Principal Product Manager, Fiber Connectivity - San Jose, California, United States

Originally posted 2 September 2026 by the employer — open 7 days.

This role focuses on passive optical connectivity at the fiber-to-chip and system interfaces of high-density AI infrastructure.

About the role

This Principal Product Manager will define a portfolio of passive optical connectivity solutions, set customer-driven product requirements, and drive products from concept through qualification, deployment, and production. The role spans optical performance, system integration, manufacturing scale, supply chain, customer qualification, and commercial execution within AI infrastructure.

What you'll do

• Define the product strategy and multi-year roadmap for passive optical connectivity at the fiber-to-chip and system interfaces of high-density AI infrastructure.
• Identify target applications, market opportunities, technology transitions, and competitive threats, serving as the voice of the customer.
• Set customer-driven product attribute targets and make clear tradeoffs across optical performance, density, cost, manufacturability, reliability, supply chain, adoption, and time to market.
• Develop go-to-market strategy and launch plans, including market assessment, competitive analysis, positioning, technical content, and sales enablement.
• Execute product development from concept through requirements, development, qualification, customer deployment, production ramp, and sustaining support.
• Lead cross-functional relationships across optical, mechanical, electrical, systems, manufacturing, operations, quality, supply chain, applications, sales, and finance.

What you'll need

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics, materials science, business, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in product management, product line management, engineering, applications, or business development.
• Experience developing and commercializing complex hardware products.
• Experience in optics, photonics, fiber optics, optical connectivity, optical packaging, or a related technology.
• Experience working across engineering, manufacturing, operations, supply chain, sales, and commercial organizations.

Nice to have

• MBA or advanced technical degree.
• Market knowledge of AI, cloud, networking, data center, server, and high performance computing infrastructure.
• Strong understanding of passive optical connectivity, optical coupling, fiber assemblies, connectors, alignment, and optical and mechanical tolerances.
• Experience with co-packaged optics, near-package optics, optical I/O, or scale-up optical interconnects.
• Experience with high-volume manufacturing, supplier qualification, new product introduction, or production ramp.
• Proven ability to work directly with hyperscalers, major system companies and optical ecosystem partners.

Skills: product strategy, roadmap, optical connectivity, AI infrastructure, go-to-market strategy