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SerDes Applications Program Manager

Broadcom

San Jose, CAFull-time$144–230K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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Compensation
$144–230K/yr
Location
San Jose, CA
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Master's degree, required

Job overview

Broadcom seeks an experienced technical project manager to support SerDes Applications engineers with customer demos, SerDes validation, evaluation kit support, integration, and customer silicon bringup. The role supports APD customers developing XPU, networking, high-performance computing, and 5G base-station chips, including designs with 448G and PCIe Gen7 SerDes. The manager will coordinate across APD functions and with program managers and technical teams in other business units.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Project Management, requiredSerDes Validation, requiredCustomer Support, requiredProject Planning, requiredSchedule Risk Management, requiredRisk Mitigation, requiredCross-Functional Collaboration, requiredSelf-Management, requiredOrganization, requiredCommunication, required

Qualifications

MSEE or Equivalent, required10 Years Project Management Experience, required100G/200G/400G and PCIe Gen6/7 SerDes Experience, required

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match
Paid Time Off

Full job description

USA-CA San Jose Innovation Drive

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Job Description:

Broadcom is seeking an experienced technical project manager to assist SerDes Applications engineers working on customer demo, SerDes validation, evaluation kit support, integration and customer silicon bringup. You will be part of a worldwide team supporting all of the APD customers including hyper scalers doing XPUs, networking chips, high-performance computing chips and 5G base stations. These customer designs will include 448G and PCIe Gen7 SerDes. You will interact with other functions in APD including SI/PI, design center, hardware platform team, DFT and test team. You will also be interacting with program managers and technical teams in other BUs developing PHY or switch chips.

Education/Experience

  • MSEE or equivalent plus 10 years project management experience in IP design, validation, customer support activities involving 100G/200G/400G and PCIe Gen6/7 SerDes

Key Responsibilities

  • Technical project management to help develop plans and track progress for many concurrent customer support, validation and debug activities

  • Help track progress for the IP deliverables generated as part of integration support and address issues with dependencies to other functional teams or other BUs

  • Be the liaison to represent team across APD, PLP and CSG

  • Manage consolidating test hardware needs including evaluation kit requests, cables, test silicon parts, generate schedule and track progress

  • Help with SerDes validation plan(s) per test silicon, IP and customer target channels

  • Clearly and concisely communicate plans, status, next steps and risks on a regular basis

  • Work with team members to import issues in systems such as JIRA/Redmine

  • Generate status reports for activities in the group on weekly basis

Skills required

  • Previous experience managing people on projects involving validation and support of complex IP including 100G/200G/400G SerDes and PCIe Gen6/7 subsystems

  • Extensive experience developing project plans, identifying schedule risks and formulating risk mitigation plans

  • Experience working in cross functional team and different BUs

  • Self-management, organization, and clear communication skills

Compensation and Benefits

The annual base salary range for this position is USD 143,800.00 To USD 230,000.00

As a valued member of our team, you'll be eligible for a discretionary annual bonus and the opportunity to receive not only a competitive new hire equity grant, but also annual equity awards, connecting your success directly to the company's growth. All subject to relevant plan documents and award agreements.

Broadcom offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits package: Medical, dental and vision plans, 401(K) participation including company matching, Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP), Employee Assistance Program (EAP), company paid holidays, paid sick leave and vacation time. The company follows all applicable laws for Paid Family Leave and other leaves of absence.

Broadcom is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We will consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, citizenship, disability status, medical condition, pregnancy, protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. We will also consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records consistent with local law.

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How this job compares

Set against the 10,712 open Program Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$144–230K/yr
  • California median$145–222K/yr1,033 salary ranges
  • US median$120–201K/yr8,468 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $187K, is close to the California median midpoint ($188K) — in the middle half of Program Manager salary ranges in California.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,295 open Program Manager jobs in California and 10,712 across the US. 5% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in California
Experience
This posting asks for at least 10 years of experience — more than three in four Program Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 6 years, across 9,269 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a master's degree; 157 of the 10,712 open Program Manager jobs (1%) ask for a master's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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