Senior Program Manager: 800G & 1.6T OSFP Transceivers

Supermicro; 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 drive cross-functional hardware and software programs from concept through production, coordinating optics, electrical, firmware, validation, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality teams. Strong program management and communication skills are essential.

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.

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.
• Manage end-to-end hardware and software product release cycles for optical transceiver products.
• Coordinate release readiness activities across engineering, validation, manufacturing, operations, and customer support teams.
• Track feature readiness, bug resolution, firmware/software releases, qualification status, interoperability testing, and customer commitments.
• 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.
• Manage New Product Introduction (NPI) programs for 800G OSFP DR8, 2xDR4, FR4, LR4 modules, 1.6T OSFP and OSFP-XD, PAM4-based high-speed interconnects.
• Drive engineering development through EVT, DVT, PVT, qualification, customer sampling, and production ramps.
• Coordinate design reviews, validation activities, and manufacturing readiness reviews.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards, customer specifications, and regulatory requirements.
• Partner closely with strategic customers to ensure successful product qualification and deployment.
• Support technical reviews, roadmap discussions, and customer escalations.
• Collaborate with Product Management, Engineering, Sales, Operations, and Executive Leadership to align priorities and expectations.
• Act as the primary program interface between internal teams and external stakeholders.
• Drive manufacturing readiness and production ramp activities.
• Coordinate with contract manufacturers, suppliers, and component vendors to ensure timely delivery of critical materials.
• Monitor supply chain risks, lead times, and capacity constraints.
• Support cost reduction initiatives and yield improvement programs.
• Ensure manufacturing quality and reliability objectives are achieved.

Skills

Program management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder communication

Executive communication

Risk management

Project planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Physics, Computer Science, or related technical field

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 drive cross-functional hardware and software programs from concept through production, coordinating optics, electrical, firmware, validation, manufacturing, supply chain, and quality teams. Strong program management and communication skills are essential.