Technical Software Program Manager

What You'll Do

We are seeking a highly-skilled Technical Program Manager to join our dynamic team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in software engineering within the ASIC industry. This role requires a strategic thinker who can bridge the gap between hardware and software, ensuring seamless integration and program success.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead cross-functional teams to deliver complex ASIC projects on time and within budget.
• Collaborate with software managers, product marketing, customers, and other stakeholders to define project scope, objectives, and deliverables.
• Develop and maintain comprehensive project plans, schedules, and documentation.
• Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks and issues.
• Drive continuous improvement in the software development and planning process.
• Provide hands-on program management throughout all phases of silicon and SDK development, including concept, design, pre- and post-silicon development, validation, qualification, and production release.
• Communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, from individual contributors to executive leadership and external customers.
• Ensure alignment of project objectives with organizational goals, priorities, and customer needs.
  
  

Who You'll Work With

You’ll join our Cisco Silicon One group, the center of Cisco’s ASIC design. Be part of a team driving our groundbreaking next-generation network devices—Cisco Silicon One™. Our team operates in a startup atmosphere within a stable and leading corporation.

Our unique design center hosts all silicon hardware and software development disciplines under one roof. We are transforming the industry by building a new internet for the 5G era, providing a unified, programmable silicon architecture that is the foundation of all Cisco's future routing products.

Our devices are designed to be universally adaptable across service providers and web-scale markets, crafted for both fixed and modular platforms. They deliver high speed without compromising programmability, buffering, power efficiency, scale, or feature flexibility. Cisco Silicon One™ is a revolutionary technology set to serve our customers and end users for decades. The Internet now has a new, faster, better, and safer engine!

Who You Are

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Proven experience as a Program Manager in a technical environment, with a focus on ASIC and software development.
• Demonstrated experience managing software teams and interacting with customers.
• Strong understanding of embedded software development flow and methodologies.
• Hands-on experience with software development and familiarity with software development life cycles.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with a high degree of autonomy.
  
  

Learn More About Us:

• Cisco Silicon One Overview
• Fortune Article on Cisco Silicon One
• Calcalist Article
• Cisco Silicon One on YouTube
• Cisco Silicon One Blog
  
  

Why Cisco

#WeAreCisco, where each person is unique, but together we bring our talents to work as a team and make a difference powering an inclusive future for all.

We connect everything: people, processes, data, and things. We innovate everywhere, taking bold risks to shape the technologies that give us smart cities, connected cars, and handheld hospitals. And we do it in style, with unique personalities who aren’t afraid to change the way the world works, lives, plays, and learns.

We are thought leaders, tech geeks, pop culture aficionados, and we even have a few purple-haired rock stars. We celebrate the creativity and diversity that fuels our innovation. We are dreamers and doers.