Sr. Product Manager, Chassis
Senior product manager at Supermicro in San Jose, CA, owning the full lifecycle of server chassis products — defining specs, reviewing mechanical/thermal/system designs, managing tooling and ODM vendors, and driving launches for AI/GPU and hyperscale server platforms. Requires strong server hardware background and cross-functional leadership; salary $150k–$182k.
- Compensation
- $150K–$182K / yr
- Location
- Not listed
- Work setup
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- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- Not specified
- Category
- Product
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- Product development and management experience in server chassis mechanical, thermal, and system design
- Strong knowledge of server system architecture, chassis, hardware and applications
- Demonstrated ability to manage from technical details to big picture
- Strong communication skills in speaking, writing, and presenting
- Excellent interpersonal skills, including relationship building and collaboration within a diverse, cross-functional team
- Able to work effectively in a highly paced environment
Nice to have
- BS/MS degree in engineering discipline
- 8+ years of experience in server or ME hardware industry
Full description
Job Req ID: 28236
About Supermicro:
Supermicro® is a Top Tier provider of advanced server, storage, and networking solutions for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/ Big Data, Hyperscale, HPC and IoT/Embedded customers worldwide. We are the #5 fastest growing company among the Silicon Valley Top 50 technology firms. Our unprecedented global expansion has provided us with the opportunity to offer a large number of new positions to the technology community. We seek talented, passionate, and committed engineers, technologists, and business leaders to join us.
Job Summary:
The world’s fastest-growing AI platforms don’t run on ideas — they run inside precision-engineered server chassis. As a Sr. Chassis Product Manager at Supermicro, you won’t just manage a product line — you’ll architect the foundation that powers hyperscale datacenters, liquid-cooled AI clusters, and next-generation compute.
You will lead end-to-end chassis product development — from defining specifications and reviewing complex mechanical designs to controlling schedules and driving aggressive time-to-market launches. Working cross-functionally with engineering, thermal, power, sales, and operations teams, you’ll deliver application-optimized, performance-driven chassis platforms that enable the latest GPU and AI server architectures.
This is a role for a product leader who thrives at the intersection of hardware innovation, execution discipline, and market strategy — someone who can translate datacenter trends into competitive chassis solutions and ensure on-time delivery at scale.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities:Includes the following essential duties and responsibilities (other duties may also be assigned):
- Develop and manage the product life cycle of server chassis products, including product development phase: product conception, specification, scheduling, prototyping, tooling; as well as mass production phase: product support and maintenance of the entire product life cycle
- Create and present chassis product roadmap
- Closely work with engineering teams to review the product specification and design of chassis mechanical, thermal, system architecture to enable competitive, high quality server chassis product
- Lead cross-functional team to ensure time-to-market product launch and on-time delivery
- Closely work with oversea ODM vendor on server chassis product design and development, design review, chassis parts tooling fabrication and production ramp-up, set-up
- Work with marketing and sales on new chassis products launch and promotion
- Utilize strong project management and technical leadership to drive Super Micro server chassis products business and promote to worldwide sales and customers