Technical Program Manager V

We are seeking a Technical Program Manager V to drive program execution and manage stakeholders, schedules, risks, and dependencies for uLED backplane silicon programs, from early development through high-volume manufacturing.

The TPM will work closely with internal cross-functional teams, including uLED, silicon, test, packaging, product engineering, and sourcing, as well as external foundry and silicon vendor partners. This role will translate high-level vendor milestones into detailed task-level schedules, track cross-functional dependencies, facilitate two-way and three-way communication, and ensure key decisions and actions are communicated to all impacted teams.

The ideal candidate has strong experience managing complex hardware or silicon programs, excellent cross-functional communication skills, and the ability to bring structure and accountability to ambiguous, fast-paced environments.

Internal Cross-Functional Coordination

• Lead recurring meetings and program reviews across uLED, test, packaging, sourcing, and engineering teams.

• Track decisions, dependencies, risks, and action items.

• Identify and resolve execution gaps before they require escalation.

• Ensure stakeholders remain aligned on milestones, priorities, and deliverables.

External Vendor Interface Management

• Lead recurring meetings and program reviews with external foundry and silicon vendor partners.

• Facilitate joint working sessions, milestone reviews, and face-to-face meetings.

• Drive vendors to execute against defined technical and program requirements.

• Maintain integrated program schedules connecting internal milestones with vendor commitments.

• Identify schedule or execution misalignment early and drive corrective actions.

Program Tracking and Reporting

• Maintain authoritative program trackers across internal and external workstreams.

• Track milestones, deliverables, dependencies, owners, and due dates.

• Prepare milestone status reports, executive readouts, and decision items for engineering leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Provide clear visibility into program progress, blockers, and upcoming milestones.

Risk Management

• Maintain a comprehensive risk register covering technical execution, vendor delivery, IP/confidentiality, and schedule risks.

• Develop and track mitigation plans with clearly assigned owners and resolution dates.

• Escalate critical risks appropriately and provide concise risk summaries for leadership reviews.

• 8+ years of experience as a Technical Program Manager or equivalent project/program management experience in a hardware or silicon development environment.

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Materials Science, or a related engineering discipline, or equivalent practical experience.

• Demonstrated ability to coordinate execution across multiple engineering teams, such as silicon, hardware, test, packaging, and product engineering.

• Experience translating high-level commitments into actionable schedules with defined owners, milestones, and dates.

• Experience working with external vendors, contract manufacturers, foundries, or silicon partners.

• Experience supporting hardware development phases such as prototype, qualification, and mass production.

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting program status, risks, and decisions to engineering and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to drive decisions using incomplete or evolving information.

• Demonstrated ability to follow through on action items and drive accountability across multiple stakeholders.

• Comfortable working in ambiguous, fast-paced environments with shifting requirements and tight launch timelines.

• Experience supporting semiconductor programs across foundry, OSAT, or silicon vendor interfaces.

• Familiarity with display silicon, uLED, or related electro-optical technologies.

• Experience managing programs involving multiple external vendors.

• Experience working across time zones with international foundry, OSAT, or vendor partners.

• Working knowledge of program tracking and milestone reporting tools such as Smartsheet or Jira.

• Experience translating engineering status and risk into concise briefings for sourcing and engineering leadership.

• Experience supporting consumer device programs from prototype validation through mass production.

1. 8+ years of technical program/project management experience in hardware or silicon development.

2. Cross-functional hardware/silicon program execution, including coordination across silicon, hardware, test, packaging, and related engineering teams.

3. External vendor/foundry management, including integrated schedules, milestones, dependencies, risks, and deliverables.