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Technical Principal Program Manager

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time🗓 2026-09-29 → 2026-10-02

Core

Lead the execution of cutting-edge AI and next-generation computing hardware SKUs, ensuring software and firmware plans are defined, validated, and rolled out for Azure.

Role type

Principal Technical Program Manager (Hardware/SW/FW)

Builds

Next-generation computing SKUs and innovative hardware solutions for Azure

Domain

Cloud datacenter hardware, AI computing, embedded systems

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Technical program management of complex cross-disciplinary projects, low-level software development (Firmware, UEFI, BMC, BSP), software development lifecycle management, cross-functional project leadership, requirement specification, agile execution, code reading/writing (C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python), hardware lifecycle management

Preferred skills

Vendor agnostic requirements definition, systematic SW/FW development practice implementation, strategic prioritization under ambiguity, independent problem solving

Technologies

C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, Firmware, UEFI, BMC, BSP

Responsibilities

Define and develop vendor agnostic requirements for innovative hardware solutions, drive development teams to deliver features via agile execution, oversee SW & FW team plans and deliverables, manage semester planning and engineering backlogs, communicate with internal/external partners globally, bring systematic SW/FW development practices to the team

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC with strategic oversight

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