{"schemaVersion":"jobsearcher.job.v1","id":"34ddc84d3e3346480f96b5c8","url":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/34ddc84d3e3346480f96b5c8","canonicalUrl":"https://jobsearcher.com/jobs/34ddc84d3e3346480f96b5c8","title":"Senior Technical Staff Engineer - Program Manager (FPGA)","description":"Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 20,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology, Inc.\nPeople come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our\nVision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values\n; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence.\nOur company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over\n30 years of quarterly profitability\nwithout a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you.\nVisit our\ncareers\npage to see what exciting opportunities and company\nperks\nawait!\nJob Description:\nMicrochip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of embedded control applications. Our product portfolio comprises general purpose and specialized 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microcontrollers, 32-bit microprocessors, field-programmable gate array (FPGA) products, a broad spectrum of high-performance linear, mixed-signal, power management, thermal management, radio frequency (RF), timing, safety, security, wired connectivity and wireless connectivity devices, as well as serial Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), Serial Flash memories, Parallel Flash memories, and serial Static Random Access Memory (SRAM). We also license Flash-IP solutions that are incorporated in a broad range of products.\nMicrochip Technology Inc. has a FPGA Program Manager opening based in San Jose, CA. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading multiple development programs over multiple years, across multiple US and international sites. In this role, you will be coordinating and driving focused sub-systems to revolve critical issues during overall product development. You will identify and manage risks. You will be Tracking overall team progress, proposing and driving new methodologies to improve quality, pull in schedule, lower cost, and remove barriers to program execution.\nResponsibilities:\nLead multiple development programs over multiple years, across multiple US and international sites.\nCreate long- and short-term integrated program plans that take programs from feasibility to high volume production. Set targets for milestones and create schedules.\nTrack overall team progress, proposing and driving new methodologies to improve quality, pull in schedule, lower cost, and remove barriers to program execution.\nMake effective decisions when presented with multiple options for how to progress with the project.\nEngage with marketing as well as engineering development to update plans in response to dynamic market requirements.\nCollaboratively define requirements, and track deliverables among a wide array of cross functional teams in different geographies.\nCoordinate and drive focused sub-teams to resolve critical issues that arise during overall development.\nIdentify and manage program risks.\nPropose and drive new methodologies to improve quality, pull in schedule, lower cost, and remove barriers to program execution.\nIdentify and manage program risks. Identify opportunities that can positively influence program performance and company culture.\nCommunicate both in written and verbal form, program status, challenges, and requests to management and senior executives.\nRequirements/Qualifications:\nRequired Qualifications:\nBachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field\n15+ years of experience in silicon development, program management and/or product validation.\nKnowledge of silicon development, firmware development, software development, product validation, silicon manufacturing engineering.\nExcellent project and program management and planning skills, including scheduling, assessment, resource management, requirements management, status reporting, schedule tracking and risk management.\nDemonstrated team leadership skills and experience.\nAbility to promote ideas persuasively, influence others, and build and maintain effective professional relationships with internal partners and business leaders\nHighly organized with the ability to think strategically and tactically.\nExcellent English communication skills.\nDesired Qualifications:\nPMP certification or related training.\nAbility and experience to be able to schedule and track projects using Microsoft Project.\nExperience with working with geographically spread, multidiscipline teams across multiple time zones.\nFunctional safety certified professional or have experience taking a product through functional safety certification (IEC 61508, ISO 26262, Automotive SPICE, or similar from the industrial, aerospace or automotive industry).\nExperience working on US government contracts, proposals, and requests for information.\nExperience with Phase/Gate or other program management methodologies.\nAn independent thinker willing and able to express and support a point of view\nTravel Time:\n0% - 25%\nPhysical Attributes:\nFeeling, Handling, Hearing, Seeing, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around Others\nPhysical Requirements:\n80% sitting, 10% standing, 10% walking, 100% in doors; Usual business hours\nPay Range:\nWe offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading ESPP program with a 2 year look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below:\nBenefits of working at Microchip\nThe annual base salary range for this position, which could be performed in California, is $75,000 - $232,000.*\nRange is dependent on numerous factors including job location, skills and experience.\nMicrochip Technology Inc is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, national origin, disability, protected Veteran status, age, or any other characteristic protected by law.\n\nFor more information on applicable equal employment regulations, please refer to the\nEEO is the Law Poster\nand the\nEEO is the Law Poster Supplement\n. Please also refer to the\nPay Transparency Policy Statement\n.","company":"Microchiptechnology","rawCompany":"microchiptechnology","city":"San Jose","state":"CA","isRemote":false,"isActive":false,"createdAt":"2026-04-12T20:37:22.625Z","occupations":[{"code":"13-1082.00","title":"Project Management Specialists","slug":"project-management-specialists"},{"code":"11-9041.00","title":"Architectural and Engineering Managers","slug":"architectural-and-engineering-managers"},{"code":"17-2199.06","title":"Microsystems Engineers","slug":"microsystems-engineers"}],"industries":[{"code":"334413","title":"Semiconductor and Related Device Manufacturing","slug":"semiconductor-and-related-device-manufacturing"},{"code":"334419","title":"Other Electronic Component Manufacturing","slug":"other-electronic-component-manufacturing"},{"code":"334111","title":"Electronic Computer Manufacturing","slug":"electronic-computer-manufacturing"}],"jobPosting":{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"JobPosting","title":"Senior Technical Staff Engineer - Program Manager (FPGA)","description":"Are you looking for a unique opportunity to be a part of something great? Want to join a 20,000-member team that works on the technology that powers the world around us? Looking for an atmosphere of trust, empowerment, respect, diversity, and communication? How about an opportunity to own a piece of a multi-billion dollar (with a B!) global organization? We offer all that and more at Microchip Technology, Inc.\nPeople come to work at Microchip because we help design the technology that runs the world. They stay because our culture supports their growth and stability. They are challenged and driven by an incredible array of products and solutions with unlimited career potential. Microchip’s nationally-recognized Leadership Passage Programs support career growth where we proudly enroll over a thousand people annually. We take pride in our commitment to employee development, values-based decision making, and strong sense of community, driven by our\nVision, Mission, and 11 Guiding Values\n; we affectionately refer to it as the Aggregate System and it’s won us countless awards for diversity and workplace excellence.\nOur company is built by dedicated team players who love to challenge the status quo; we did not achieve record revenue and over\n30 years of quarterly profitability\nwithout a great team dedicated to empowering innovation. People like you.\nVisit our\ncareers\npage to see what exciting opportunities and company\nperks\nawait!\nJob Description:\nMicrochip Technology Inc. is a leading provider of embedded control applications. Our product portfolio comprises general purpose and specialized 8-bit, 16-bit, and 32-bit microcontrollers, 32-bit microprocessors, field-programmable gate array (FPGA) products, a broad spectrum of high-performance linear, mixed-signal, power management, thermal management, radio frequency (RF), timing, safety, security, wired connectivity and wireless connectivity devices, as well as serial Electrically Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory (EEPROM), Serial Flash memories, Parallel Flash memories, and serial Static Random Access Memory (SRAM). We also license Flash-IP solutions that are incorporated in a broad range of products.\nMicrochip Technology Inc. has a FPGA Program Manager opening based in San Jose, CA. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading multiple development programs over multiple years, across multiple US and international sites. In this role, you will be coordinating and driving focused sub-systems to revolve critical issues during overall product development. You will identify and manage risks. You will be Tracking overall team progress, proposing and driving new methodologies to improve quality, pull in schedule, lower cost, and remove barriers to program execution.\nResponsibilities:\nLead multiple development programs over multiple years, across multiple US and international sites.\nCreate long- and short-term integrated program plans that take programs from feasibility to high volume production. Set targets for milestones and create schedules.\nTrack overall team progress, proposing and driving new methodologies to improve quality, pull in schedule, lower cost, and remove barriers to program execution.\nMake effective decisions when presented with multiple options for how to progress with the project.\nEngage with marketing as well as engineering development to update plans in response to dynamic market requirements.\nCollaboratively define requirements, and track deliverables among a wide array of cross functional teams in different geographies.\nCoordinate and drive focused sub-teams to resolve critical issues that arise during overall development.\nIdentify and manage program risks.\nPropose and drive new methodologies to improve quality, pull in schedule, lower cost, and remove barriers to program execution.\nIdentify and manage program risks. Identify opportunities that can positively influence program performance and company culture.\nCommunicate both in written and verbal form, program status, challenges, and requests to management and senior executives.\nRequirements/Qualifications:\nRequired Qualifications:\nBachelor’s or Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering or related field\n15+ years of experience in silicon development, program management and/or product validation.\nKnowledge of silicon development, firmware development, software development, product validation, silicon manufacturing engineering.\nExcellent project and program management and planning skills, including scheduling, assessment, resource management, requirements management, status reporting, schedule tracking and risk management.\nDemonstrated team leadership skills and experience.\nAbility to promote ideas persuasively, influence others, and build and maintain effective professional relationships with internal partners and business leaders\nHighly organized with the ability to think strategically and tactically.\nExcellent English communication skills.\nDesired Qualifications:\nPMP certification or related training.\nAbility and experience to be able to schedule and track projects using Microsoft Project.\nExperience with working with geographically spread, multidiscipline teams across multiple time zones.\nFunctional safety certified professional or have experience taking a product through functional safety certification (IEC 61508, ISO 26262, Automotive SPICE, or similar from the industrial, aerospace or automotive industry).\nExperience working on US government contracts, proposals, and requests for information.\nExperience with Phase/Gate or other program management methodologies.\nAn independent thinker willing and able to express and support a point of view\nTravel Time:\n0% - 25%\nPhysical Attributes:\nFeeling, Handling, Hearing, Seeing, Talking, Works Alone, Works Around Others\nPhysical Requirements:\n80% sitting, 10% standing, 10% walking, 100% in doors; Usual business hours\nPay Range:\nWe offer a total compensation package that ranks among the best in the industry. It consists of competitive base pay, restricted stock units, and quarterly bonus payments. In addition to these components, our package includes health benefits that begin day one, retirement savings plans, and an industry leading ESPP program with a 2 year look back feature. Find more information about all our benefits at the link below:\nBenefits of working at Microchip\nThe annual base salary range for this position, which could be performed in California, is $75,000 - $232,000.*\nRange is dependent on numerous factors including job location, skills and experience.\nMicrochip Technology Inc is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. 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