Program Management Lead - SoC Execution and Customer Engagements
About this role
About the role
TylSemi is looking for a Program Management and Execution Leader who can sit at the intersection of SoC execution, silicon realization, and customer success. You will own the operational thread that connects our stretagic initiatives to customers and SoC execution — making sure every engagement moves with precision from idea to silicon.
This is a high-visibility, high-ownership role at a company in its earliest and most consequential stage. You will work directly with founders, customers, the leading semiconductor ecosystem players. No layers, no ambiguity about impact.
What you'll do
- Manage all active customer engagements end-to-end: from architectural spec alignment through tape-out, KGD testing, packaging, and volume shipment milestones
- Ensure alignment with ecosystem partners — including foundries, OSAT/packaging houses, EDA vendors (Synopsys, Cadence), and IP partners
- Translate customer requirements (silicon architecture, interface specs, package form factor, delivery schedules) into internal program plans with clear owners and dates
- Build and maintain program trackers, risk registers, and executive dashboards covering each engagement
- Drive gate reviews and weekly program syncs across internal RTL/DV, physical design, and validation teams
- Manage internal and external scoping and delivery timelines in coordination with technical and business teams
- Identify and escalate risks early; propose and implement mitigations before they become schedule threats
What you bring
- 15+ years of technical program or project management experience in semiconductor, custom silicon, or chiplet/advanced packaging environments
- Direct experience interfacing with ecosystem partners — chip development schedules, interdepencies on EDA and IP, tape-out schedules and silicon bringup timelines
- Familiarity with silicon fabrication, advanced packaging formats: CoWoS, InFO, 2.5D/3D integration, substrate/interposer-based assembly
- Technical fluency in SoC or chiplet design flows — enough to understand RTL milestones, DV sign-off, PD handoffs, and silicon bring-up phases without needing translation
- Strong communication skills — comfortable presenting program status and risk posture to internal and external stakeholders
- Proficiency with program tracking tools (and spreadsheet-based trackers); experience building program infrastructure from scratch is a plus
- Familiarity with key connectivity IPs UCIe, PCIe Gen 5/6/7+, or high-bandwidth D2D interconnect standards is a strong plus
Nice to Have to Shine
- Prior experience at a chiplet startup, merchant silicon company, or systems company
- Background in AI/ML infrastructure silicon — accelerators, network switches, CPO-enabled platforms
- Familiarity with IVR/PMIC integration challenges in advanced packaging
- Exposure to EDA infrastructure programs (SNPS/CDNS cloud flows)
Company at a glance
AI silicon doesn't fail on compute. It fails on the infrastructure around it — power delivery, connectivity, and memory that weren't designed for the scale, speed, and packaging requirements of modern AI systems.
TYLsemi builds the chiplet infrastructure layer that solves this. Purpose-built for XPUs and Networking. Standards-based. Designed to integrate directly into your silicon program — not adapted from something else.
We're hiring across the US and India. Come build what's missing.
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