# Director, Product Management, CPO and Silicon Photonics

**Company**: NVIDIA
**Location**: Santa Clara, CA
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

NVIDIA's Datacenter Networking Business is expanding quickly and we're looking for a Director-level Product Manager with strong technical knowledge in optical interconnects, silicon photonics, and co-packaged optics (CPO).

In this product management leadership role, you will compose the long-term strategy and guide the lifecycle of advanced optical interconnect hardware and silicon platforms. You'll work closely with architecture, ASIC, systems, software, and go-to-market teams globally.

**Responsibilities:**

- Guide strategic direction and product vision for NVIDIA's Co-Packaged Optics (CPO) hardware and silicon platforms, managing product planning, implementation, lifecycle management, and technology transitions.

- Define product requirements and roadmaps for next-generation optical interconnects, ASICs, systems, and platforms in partnership with engineering, architecture, and important ecosystem collaborators.

- Lead cross-functional collaboration among hardware, silicon, firmware, software, operations, and business groups to provide industry-leading networking solutions for AI and cloud datacenters.

- Partner with strategic customers and hyperscalers to understand emerging requirements and translate them into differentiated networking products.

- Present the product strategy to executive leadership, customers, and industry partners, guiding the progression of NVIDIA's datacenter networking portfolio.

**Requirements:**

- BS/MS in Engineering or equivalent experience.

- 15+ years of overall experience with 8+ years in silicon photonics development or technical support roles within the networking industry, with deep technical proficiency.

- Deep knowledge of silicon photonics, process technologies and packaging, including modulator technologies, lasers, and the underlying silicon process technologies that power modern optical interconnects.

- Comprehensive knowledge of data center hardware, rack-level construction, and physical infrastructure.

- Experience leading product strategy development and delivery in complex global organizations as a senior IC (director-level scope) or people leader.

- A strong blend of systems-level technical depth, business insight, and critical thinking.

- Demonstrates outstanding communication and confidence when sharing ideas at the executive level.

**Benefits:**

- Equity

- Benefits

You will also be eligible for equity and benefits. Applications for this job will be accepted at least until August 15, 2026.

## Skills

### Required
- silicon photonics
- co-packaged optics (CPO)
- optical interconnects
- ASICs
- systems
- software
- hardware

### Nice to have
- engineering
- product management
- product marketing
- customer interface
- customer support

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