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Sr. Technical Product Manager, Networking and Switches

Black Box
Karnataka, IND
Full-time
Onsite
Discovered 1 months ago
Layer 2 and Layer 3 networkingHardware and firmware validationOEM/ODM relationship managementBOM optimizationNew Product Introduction testingAutomated test frameworks

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Role overview

Senior Technical Product Manager reporting to the VP of Products.

The role covers networking, converters, and console-server products.

Listed locations are Plano, Texas; Lawrence, Pennsylvania; or India, with remote work listed for the United States. Travel is 20%.

What you will do

  • Optimize portfolio SKUs, BOMs, and margins; identify products to consolidate, sunset, or scale.
  • Manage technical relationships with OEM/ODM partners, influence roadmaps, negotiate technical SLAs, and resolve supplier quality issues.
  • Own hardware and firmware validation, NPI testing, compliance verification, and automated test frameworks.
  • Lead complex field-failure escalations, lab debugging, engineering requirements, and vendor corrective actions.
  • Translate certification and compliance mandates into hardware and firmware requirements; assess vendor BOMs and architectures.
  • Manage products from NPI through end of life and produce technical documentation, training, troubleshooting, test, and compatibility materials.
  • Act as networking subject-matter expert and support Sales and Product Marketing with technical content.

Technical expertise

  • Layer 2/3 networking includes VLANs, spanning tree, LACP, QoS/CoS, static and OSPF routing, IGMP snooping, 802.1X, and ACLs.
  • Media and physical-layer expertise includes optical and copper interfaces, SFP/SFP+, fiber types, PoE, and rate matching.
  • PoE expertise includes PSE/PD classification, power budgets, 802.3af/at, detection, backward compatibility, and downstream power profiling.
  • Industrial networking includes environmental hardening, EMC/EMI, redundant power, ring redundancy, DIN-rail/panel mounting, and industrial serial practice.
  • Out-of-band, serial, and signal technologies include console servers, terminal emulation, serial over IP, USB extension, RS-232/422/485, V.35/Coax, and signal conditioning.
  • Security and connectivity expertise includes TPM 2.0, FIPS, TAA, NERC CIP-supporting features, AAA, TACACS+, RADIUS, Kerberos, VPNs, ZTP, REST APIs, SNMP, LLDP, and NTP.

Who will succeed

  • A bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, computer science, telecommunications, or a related technical field, or equivalent hands-on experience and a proven hardware-validation and network-engineering track record.
  • Experience managing OEM/ODM relationships and holding external engineering teams to quality and firmware standards.
  • CCNA, CCNP, CompTIA Network+, or equivalent industrial networking certifications are highly preferred and may substitute for other qualifications.

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