Senior Product Manager

Job Details:

Job Description:

Altera is seeking a dynamic and experienced Senior Product Manager to drive the post-silicon validation process for our next-generation semiconductor products. This role is crucial in ensuring successful silicon bring-up, validation, and production ramp-up while collaborating across engineering, operations, and manufacturing teams. The ideal candidate will possess strong technical acumen, leadership skills, and program management expertise.

Key Responsibilities:

• Program Planning & Execution: Develop and maintain project timelines, deliverables, and milestones for all post-silicon validation phases, from initial silicon bring-up to high-volume production.

• Cross-functional Leadership: Serve as the primary interface and coordinator between engineering, validation, operations, and manufacturing teams to align on program objectives and execution strategies.

• Technical Program Oversight: Oversee key technical decisions regarding post-silicon validation, system-level debugging, and silicon or system issue resolution. Work closely with engineering teams to diagnose root causes and implement corrective actions.

• Risk Management: Proactively identify potential risks related to technical challenges, resource constraints, or program execution. Develop and implement mitigation strategies to ensure smooth program progress.

• Stakeholder Communication: Provide regular status updates to executive leadership, highlighting program milestones, key risks, and issue resolutions.

• Documentation & Compliance: Ensure comprehensive documentation of test plans, validation methodologies, and quality assurance processes. Track and enforce compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

• Continuous Improvement: Identify and implement best practices in post-silicon validation program management to enhance product quality, operational efficiency, and time-to-market.

Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related field.

• 10+ years of experience in semiconductor product management, program management, or technical leadership roles.

• Deep understanding of post-silicon validation, debugging methodologies, and semiconductor manufacturing processes.

• Strong experience in managing complex, cross-functional programs with multiple stakeholders.

• Proven ability to drive technical decision-making and problem resolution in a fast-paced environment.

• Excellent communication and leadership skills with the ability to influence across different levels of the organization.

• Experience working with engineering, validation, operations, and manufacturing teams.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience with silicon bring-up, validation methodologies, and system-level debugging.

• Familiarity with industry standards and compliance requirements for semiconductor products.

• Knowledge of project management tools and methodologies (Agile, Scrum, etc.).

Job Type:

Regular

Shift:

Shift 1 (United States of America)

Primary Location:

San Jose

Additional Locations:

Virtual USA - CA - San Jose, Virtual - USA - CO, Virtual - USA - OR

Posting Statement:

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, religious creed, sex, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, military and veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, gender, gender expression, gender identity, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic protected by local law, regulation, or ordinance.