Job Title: Product Manager - Optical Transceivers
Location:
Bangalore, India (On-site)
Experience:
8 - 15 Years
Industry:
Telecommunications / Networking / Data Center Infrastructure / Semiconductor Packaging
Company Website:
https://www.izmomicro.com/
About Izmomicro
izmomicro is India's pioneer in
Silicon Photonics Packaging and
System-in-Package (SiP) solutions, operating a state-of-the-art cleanroom facility in Bangalore.Leveraging our proven engineering capabilities in advanced packaging and photonics integration, we are now expanding into the manufacturing of high-speed Optical Transceivers. We are collaborating with leading technology providers for PICs, DSPs, and optical components to build India-designed products for data centers, AI compute environments, and telecom operators.This role is critical to shaping our product portfolio and translating technology into scalable, market-ready solutions.
Role Overview
We are seeking a Product Manager to lead our optical transceiver portfolio.
This role will initially focus on technology absorption and configuration, while also contributing to product roadmap development, market alignment, and go-to-market readiness.The ideal candidate comes from a telecom or network engineering background, understands how optical hardware is deployed in real-world environments, and can translate both supplier technology and customer requirements into product direction.The Product Manager for Optical Transceivers is responsible for defining and executing the roadmap across both high-volume datacenter pluggables (100G1.6T PAM4) and telecom/coherent modules (100G800G ZR/ZR+/OpenROADM). This role spans the full product lifecycle, market analysis, roadmap planning, requirements definition, NPI execution, customer engagement, and business management with a deep understanding of both hyperscale datacenter trends and optical transport network requirements.
Key Responsibilities
- Technology Transfer and Integration
- Understand reference designs, specifications, and integration requirements from technology partners for Optical Transceivers for datacenter (DR/FR/LR, LPO, 400G/800G/1.6T) and telecom/coherent (100G/400G ZR/ZR+, 800G+).
- Translate supplier inputs into internal technical guidelines for packaging, photonics alignment, and prototyping.
- Should have knowledge of relevant standards: IEEE 802.3, OIF, OpenROADM, MSAs (QSFP-DD, OSFP, CFP2-DCO), ITU-T.
- Customer Requirements & Product Definition
- Engage with hyperscalers (AWS, Google, Microsoft, Meta), cloud providers, enterprise datacenter operators, carriers, and network equipment manufacturers, telecom companies, and system integrators.
- Capture technical and operational needs (bandwidth, reach, power budget, heat constraints) and author PRDs as per requirements.
- Collaborate with engineering teams (silicon photonics, DSP, opto-mechanical, firmware, test) to deliver competitive, manufacturable designs.
- Lead cross-functional development from concept through sampling, qualification, and volume manufacturing.
- Product Strategy & Roadmap
- Contribute to defining and executing the product roadmap for Optical Transceivers for datacenter and telecom/coherent.
- Monitor technology trends through engagement with customers and industry leaders, such as the transition to 800G and 1.6T speeds and the adoption of silicon photonics and co-packaged optics (CPO)
- Monitor market trends across hyperscale expansion, AI/ML cluster connectivity, enterprise cloud growth, metro/DWDM transport evolution, and DCI buildouts.
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Coordinate with engineering, sales, marketing, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to accelerate product development.
- Support creation of customer-facing technical collateral (datasheets, application notes, competitive analysis).
- Ensure product quality, reliability, and compliance with customer and industry requirements.
Qualifications
- Technical Competencies
- Bachelor's degree in Electronics & Telecommunication or equivalent, Optics/Photonics, Physics, or a related technical field.
- 8 - 15+ years of experience in optical communication or product management (or relevant system/network engineering).
- Strong technical knowledge of optical transceiver architectures, PAM4 and coherent modulation, DSPs, link budgets, and optical component technologies.
- Experience in taking optical modules from concept to mass production.
- Ability to work with customers across hyperscale and telecom markets.
- Strong analytical, communication, and cross-functional leadership skills.
- Preferred
- Master's degree or MBA.
- Experience with silicon photonics, co-packaged optics, tunable lasers, DSP architectures, or high-speed electronics.
- Background working directly with hyperscalers, carriers, or NEPs (Ciena, Nokia, Cisco, Huawei, Tejas Networks, UTL, etc.)
- Familiarity with manufacturing and test processes for pluggable optical modules.
- Core Competencies
- Strategic product vision across multiple market segments
- Deep technical understanding of datacenter and telecom optics
- Excellent customer-facing communication
- Structured decision-making and prioritization
- Cross-functional execution and program leadership
- Strong commercial and market awareness
Why Join Us
- Lead a high-impact strategic initiative in India's optical manufacturing future.
- Work with cutting-edge Silicon Photonics and packaging technology.
- Help define India's hardware capability for data infrastructure and AI computing.
- Opportunity to evolve into Head of Product or Strategic Solutions Leadership as the business scales.
