SoC Pre-Silicon Engineering Program Manager

Job description

Imagine what you could do here. At Apple, new insights have a way of becoming extraordinary products, services, and customer experiences very quickly. Bring passion and dedication to your job and there's no telling what you could accomplish. Dynamic, intelligent people and inspiring, innovative technologies are the norm here. The people who work here have reinvented entire industries with all Apple Hardware products. The same passion for innovation that goes into our products also applies to our practices strengthening our dedication to leave the world better than we found it. Do you want join us in these pursuits? Join us to help deliver the next groundbreaking Apple product! As a Silicon Program Manager within the Hardware Technology Engineering organization, you will be responsible for driving front-end silicon program schedules and resolving technical issues that enable on-time silicon. This is an individual contributor role, helping manage the development process for SOC silicon used in next-generation Apple products. The focus of this role is on the initial phases of architecture, specifications, design, and pre-silicon prototyping to initial samples. Interaction and coordination with post-silicon validation teams is also encouraged. Minimum Qualifications: BS + minimum of 3 years of relevant experience Requires experience in SoC/VLSI Chip Design, ASIC Chip Design, or Technology process development Experience working in a multifaceted engineering environment, strong at multi-tasking, and real-time crisis management Apply LLM tools and agentic frameworks (e.g., Claude Code) to streamline PM workflows; stay current on Apple's internal AI capabilities and support teammates in adopting relevant tools and best practices. Preferred Qualifications: Technical Program or Project Management or Functional Management experience Phenomenal leadership and interpersonal skills (Executive communication) Expertise owning and driving project development using well-defined metrics Experience working with ASIC & VLSI design flows and leading silicon projects from concept to production Programming language experience (Javascript, Python, Perl) Familiarity with project management tools (Confluence, JIRA)|