NPI Engineer - Product Operations Manager
Core
Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of a family of networking hardware products from program commit to end-of-life, ensuring manufacturability, reliability, and cost objectives.
Role type
Senior Product Operations Manager (NPI)
Builds
Networking hardware products for data center, campus, and routing environments
Domain
Networking hardware / Data center infrastructure
Deliverable
product features
Required skills
Product lifecycle management, cross-functional team leadership, capacity planning, risk mitigation, post-project assessment, cost monitoring, quality metrics analysis, portfolio rationalization, value engineering
Preferred skills
New product introduction (NPI) experience, program management, external partner negotiation, sales/customer interaction, hardware/software development process contribution
Technologies
None explicitly stated
Responsibilities
Lead cross-functional teams including product development, manufacturing, and ODM/JDM partners to deliver products; Coordinate with technology and manufacturing partners for prototype and early production delivery; Champion manufacturability, testability, reliability, sustainability, and supportability objectives; Monitor production yields and RMAs to assure quality metrics; Define and implement product improvement initiatives in partnership with engineering.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with leadership responsibilities
