Senior Hardware Program Manager — AI GPUs & NPI

Amphenol Communications Solutions; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 100,000 - 189,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401K matching

Paid holidays

Life insurance

Short/long term disability

Vacation days

Sick leave

Personal days

Dental benefits

Vision benefits

Job summary

Amphenol Communications Solutions seeks a Technical Program Manager in Santa Clara, CA to own end-to-end hardware and NPI programs, coordinating customer priorities with internal teams. You will translate commitments into clear plans, manage risks, and ensure successful delivery of complex projects across engineering, product management, operations, and supply chains.

The role demands strong leadership, ownership, and the ability to influence without direct authority, with a focus on delivering

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business, or related field.
• 5+ years of experience leading complex hardware, electronics, interconnect, networking, or infrastructure programs.
• Demonstrated leadership of product-development, qualification, NPI, and manufacturing-ramp activities.
• Proven ability to manage major customers and coordinate multiple internal functions or business units.

Responsibilities

• Lead execution of high-value or technically complex programs supporting GPU clusters for AI training and inference.
• Own selected elements of the solution, including components, cable assemblies, cartridges, test systems, or ramp activities.
• Coordinate component development and delivery while managing interfaces with the cartridge solution.
• Manage program requirements, schedules, milestones, qualification, testing, and production readiness.
• Develop and deploy dedicated Bit Error Rate Test (BERT) systems for data performance validation.
• Support factory-readiness and automation-line ramp plans, including equipment and capacity.
• Align customer requirements with Engineering, Product Management, Operations, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Sales, and test-development teams.
• Identify and resolve technical, manufacturing, supply-chain, capacity, and cross-program risks before they affect delivery.
• Provide leadership with a clear view of status, dependencies, risks, and recommended actions.
• Drive commitments, issues, and escalations through to closure.

Skills

Judgment prioritization

Leadership across functions

Ownership and urgency

Customer/stakeholder management

Integrated planning and scheduling

Risk anticipation

Technical curiosity

Hardware development knowledge

Executive communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering/Business

Job description

Amphenol Communications Solutions seeks a Technical Program Manager in Santa Clara, CA to own end-to-end hardware and NPI programs, coordinating customer priorities with internal teams. You will translate commitments into clear plans, manage risks, and ensure successful delivery of complex projects across engineering, product management, operations, and supply chains.

The role demands strong leadership, ownership, and the ability to influence without direct authority, with a focus on delivering