Cisco
Product Line Manager, Coherent Optical Transceivers
$179K–$329K
Holmdel, New Jersey, US +1 · Hybrid · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 20, 2026
- Location
- Holmdel, New Jersey, US
Maynard, Massachusetts, US - Experience
- 12+ years with a bachelor’s degree, or 8+ years’ professional experience with a master’s degree; also requires 8+ years in specified product or engineering functions.
- Education
- Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or related field, or Master’s degree.
About the job
Owns the product strategy and full lifecycle delivery of next-generation coherent optical transceivers, coordinating engineering, operations, manufacturing, marketing, and customers.
What you'll do
- Define and execute the multi-year product strategy and roadmap.
- Manage products from market analysis and customer discovery through requirements, engineering milestones, launch, and volume scaling.
- Align cross-functional teams and engage customers to turn requirements into product specifications.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s in Electrical Engineering, Optical Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or a related field with 12+ years’ experience, or a Master’s degree with 8+ years’ professional experience.
- 8+ years in Technical Product Management, Product Marketing, and System Engineering in optical communications, high-speed networking, or the semiconductor transceiver industry.
- Experience managing full hardware/optical product lifecycles and working directly with Tier-1 cloud hyperscalers, telecommunications service providers, or networking equipment manufacturers.
- Demonstrated understanding of optical communications, including coherent transceivers, pluggable form factors, optical standards, and optical transmission properties.
Nice to have
- Background in optical transceiver hardware design, silicon photonics integration, DSP system engineering, or high-speed electro-optic characterization.
- Familiarity with AI/ML data center network architectures and emerging optical interconnects; industry standards and multi-source agreements.
Pay
$194,600.00 to $285,700.00 USD base salary; $194,600.00 - $328,600.00 USD base salary; $179,000.00 - $294,000.00 USD base salary
Tools
400ZR/800ZR/OpenZR+, QSFP-DD, OSFP, IEEE, OIF, MSAs, DSP, CMIS
AI focus
The role positions optical products for AI data center connectivity opportunities; familiarity with AI/ML data center network architectures is preferred.
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