Senior Product Manager, Hardware (NPU IP)
Core
Own the Chimera GPNPU IP roadmap for neural network inference workloads in edge and automotive devices, translating customer requirements into feature lists and driving architecture freeze decisions.
Role type
Senior Product Manager, Hardware (NPU IP)
Builds
Neural processing unit (NPU) IP for edge and automotive silicon
Domain
Semiconductor / AI Hardware / Automotive
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Hardware roadmap planning, Architecture tradeoff analysis, Customer engagement (Tier 1 automotive/OEM), IP usability analysis, Competitive intelligence (NPU/Semiconductor), SoC integration strategy, Functional safety architecture
Preferred skills
RTL or silicon-implementation background, Prior IP vendor experience, AI/ML compute stack architecture exposure, Japanese-market customer experience
Technologies
GPNPU, Chimera IP, AXI4, ACE-Lite, CoreSight, FMEDA, lockstep configurations
Responsibilities
Define track-by-track feature lists for Compute, Efficiency, Scalability, Safety, and Integration; Drive architecture freeze decisions and present recommendations to the Product Steering Committee; Act as hardware product owner for anchor accounts to ingest feedback and convert to roadmap input; Identify customer workarounds and API needs; Track competitor architectural moves (Synopsys, Arm, NVIDIA, etc.); Decide on integration knobs and safety-island architecture.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
