Technical Marketing Engineering Technical Leader

Cisco; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 172,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) with Cisco match

Parental leave

Disability coverage

Life insurance

Job summary

Cisco is seeking a Senior Product Manager for the Transceiver Modules Group to craft and implement validation plans for optical modules used in AI data centers. You will prepare technical content for PRDs and specifications, and collaborate across teams for interoperability testing and system validation.

You’ll engage with customers, run lab validations, and help shape forward-looking programs and roadmaps, with a focus on high-speed optics and data center applications.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with 10+ years of relevant experience or Master's with 8+ years or PhD with 3+ years, preferably in Electrical Engineering or physical sciences.
• Experience in Technical Marketing, Field Application Engineering, or related.
• Hands-on interoperability testing and validation in the lab (e.g., validating optical modules on switches/routers).
• Client-facing experience with exceptional communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement validation test plans for Cisco's optics based on AI customer requirements.
• Prepare technical content to support Product Requirement Documents and specifications for new AI products.
• Collaborate with technology and GTM partners for interoperability testing and system validation.
• Respond to field inquiries related to optical transceivers and contribute to roadmaps and content for internal commits.

Skills

Technical marketing

Field application engineering

Interoperability testing

Lab validation

Education

Electrical Engineering / Physical Science

Job description

The application window is expected to close on: 11/22/2026

Meet the Team

The Transceiver Modules Group Business Unit handles Cisco's pluggable optic modules that enable customers to connect switches, routers, and servers with high-speed fiber optics. The Product Management team includes Product Managers and Technical Marketing Engineers (TMEs) and covers a broad range of optical technologies, customer applications, and market segments. The TMEs support the team's business goals by supporting sales, fostering new technology, and performing investigations and demos.

We value creativity and collaboration. Sometimes the wild ideas turn out to be the best ones! You'll also collaborate with the product managers, TMEs, and engineers in our BU and other Cisco BUs.

Your Impact

In this role, you will work with customers using optics for AI data centers. You will craft and implement validation test plans for Cisco's optics based on AI customer requirements. You will prepare technical content to support Product Requirement Documents and specifications for new products for AI applications. You will collaborate with technology and Go-To-Market partners for interoperability testing and system functional validation, and respond to field inquiries related to optical transceivers. Additionally, you will contribute to forward-looking programs, roadmaps and collaborate on content for internal Concept Commits and Execution Commits, focusing on customers, configurations, and competitive industry information.

You're a problem solver who embraces opportunities to step outside your comfort zone. You are comfortable solving pluggable optics in switches and routers, even in front of customers. You know your way around a fiber optics lab with high-speed scopes and optical spectrum analyzers. You know that machines are logical and people can be more nuanced.

Minimum Qualifications

• B achelor's degree with 10+ years of relevant experience or Master's degree with 8+ years of relevant experience or PhD with 3+ years, preferably combined with a degree in Electrical Engineering or a physical science or related.
• Experience in Technical Marketing, Field Application Engineering, or related.
• Hands on skills for interoperability testing and validation activities in the lab (for example: validating optical modules on switches and routers).
• Client facing experience along with exceptional communication and collaboration skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of customer optical infrastructure requirements in AI datacenter networks.
• Knowledge of or prior experience with relevant networking technologies, and an understanding of Cisco's switching and routing portfolio.
• Knowledge of standards related to pluggable optical transceivers, including optical PMDs (e.g. IEEE 802.3xx, optical MSAs), pluggable form factor MSAs (SFF, QSFP-DD, CMIS, etc.), and IEEE Attachment Unit Interfaces (AUIs).

Why Cisco?

At Cisco, we're revolutionizing how data and infrastructure connect and protect organizations in the AI era - and beyond. We've been innovating fearlessly for 40 years to create solutions that power how humans and technology work together across the physical and digital worlds. These solutions provide customers with unparalleled security, visibility, and insights across the entire digital footprint.

Fueled by the depth and breadth of our technology, we experiment and create meaningful solutions. Add to that our worldwide network of doers and experts, and you'll see that the opportunities to grow and build are limitless. We work as a team, collaborating with empathy to make really big things happen on a global scale. Because our solutions are everywhere, our impact is everywhere.

We are Cisco, and our power starts with you.

Message to applicants applying to work in the U.S. and/or Canada:

The starting salary range posted for this position is $171,600.00 to $245,000.00 and reflects the projected salary range for new hires in this position in U.S. and/or Canada locations, not including incentive compensation*, equity, or benefits.

Individual pay is determined by the candidate's hiring location, market conditions, job-related skillset, experience, qualifications, education, certifications, and/or training. The full salary range for certain locations is listed below. For locations not listed below, the recruiter can share more details about compensation for the role in your location during the hiring process.

U.S. employees are offered benefits, subject to Cisco's plan eligibility rules, which include medical, dental and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan with a Cisco matching contribution, paid parental leave, short and long-term disability coverage, and basic life insurance. Please see the Cisco careers site to discover more benefits and perks. Employees may be eligible to receive grants of Cisco restricted stock units, which vest following continued employment with Cisco for defined periods of time.

U.S. employees are eligible for paid time