Principal Product Manager, Fiber Optics & AI Infra

Asteralabs; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Astera Labs is seeking a Principal Product Manager for Fiber Connectivity in San Jose, CA. You will own the link between AI system architecture and commercial product adoption, defining a portfolio of passive optical connectivity solutions and guiding products from concept through production.

You will shape optical system interfaces, collaborate with hyperscalers and ecosystem partners, and drive market-ready offerings while balancing performance, cost, manufacturability, and supply chain

Qualifications

• 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, business development, or a related function.
• 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.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and cross-functional leadership skills.
• Willingness to travel internationally as needed.

Responsibilities

• 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 for hyperscalers, AI infrastructure companies, system OEMs and ecosystem partners.
• 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.
• Establish manufacturing, supplier, automation, quality, reliability, test, yield, capacity, and cost-reduction strategies for high-volume production.
• Partner with sales and applications teams to secure design wins, support customer commitments, and drive adoption.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Communication

Presentation

Travel internationally

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering/physics/materials science/business

Job description

Astera Labs is seeking a Principal Product Manager for Fiber Connectivity in San Jose, CA. You will own the link between AI system architecture and commercial product adoption, defining a portfolio of passive optical connectivity solutions and guiding products from concept through production.

You will shape optical system interfaces, collaborate with hyperscalers and ecosystem partners, and drive market-ready offerings while balancing performance, cost, manufacturability, and supply chain