# Technical Program Manager, Hardware Systems

**Company**: Anthropic
**Location**: San Francisco, CA
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $365,000-$435,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology
**Wikidata**: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q116758847

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## Description

Anthropic's mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. They want AI to be safe and beneficial for users and society as a whole.

We're looking for a Technical Program Manager to own execution of custom hardware systems from concept through production deployment. You'll drive the program that turns architecture and specs into boards and racks that ship , managing ODMs, CMs, and component vendors on one side, and coordinating silicon, firmware, infrastructure software, supply chain, and datacenter teams on the other.

**Key Responsibilities:**

- Own the integrated hardware systems program plan across board, chassis, rack, and interconnect , from requirements through EVT/DVT/PVT, qualification, and production ramp.

- Drive execution with ODMs, contract manufacturers, and component/optics vendors.

- Stand up and run the NPI cadence , build matrix, engineering reviews, DFx, issue triage, exit criteria.

- Drive the bring-up and validation program for new platforms.

- Own the interfaces that make or break a hardware program.

- Run partner and technology evaluations as a program.

- Own program communication upward and outward.

- Develop and share AI-assisted approaches to hardware program management.

**Minimum Qualifications:**

- 8+ years in hardware systems / NPI program management.

- Direct ownership of at least one platform from concept through volume production.

- Working technical fluency across the hardware stack.

- Experience managing ODMs/CMs and component vendors.

- Track record of standing up program mechanisms on a new or early-stage hardware effort.

- Strong written communication.

- Comfort operating with high autonomy and limited process in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.

**Preferred Qualifications:**

- Experience with AI/ML accelerator systems.

- Experience taking a first-generation, custom-silicon-based system from bring-up through fleet deployment.

- Experience with liquid-cooled and/or high-density rack architectures.

- Familiarity with the chip-package-system interface.

- Experience with datacenter integration, deployment, and fleet-scale reliability/RAS programs.

- Practical experience using AI tools in your own workflow.

**Logistics:**

- Annual Salary: $365,000-$435,000 USD

- Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time.

- Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas!

## Skills

### Required
- hardware systems
- NPI program management
- ODM/CM management
- technical fluency
- written communication

### Nice to have
- AI/ML accelerator systems
- custom-silicon-based systems
- liquid-cooled rack architectures
- datacenter integration

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