Senior PM - 800G & 1.6T OSFP Optical Transceivers

Super Micro Computer, Inc.; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Supermicro is seeking an experienced SR Program Manager to lead development, qualification, release, and deployment of 800G and 1.6T OSFP optical transceiver products for AI infrastructure and hyperscale data centers. You will coordinate hardware and software programs from concept to production, working with engineering, firmware, validation, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality teams.

The role requires strong technical program management expertise, experience with complex product releases,

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or related technical field.
• 8+ years of Program Management experience in optical networking, telecommunications, semiconductor, networking hardware, or data center infrastructure industries.
• Demonstrated success managing complex cross-functional hardware development programs.
• Experience managing product lifecycles from concept through production.
• Strong project planning, risk management, and stakeholder communication skills.
• Proven ability to influence and drive alignment across global organizations.
• Excellent written, verbal, and executive communication skills.
• PMI certifications (PMP, PgMP, PMI-ACP, Scrum Master) are a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end program execution for 800G and 1.6T OSFP optical transceiver products from concept through volume production.
• Develop and maintain integrated program plans, schedules, milestones, budgets, and resource allocations.
• Drive alignment across cross-functional teams including optics, electrical, mechanical, firmware, software, validation, operations, quality, and supply chain.
• Manage program risks, dependencies, and critical path activities while ensuring timely delivery of key milestones.
• Provide executive-level status reporting, program reviews, and escalation management.
• Establish and drive program governance processes, metrics, and best practices.
• Coordinate release readiness activities across engineering, validation, manufacturing, operations, and customer support teams.
• Drive release schedules and ensure alignment between hardware milestones and software/firmware deliverables.
• Lead release reviews and develop go-to-market and deployment readiness plans.
• Ensure product releases meet quality, reliability, performance, and customer requirements.

Skills

Project planning

Risk management

Stakeholder communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical/Optical/Computer Engineering, Physics, CS

PMI certifications (PMP/PgMP/PMI-ACP)

Job description

Supermicro is seeking an experienced SR Program Manager to lead development, qualification, release, and deployment of 800G and 1.6T OSFP optical transceiver products for AI infrastructure and hyperscale data centers. You will coordinate hardware and software programs from concept to production, working with engineering, firmware, validation, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality teams.

The role requires strong technical program management expertise, experience with complex product releases,