Senior Technical Program Manager (Silicon)

Job Title

Senior Technical Program Manager (Silicon)

Role Summary

Lead and deliver complex silicon tapeouts, advanced packaging, bring-up, validation, and system-level integration programs. Own planning, execution, and cross-functional coordination to deliver high-quality silicon and packaged systems on aggressive timelines.

This role interfaces with engineering leads, vendors, customers, and stakeholders to ensure programs meet scope, schedule, and quality targets.

Experience Level

Senior — 10+ years of experience in silicon design, tapeout, bring-up, validation, and product qualification.

Responsibilities

Manage end-to-end program execution for silicon and packaging initiatives and provide clear visibility to leadership.

• Plan, schedule, and execute silicon and package tapeouts, advanced packaging, bring-up, validation, and systems development.
• Partner with engineering leads and cross-functional teams to estimate, prioritize, and sequence work.
• Create and maintain project plans covering scope, schedule, budget, and resources.
• Proactively manage schedules, risks, issues, and quality; escalate when necessary.
• Facilitate technical reviews, recurring meetings, and operational checkpoints.
• Deliver concise status updates on milestones, risks, and decisions to stakeholders and leadership.
• Own release schedules, tapeout milestones, bring-up activities, and critical program deliverables.
• Engage with vendors, customers, and external partners on program-related activities.

Requirements

Must-have skills and experience:

• 10+ years in silicon design, tapeout, bring-up, validation, and product qualification.
• Deep understanding of the silicon tapeout process (verification, signoff, mask ordering).
• Experience with product bring-up, silicon validation, and qualification flows (EVT/DVT exposure a plus).
• Prior semiconductor background (chip design, physical design, or test engineering preferred).
• Proven ability to influence without authority in a matrixed environment.
• Strong organizational skills; able to manage multiple priorities under tight timelines.
• Proficiency with program management tools (MS Project, Jira, Asana, Smartsheet, or equivalent).
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including technical presentations.

Nice-to-have:

• Experience with photonic structures, optical communication, silicon photonics, or laser solutions.
• Experience with advanced packaging (2.5D/3D integration, chiplets, silicon photonics packaging).
• Experience building program management frameworks and processes in a startup or new business unit.

Education Requirements

Bachelors degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field required.

About the Company

Company: Lumilens

Headquarters: San Jose, CA, USA

Lumilens develops integrated photonics and optical interconnect solutions for high-speed data communication and chip-to-chip interfaces, focusing on optical front-end hardware and co-packaged optics for advanced semiconductor systems.