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Technical Program Manager, Hardware Systems

Anthropic· Technical Program Management
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San Francisco, CA, New York, NY$365k - $435kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Technical Program Manager responsible for end-to-end execution of Anthropic's hardware systems—from concept through production deployment—coordinating ODMs/CMs, silicon, firmware, infrastructure software, supply chain, and datacenter teams to deliver integrated boards, racks, interconnects, and associated systems.

Responsibilities

  • Own the integrated hardware systems program plan across board, chassis, rack, and interconnect — from requirements through EVT/DVT/PVT, qualification, and production ramp — and be the source of truth on schedule, risk, and readiness.
  • Drive execution with ODMs, contract manufacturers, and component/optics vendors: SOWs, build schedules, deliverable tracking, factory readiness, and escalation when they slip.
  • Stand up and run the NPI cadence — build matrix, engineering reviews, DFx, issue triage, exit criteria — and keep it lightweight enough that a small, senior team actually uses it.
  • Drive the bring-up and validation program for new platforms: lab and pilot-rack logistics, firmware/BMC/diagnostics coordination, test coverage, and the reliability and telemetry targets a platform has to hit before it enters the fleet.
  • Own the interfaces that make or break a hardware program: silicon (samples, package, power/thermal envelopes), datacenter (power, cooling, rack integration, deployment windows), infrastructure software (management plane, provisioning, telemetry), and supply chain (long-lead components, second-sourcing, allocation).
  • Run partner and technology evaluations as a program — candidate ODMs, reference platforms, connector/optics/memory options — and land build / buy / co-design recommendations with the architecture team.
  • Own program communication upward and outward — for an audience that ranges from architects to executives.
  • Develop and share AI-assisted approaches to hardware program management — issue-tracker synthesis, build-readiness checking, spec/BOM consistency, ODM-report digestion.

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in hardware systems / NPI program management for compute, networking, storage, or accelerator platforms.
  • Direct ownership of at least one platform from concept through volume production — you can walk through its EVT/DVT/PVT arc, what broke, and how you recovered.
  • Working technical fluency across the hardware stack — power delivery, thermal, mechanical, high-speed interconnect, board design, system management — sufficient to interrogate status and push back credibly on architects and vendors.
  • Experience managing ODMs/CMs and component vendors, including SOW negotiation, build tracking, quality escapes, and escalation.
  • Track record of standing up program mechanisms on a new or early-stage hardware effort, not just operating inside a mature PLC.
  • Strong written communication — plans, reviews, and exec updates that many teams depend on.
  • Comfort operating with high autonomy and limited process in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.

Skills

Required:Program management for hardware systemsSOW negotiation and vendor managementCross-functional coordinationNPI and hardware bring-up processTechnical communication
Last updated Aug 12, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Anthropic

building reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems

Anthropic is an AI safety and research company that's working to build reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems.

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