Product Manager - CPO Engines

Product Manager - CPO Engines

Location: San Jose (on-site)

Ayar Labs is shattering AI data bottlenecks by moving data at the speed of light. As pioneers of co-packaged optics (CPO), we are using light instead of electricity to move data faster, further, and with a fraction of the energy needed to fuel the explosive growth of AI models.

Backed by industry giants like NVIDIA, AMD, Mediatek and Intel, and manufactured in partnership with the world's leading semiconductor ecosystem, Ayar Labs' co-packaged optics solution is key to unleashing next-generation AI scale-up architectures.


We are looking for a visionary Product Line Manager to lead our Optical Engines portfolio to market success.

The Role

As the PLM for CPO Engines, you own the commercial and technical success of Ayar Labs' optical engine product line. Your mission is to define, position, and scale Ayar Labs' strategy for CPO enabled scale-up AI architectures.

Key Responsibilities

• Product Strategy & Roadmap: Own the Product Line strategy for the TeraPHYTM optical chiplet family. Author comprehensive PRDs that set the direction for engineering and manufacturing execution.
• Technical Marketing: Develop high quality white papers, datasheets, application notes and other collateral aimed at customers and partners.
• Market Intelligence: Track the evolution of AI clusters, networking switch fabrics, and disaggregated memory to drive out I/O chiplet roadmap with target customers.
• Product Operations: Lead the Optical Engine products through the internal PLC (Product Life Cycle) gate process. Collaborate widely with Engineering, Quality, Operations and other functions to ensure high-volume manufacturing readiness.
• Customer Engagement: Act as the primary interface for Tier 1 Cloud Service Providers (CSPs), xPU architects and networking OEMs regarding laser reliability and deployment.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of experience in Product Management in the semiconductor industry
• Familiarity with Silicon Photonics, advanced packaging, UCIe, and high-speed SerDes/Signaling.
• BS in Electrical Engineering or Computer Engineering.
• Strong project management and communication skills.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Chiplets, I/O Die and/or Networking silicon.
• Silicon photonics
• MBA

Salary range: $170,000 - $223,000

NOTE TO RECRUITERS:

Principals only. We are not accepting resumes from recruiters for this position. Remuneration for recruiting activities is only applicable subject to a signed and executed agreement between the parties. Please don't send candidates to Ayar Labs, and do not contact our managers.

Ayar Labs is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is strongly committed to all policies which will afford equal opportunity employment to all qualified persons without regard to age, sex, national origin, race, color, ethnicity, creed, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. It is the policy of Ayar Labs to provide reasonable accommodation when requested by a qualified applicant or employee with a disability, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. Veterans are more than welcome and encouraged to apply.