Senior Product Manager, Custom SoC

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What You'll Do As a Senior Product Manager for Custom SoCs, you will be the strategic lead for bespoke silicon solutions tailored for world-leading datacenter customers. In this role, you will collaborate with customers to co-define architectures that meet unique workload requirements. You will balance customer-specific needs (Custom IP, unique PPA targets) with internal technology capabilities to ensure the delivery of optimized, first-time-right silicon.

Location: Daily onsite presence at our San Jose headquarters in alignment with our Flexible Work Policy.

Reports to: Team leader/Head of Custom SoC Solutions Team.

Job ID: 42809

• Customer-Centric Product Definition: Facilitate the technical discovery phase with hyperscalers to define custom SoC specifications. Translate AI/HPC workload requirements into hardware features, optimized memory subsystems, and specialized accelerators.
• Co-Development Management: Serve as the primary business and technical interface during the co-design process. Manage the scope of "Custom vs. Standard" IP blocks to maximize performance while mitigating execution risk.
• Business Model & NRE Ownership: Develop and manage the business case for custom projects, including NRE (Non-Recurring Engineering) structures, development timelines, and unit pricing strategies based on volume commitments.
• Customization Roadmap: Identify common trends across custom requests to influence the "Foundation IP" roadmap, ensuring critical building blocks (e.g., high-speed SerDes, Chiplet fabrics) are ready for future designs.
• Project Lifecycle Oversight: Coordinate with cross-functional teams (Architecture, Design, Supply Chain) to ensure custom silicon meets critical milestones—including Tape-out, First Silicon, and Production Ramp—aligned with the customer's deployment schedule.
• Stakeholder Alignment: Negotiate trade-offs between customer-requested features and internal resource availability to ensure projects remain profitable and technically viable.

What You Bring

• Education & Experience: Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field with 10+ years of experience, or a Master's degree with 8+ years of experience.
• Custom Silicon (ASIC) Expertise: 7+ years in the semiconductor industry with a proven track record in ASIC/Custom SoC product management or technical account management.
• Architectural Depth: Comprehensive understanding of SoC subsystem architecture, including ARM/RISC-V cores, high-performance fabrics, HBM3e/DDR5 controllers, and PCIe Gen6/CXL 3.0+ interconnects.
• Hyperscale Ecosystem Knowledge: Deep familiarity with how Tier-1 Cloud Service Providers (CSPs) evaluate custom silicon, with a focus on Total Cost of Ownership (TCO), specialized AI hardware acceleration, and system-level integration.
• Consultative Problem Solving: Ability to act as a technical advisor, helping customers navigate trade-offs in power, area, and manufacturing complexity
• Collaboration & Influence: Experience managing complex business relationships, balancing customer requirements with internal engineering capacity and timelines.
• Strategic Ownership: Technical proficiency combined with the business acumen to manage high-value accounts and foster long-term partnership health.
• You're inclusive, adapting your style to the situation and diverse global norms of our people.
• An avid learner, you approach challenges with curiosity and resilience, seeking data to help build understanding.
• You're collaborative, building relationships, humbly offering support and openly welcoming approaches.
• Innovative and creative, you proactively explore new ideas and adapt quickly to change.

What We Offer The pay range below is for all roles at this level across all US locations and functions. Individual pay rates depend on a number of factors—including the role's function and location, as well as the individual's knowledge, skills, experience, education, and training. We also offer incentive opportunities that reward employees based on individual and company performance.

This is in addition to our diverse package of benefits centered around the wellbeing of our employees and their loved ones. In addition to the usual Medical/Dental/Vision/401k, our inclusive rewards plan empowers our people to care for their whole selves. An investment in your future is an investment in ours.

Give Back With a charitable giving match and frequent opportunities to get involved, we take an active role in supporting the community.

Enjoy Time Away You'll start with 4+ weeks of paid time off a year, plus holidays and sick leave, to rest and recharge.

Care for Family Whatever family means to you, we want to support you along the way—including a stipend for fertility care or adoption, medical travel support, and virtual vet care for your fur babies.

Prioritize Emotional Wellness With on-demand apps and free confidential therapy sessions, you'll have support no matter where you are.

Stay Fit Eating well and being active are important parts of a healthy life. Our onsite Café and gym, plus virtual classes, make it easier.

Embrace Flexibility Benefits are best when you have the space to use them. That's why we facilitate a flexible environment so you can find the right balance for you.

Base Pay Range

$189,000—$301,000 USD

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