Technical Program Manager

About the Role

Altera is seeking a Technical Program Manager to coordinate and drive the engineering execution behind next-generation FPGA device rollouts. In this highly cross-functional role, you will orchestrate complex development efforts spanning silicon, IP, software, firmware, validation, and manufacturing readiness, ensuring alignment across geographically distributed teams in North America and Asia.

As a member of Altera’s Execution Alignment Team, you will implement best-in-class program management practices, drive schedule and risk transparency, and ensure successful delivery of industry-leading FPGA products.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage large, complex technical programs supporting FPGA device development from definition through production rollout.

• Coordinate execution across multiple engineering disciplines including silicon design, IP, software, firmware, validation, and system enablement.

• Develop and maintain detailed program plans, schedules, milestones, and dependency tracking for multi-threaded development efforts.

• Drive alignment across global teams in North America and Asia, ensuring clear ownership, accountability, and communication.

• Identify program risks, critical path issues, and resource constraints; proactively develop and execute mitigation plans.

• Partner closely with engineering, product management, quality, and operations teams to ensure on-time, high-quality delivery.

• Implement and continuously improve best-in-class project and program management processes, tools, and reporting mechanisms.

• Facilitate executive-level communication by providing clear status updates, issue escalation, and data-driven decision support.

• Support silicon bring-up, validation, sampling, and production readiness milestones by ensuring cross-functional execution alignment.

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

• 5+ years of experience in Technical Program Management, Program Management, or Engineering Program Leadership roles.

• 3+ years of technical experience in one of the following areas: Transceivers, Embedded Systems (particularly ARM), Config and Security, PCIe, Ethernet or ASIC Design / DV

• 2+ years of experience managing complex, cross-functional hardware and software development programs.

• 5+ years of experience leading programs that integrate silicon, hardware, software, firmware, IP, and validation teams.

• 3+ years of experience managing programs across multiple organizations and geographically distributed international teams.

• Experience with full product development lifecycle, including definition, development, verification, sampling, and production rollout.

• Experience building detailed execution plans, manage dependencies, and drive teams to meet aggressive schedules.

• Experience with project and program management tools used for schedule tracking, risk management, and reporting.

Preferred Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience working directly on FPGA, ASIC, or silicon-based product development programs.

• Hands-on technical background in silicon design, validation, or software/firmware engineering.

• Experience supporting silicon bring-up, validation, or manufacturing readiness phases.

• Familiarity with Agile, hybrid Agile/Waterfall, or scaled execution frameworks in hardware-centric environments.

• Experience presenting program status and execution metrics to senior leadership and executive stakeholders.