Technical Marketing Manager

Molex; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Molex is seeking a Technical Marketing Manager in Fremont, CA to drive growth with strategic optical networking customers. You will own technical and commercial engagement, translating complex optical tech into compelling solutions, working with sales, product, and engineering to influence design wins and guide future product direction.

You will join the Technical Marketing team within Molex Optical Solutions, collaborating across Sales and Engineering to enable customer success and identify new

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, physics or related field.
• 1+ year in a technical or customer-facing role within optical networking.
• Experience supporting telecom/datacom optical networking applications.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Sales to develop and execute account strategies and relationships.
• Represent Molex optical products and system-level capabilities for customer needs.
• Drive technical engagement that leads to design wins and adoption.
• Lead technical input for RFQs and RFPs to influence proposals.
• Coordinate crossfunctional teams to align requirements with product capabilities.
• Act as primary technical interface for design, qualification, and postsales.
• Provide customer and market insights to inform product roadmap decisions.

Skills

Strong communication

Cross-functional collaboration

DWDM / WSS / ROADMs

Fiber optics industry exposure

Education

Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or related

1+ year of technical/customer-facing role in optical networking

Experience supporting telecom/datacom optical networking applications

Job description

Your Job

Molex is expanding its Wavelength Management business and is seeking a Technical Marketing Manager to join our team in Fremont, CA to help drive growth with strategic customers. In this role, you will own technical and commercial engagement with assigned accounts, translating complex optical technologies into compelling customer solutions. You will work at the intersection of sales, product, and engineering to influence design wins, support customer opportunities, and shape future product direction.

Our Team

You will join the Technical Marketing team within Molex Optical Solutions, supporting the Wavelength Management business. The team partners closely with Sales, Product Line Management, and Engineering to enable customer success and identify new growth opportunities across telecom and datacom markets.

What You Will Do

• Partner with Sales to develop and execute account strategies, sharing ownership of key customer relationships
• Represent Molex's optical products, solutions, and systemlevel capabilities to address complex customer application needs
• Drive technical engagement that leads to design wins and longterm customer adoption
• Lead technical input for RFQs and RFPs, influencing solution positioning and supporting competitive proposals
• Coordinate crossfunctional teams to align customer requirements with product capabilities and execution plans
• Act as the primary technical interface for customers across design, qualification, and postsales engagement
• Bring forward customer and market insights to inform product roadmap decisions and feature prioritization

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, or a related technical discipline
• 1+ year of experience in a technical, applications engineering, product engineering, or customerfacing technical role within optical networking or fiberoptic products
• Experience supporting telecom or datacom optical networking applications

What Will Put You Ahead

• Strong communication skills with the ability to explain complex technical concepts clearly
• Customerfocused mindset with the ability to collaborate across functions
• Advanced technical degree (MS or PhD)
• Exposure to Technical Marketing, Product Line Management, or Sales within the fiberoptics industry
• Experience with DWDM systems and optical networking technologies such as optical amplifiers, WSS, and ROADMs

For this role, we anticipate paying $150,000 - $220,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify.