Sr. Product Manager, Chassis

Supermicro; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 182,000; Full time

Job summary

Supermicro is seeking a Sr. Chassis Product Manager to lead end-to-end development of server chassis for hyperscale data centers.

You will define specifications, review mechanical designs, manage schedules, and drive time-to-market launches with engineering, thermal, power, sales, and operations teams. In this role you will translate datacenter trends into competitive chassis solutions, oversee roadmaps, and ensure on-time delivery at scale, partnering with overseas ODM vendors and internal

Qualifications

• BS/MS degree in engineering strongly desirable.
• 8+ years in server or ME hardware industry preferred.
• Experience in product development and management of server chassis mechanical, thermal, and system design.
• Strong knowledge of server system architecture, chassis, hardware and applications.
• Ability to manage from technical details to big picture.
• Strong communication, writing, and presentation skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and collaboration in cross-functional teams.
• Ability to work in a highly paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage the product life cycle of server chassis products, from conception to mass production.
• Create and present chassis product roadmap.
• Review specifications and design of chassis mechanical, thermal, system architecture with engineering.
• Lead cross-functional team to ensure time-to-market launches and on-time delivery.
• Collaborate with overseas ODM vendors on design, tooling fabrication, and ramp-up.
• Work with marketing and sales on new chassis product launches and promotions.
• Utilize project management and technical leadership to drive product business and sales.

Skills

Product management

Cross-functional leadership

Project management

Communication

Education

BS/MS degree in engineering

Job description

Job Req ID: 28236

About Supermicro:

Supermicro is a Top Tier provider of advanced server, storage, and networking solutions for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/ Big Data, Hyperscale, HPC and IoT/Embedded customers worldwide. We are the #5 fastest growing company among the Silicon Valley Top 50 technology firms. Our unprecedented global expansion has provided us with the opportunity to offer a large number of new positions to the technology community. We seek talented, passionate, and committed engineers, technologists, and business leaders to join us.

Job Summary:

The world's fastest-growing AI platforms don't run on ideas - they run inside precision-engineered server chassis. As a Sr. Chassis Product Manager at Supermicro, you won't just manage a product line - you'll architect the foundation that powers hyperscale datacenters, liquid-cooled AI clusters, and next-generation compute.

You will lead end-to-end chassis product development - from defining specifications and reviewing complex mechanical designs to controlling schedules and driving aggressive time-to-market launches. Working cross-functionally with engineering, thermal, power, sales, and operations teams, you'll deliver application-optimized, performance-driven chassis platforms that enable the latest GPU and AI server architectures.

This is a role for a product leader who thrives at the intersection of hardware innovation, execution discipline, and market strategy - someone who can translate datacenter trends into competitive chassis solutions and ensure on-time delivery at scale.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Develop and manage the product life cycle of server chassis products, including product development phase: product conception, specification, scheduling, prototyping, tooling; as well as mass production phase: product support and maintenance of the entire product life cycle
• Create and present chassis product roadmap
• Closely work with engineering teams to review the product specification and design of chassis mechanical, thermal, system architecture to enable competitive, high quality server chassis product
• Lead cross-functional team to ensure time-to-market product launch and on-time delivery
• Closely work with oversea ODM vendor on server chassis product design and development, design review, chassis parts tooling fabrication and production ramp-up, set-up
• Work with marketing and sales on new chassis products launch and promotion
• Utilize strong project management and technical leadership to drive Super Micro server chassis products business and promote to worldwide sales and customers

Qualifications:

• BS/MSdegree in engineering discipline is strongly desirable
• 8+ years of experience in server or ME hardware industry is preferred
• Product development and management experience in server chassis mechanical, thermal, and system design
• Strong knowledge of server system architecture, chassis, hardware and applications
• Demonstrated ability to manage from technical details to big picture
• Strong communication skills in speaking, writing, and presenting
• Excellent interpersonal skills, including relationship building and collaboration within a diverse, cross-functional team
• Individual must be able to work effectively in a highly paced environment

Salary Range

$150,000 - $182,000

The salary offered will depend on several factors, including your location, level, education, training, specific skills, years of experience, and comparison to other employees already in this role. In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as participation in bonus and equity award programs.

EEO Statement

Supermicro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and embraces diversity in our employee population. It is the policy of Supermicro to provide equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or special disabled veteran, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.