Product Management Engineer (Bilingual - Mandarin)

Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.

$90K — $120K *
Telecommunications & Hardware
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of experience in optical transceiver testing engineering
  • Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Semiconductor Engineering, or related field
  • Bilingual in English and Chinese
  • 15% travel requirement within the U.S.
  • Strong organizational and planning skills
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills
  • Project Management Professional certification preferred

Responsibilities

  • Research market and technical trends to provide business strategy insights
  • Support New Product Introduction (NPI) and Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) implementations
  • Provide backup for projects and initiatives as needed
  • Collaborate with Sales to approach customers and address technical support
  • Gather customer feedback for strategic project coordination
  • Work with Sales/RMA teams to resolve technical issues
  • Attend relevant workshops and conferences

Benefits

  • Flexible and competitive health plans including medical, dental, and vision options
  • Employer matching contributions on 401(k) deferrals
  • Generous PTO policy with payout for unused PTO at end of the year
  • Relocation package available within the US
  • Immigration sponsorships available for authorized candidates
Full Job Description
Summary

We are seeking a Product Management Engineer. This role will be responsible for data center products and projects management works, collaborating with Sales and RMA teams to engage customers, provide technical support, and address product-related issues. Key responsibilities include gathering customer feedback to drive strategic initiatives, coordinating new projects, and ensuring seamless technical support. The ideal candidate will have strong technical expertise, customer-facing experience, and excellent communication skills to enhance AOI's engagement in the data center and transceiver markets.

Job Duties

Product and project management - 50%
  • Research market/ technical trends and providing high-level SWOT/ QCD insights to provide business strategy proposals.
  • Support NPI, PLM, MES implementation, ensuring smooth product lifecycle management and manufacturing system coordination.
  • Provide backup and support to other projects and initiatives as needed

Data center FAE (Field Application Engineering) - 35%
  • Collaborating with Sales to approach customers and provide technical support.
  • Gather customers' feedback for strategic use and coordinate new projects.
  • Working with Sales/ RMA teams to handle customer's technical issues and RMA cases.

Attending related workshops & conferences - 15%
  • Attend data center/transceiver related workshops of IEEE & OIF for AOI.
  • Attend data center/transceiver related conferences OFC, GTC, and etc. for AOI

Job Requirements
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in optical transceiver testing engineering.
  • Minimum of a Master's of Science degree in Electrical Engineering, Physics, Semiconductor Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or related field is required.
  • Must be bilingual in English and Chinese
  • This role will require 15% U.S travel
  • Superior organizational, planning and coordination skills.
  • Strong verbal & written communication skills.
  • A Project Management Professional certification is preferred.

Location

This position will be on-site based in Sugar Land, Texas.

In addition to competitive salary, AOI offers
  • Flexible and competitive health (medical, dental, vision) plans offer the employee with the right options to meet individual and family needs
  • Employer matching on 401(k) deferrals
  • Generous PTO policy with unused PTO payout at end of the year
  • Relocation package available within US
  • Immigration sponsorships (Must be currently authorized to work in the US)

We do not accept unsolicited proposals from third-party recruiters or agencies. Contacting hiring managers directly may result in disqualification of submissions.

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