or other high-reliability semiconductor programs.

Education Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering (BSEE) required; Master of Science in Electrical Engineering (MSEE) preferred. The posting specifies ~12+ years of experience in Digital IP, SoC development, or technical program management.

About the Company

Company: NXP Semiconductors

Headquarters: Nijmegen, Netherlands

NXP Semiconductors N.V. is a global semiconductor company that provides High Performance Mixed Signal and Standard Product solutions. With over 45,000 employees and operations in more than 35 countries, NXP is a leader in secure connectivity solutions for embedded applications, catering to automotive, industrial IoT, mobile, and communication infrastructure markets. The company is committed to innovation and sustainability, advancing a smarter, safer, and more sustainable world through technology.