Platform Technical Project Manager, Rack-Scale AI Systems
$120,000–$600,000 year
On-site · Mountain View Santa Clara County, California, United States
Job Summary
Lead the integrated execution plan for rack-scale silicon platform design from architecture through design release, coordinating cross-functional execution across rack, board, power, thermal, interconnect, firmware, diagnostics, validation, and supply-chain. Own the design-phase master schedule, drive design-readiness reviews, track critical path items, and prepare executive updates. Collaborate with Systems Engineering, hardware, firmware, validation, supply chain, and external CM/JDM partners to ensure risk management and on-time deliverables. Engage in risk registers, PLM/ECO readiness, and validation planning for power, thermal, telemetry, and diagnostics. 8+ years of experience in technical program management or hardware platform development, with strong cross-functional coordination, risk management, and executive communication skills. Bonus points for AI infrastructure, GPU/accelerator systems, and rack-scale validation experience.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of technical program management, hardware engineering program management, systems engineering, or hardware platform development experience
- Experience managing complex hardware platforms through architecture, design, validation, and design release
- Experience working across electrical, mechanical, thermal, firmware, validation, manufacturing, supply-chain, and external partner teams
- Ability to drive schedules, dependency management, issue tracking, risk management, milestone governance, and executive-level communication
- Experience coordinating design reviews and driving closure across cross-functional engineering teams
- Working familiarity with board design, power delivery, SI/PI, thermal design, liquid cooling, high-speed interconnect, firmware, diagnostics, rack integration, or system validation
- Experience working with ODMs, JDMs, contract manufacturers, or external engineering/manufacturing partners
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to summarize technical risks, tradeoffs, decisions, and schedule impact
- Proficiency with program-management and engineering collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, MS Project, Google Workspace, or equivalent
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