Senior Principal, Product Manager - Data Center and AI Networking Hardware Architecture
HPE · Posted Nov 8, 2026
- Sunnyvale, California, United States
- Hybrid
- Full-time · Manager
- $187K–$378K per year
- 12+ years
Lead product strategy and roadmap for next-generation data center switching platforms with a focus on AI networking and high-performance Ethernet fabrics.
Compensation
The expected salary/wage range for this position is provided below. Actual offer may vary from this range based upon geographic location, work experience, education/training, and/or skill level. – United States of America: Annual Salary USD 187,000 - 377,500 in California
Responsibilities
- Independently lead and drive the end-to-end product strategy and operational product roadmap for many complex products or product portfolios.
- Shape the multi-generation architecture and product direction for data center switching, including AI scale-up, scale-out, front-end, and data center interconnect networks.
- Define platform requirements across bandwidth, radix, topology, latency, congestion management, power, cooling, optics, cabling, form factor, and rack integration.
- Evaluate emerging technologies including switching silicon and SerDes, high-speed electrical interconnects, OSFP, LPO, LRO, XPO, NPO, CPO, silicon photonics, liquid cooling, power delivery, and rack-scale architectures.
- Lead fact-based trade-off analyses across customer value, performance, power, density, reliability, serviceability, manufacturability, cost, ecosystem readiness, supply availability, and time to market.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or related field
- MBA or advanced degree in computer science or engineering (preferred)