Description
The Role
As a Technical Program Manager and Planner in Ampere’s Linux Enabling team, you will be supporting the engineering team in new platform bring-up, enabling Ampere products in the upstream Linux kernel, and working with industry partners to bring that support to market. Your job will be focused on supporting the execution of our programs, building technical product roadmaps, scoping programs and aligning them with business priorities, defining schedules, milestones and success criteria and driving the programs to completion with our cross-functional teams and partners.
What You Will Do
- Establish strong partnerships with program teams to align on delivering shared goals
- Together with engineering leadership, define program requirements, set priorities, define the roadmap and align the schedule with stakeholders
- Establish communication channels and structures to effectively and proactively communicate program status, issues, and risks
- Manage dependencies, risks, and changes effectively
- Partner across teams to drive technical analysis, design, development, verification, and validation
- Define and track functional, quality and performance measurements and drive execution towards corresponding goals
- Proactively identify and highlight complex, long-term, critical problems with leaders and stakeholders
- Drive internal and external process improvements across multiple teams and functions including reducing the manual efforts through automation
- Contribute to an internal engineering culture that fosters collaboration, learning, and growth
What You’ll Bring
- 8+ years of experience that includes software, systems and/or hardware engineering AND complex technical product/program management
- Experience delivering complex large-scale hardware and software programs or products from inception to delivery
- Experience working with technical management teams to develop systems, solutions, and products
- Organizational experience and proven ability to establish strong working relationships across multiple teams and partners in different time zones
- Advanced Jira experience with multiple projects, queries, structures, dashboards, automation, etc.
- Self-motivated individual with strong problem-solving skills and a growth mindset
- Effective English communications skills, both written and verbal
- Experience with open source community development methodology
- Experience with firmware, operating systems, and Linux distributions
Education
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical field, such as Computer Science, Electrical/Computer Engineering, or equivalent experience
Perks in Santa Clara
- Office has panoramic views of Silicon Valley
- Garage parking
- Gym and café on campus
- Healthy snacks, espresso and drinks
- Standing /Ergo friendly desk set-up
- Ping-pong/game room
- Unlimited Flextime and 10+ paid holidays
Perks in Portland
- Walking distance of breweries, landscaped parks, art galleries, restaurants and shops
- Garage parking
- On-site bike parking and repair station
- Gym
- Roof top terrace with Willamette River views
- Healthy snacks, espresso and drinks
- Standing /Ergo friendly desk set-up
- Game room
- Unlimited Flextime and 10+ paid holidays
Pay and Benefits
Ampere offers a competitive total rewards package that includes base pay, bonus, stock, and comprehensive benefits. The full base pay range for this role is between $129,000 and $215,000, except in the San Francisco Bay Area where the range is between $143,000 and $238,000. We also offer an annual bonus program tied to internal company goals and annual meritocratic stock awards that enable our employees to participate in the success of the company. Our benefits include health, wellness, and financial programs that support employees through every stage of life, with full benefits eligibility at 20 hours per week. Beyond compensation and benefits, our passionate teams thrive in an inclusive culture that empowers our employees to do more and grow more – all in service of inventing industry leading cloud-native designs that contribute to a more sustainable future. We look forward to sharing more about our career opportunities through interviews.
Our Company
Ampere is designing the future of hyperscale cloud and edge computing with the world’s first cloud native processor. Built for the cloud with a modern 64-bit Arm server-based architecture, Ampere gives customers the freedom to accelerate the delivery of all cloud computing applications. With industry-leading cloud performance, power efficiency and scalability, Ampere processors are tailored for the continued growth of cloud and edge computing.
Our Story
Like the scientist behind its name, Ampere employees are innovators. We understand the needs of cloud computing and different software requirements. We are inventing what comes next and looking at everything from the structure of memory and how efficient the system is, to considerations on speed, cost of electricity and ability to cool. Power, size, weight and cost are driving the technology requirements and the innovation to come.
Our world class team of engineers, with depth and expertise in the cloud and semiconductor industries, is not only focused on the development of new semiconductor designs but also building out the first software ecosystem for Arm®-based server processors. Through the Ampere approach to the cloud and edge, we give our customers the freedom to challenge the status quo and accelerate next-generation data centers for the most memory-intensive applications. Given the challenge we have outlined, we are building a culture of entrepreneurs that ensure customers come first, proactively approaching industry challenges in the areas of security, power and performance, delivering results that matter most.
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We are an inclusive and equal opportunity employer. All applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.