# Director / Sr Program Manager, AI Accelerator

**Company:** [Quadric](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/quadric)
**Location:** Burlingame, CA
**Role:** Engineering Management
**Experience:** 15+ years
**Skills:** Jira, Github Issues, Quality Center, Tvm, Mlir, Llvm, Iree, JAX, PyTorch, Onnx, TensorFlow
**Posted:** 2025-10-17

> Leads program management for AI acceleration chips and embedded systems, overseeing software/hardware releases, customer requirements, cross-functional execution, and safety certifications. Requires 15+ years experience, master's in CS, and expertise in PM tools and AI/ML domains.

## Job Description

## Key Responsibilities

### Program and Project Management
- **SW Release Management**: Own and program manage all aspects of complex Software (SW) Releases, ensuring on-time delivery, quality, and scope adherence.
- **Execution and Tracking**: Drive and track progress across engineering and cross-functional teams, identifying bottlenecks, mitigating risks, and proactively driving execution to meet program milestones.
- **Process Implementation**: Champion and enforce effective program management methodologies and best practices across the organization.
- **Cross-Functional Leadership**: Facilitate and drive alignment between engineering (SW, HW, Silicon), product management, sales, operations, and external partners.

### Customer Engagement and Requirement Management
- **Customer Advocacy**: Act as the primary point of contact for technical program matters with key customers, translating their needs into actionable engineering tasks.
- **Defect and Requirement Funnel**: Manage the funneling of requirements and defects back to the engineering organization, ensuring clear prioritization and timely resolution.
- **External Communication**: Clearly communicate program status, risks, and dependencies to executive leadership, technical teams, and external stakeholders.

### Safety Certification and Compliance
- **Certification Drive**: Lead the end-to-end program management for safety certification processes (e.g., ISO 26262, IEC 61508) for our products and associated tools, ensuring all necessary documentation and engineering rigor is met.

## Requirements

### Required Qualifications
- **Experience**: Minimum of 15+ years of progressive experience in a Program Management (PM) role, specifically focused on technical programs involving AI acceleration chips, embedded systems, software, and hardware.
- **Education**: Master's degree (MS) in Computer Science or a related technical field is required.
- **Global Collaboration**: Proven experience successfully working with and managing distributed teams and programs across multiple geographies and timezones.
- **PM Tools Expertise**: Deep expertise and proficiency with Program Management tools such as JIRA, GitHub Issues, and Quality Center (QC), including advanced reporting and workflow management.
- **Domain Knowledge**: Demonstrated ability to drive complex technical projects in the AI/ML and embedded processing domain.

### Highly Desired Skills and Experience (Pluses)
- **AI Compiler Knowledge**: Good understanding and working knowledge of AI SW compilers (e.g., TVM, MLIR, LLVM, IREE).
- **AI Frameworks and Kernels**: Knowledge of AI kernel development and familiarity with popular deep learning frameworks like JAX, PyTorch, ONNX, and TensorFlow (TF).
- **Professional Certification**: Current Program Management (PM) certification (e.g., PMP, PgMP, CSM, SAFe) is a significant plus.

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