Product Line Manager (Burn-In Test Sockets- Bay Area)

• Product strategy and roadmap: Develop and execute the product-line strategy, annual plan, and roadmap using customer, market, technology, and financial insights.
• Customer and market insight: Learn how customers use burn-in sockets and H-Pin technology, identify unmet needs, monitor competitors, and translate findings into priorities.
• Commercial ownership: Support growth and profitability through pricing, margin review, forecasting, product positioning, and informed trade-off decisions.
• New product development: Partner with Engineering and customers to define requirements, assess opportunities, build business cases, establish target price and cost, and support product launches.
• Lifecycle management: Guide products from concept and launch through growth, maturity, and end of life, with thoughtful replacement planning.
• Go-to-market execution: Create clear value propositions, support sales tools and technical content, train commercial teams, and participate in customer meetings and industry events.
• Cross-functional leadership: Lead through influence across Sales, Engineering, Operations, Finance, Marketing, Quality, FAEs, and Customer Service.
• Pricing and systems: Help maintain accurate pricing, quoting, product, and customer information in tools such as Salesforce, ERP, and Excel.
• Continuous improvement: Identify ways to simplify work, improve customer experience, reduce cost, and strengthen product-team effectiveness.

• You put integrity, compliance, and customer value at the center of decisions.
• You are collaborative and willing to help, while also respectfully challenging ideas when better knowledge is available.
• You are curious and comfortable learning technical products, applications, and markets.
• You take ownership, manage priorities, and follow through on commitments.
• You can organize information, analyze data, and communicate a recommendation clearly.
• You are comfortable working with people across functions, levels, cultures, and geographic locations.
• You bring drive and passion to the work and are motivated by contribution, not just a defined task list.

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering , Physics, Business, Marketing, or another related discipline; equivalent relevant experience will also be considered.
• Experience gained through employment, internships, co-op assignments, academic projects, research, technical sales, applications engineering, product management, pricing, marketing, or a related customer-facing role.
• Ability to interpret technical and commercial information and explain it clearly to different audiences.
• Experience using data to evaluate options, solve problems, or make recommendations.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint, with the ability to learn CRM, ERP, and product-management systems.
• Ability to travel up to 35% domestically and internationally.

• Degree or experience in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Physics, or a related technical field.
• Exposure to semiconductor manufacturing, test , reliability, connectors, interconnects, electronics, or another technical manufacturing environment.
• Experience with product management, product marketing, applications engineering, technical sales, pricing, financial analysis, or P&L drivers.
• Familiarity with burn-in or HTOL, test sockets, contact technologies, IC packaging, thermal management, or high-power devices.
• Experience working with Salesforce, an ERP platform such as Glovia , Power BI, project-management tools, or 3D CAD viewers.
• Demonstrated leadership through a student organization, project team, internship, co-op, volunteer role, or cross-functional business assignment.

• Building a practical product-line plan connected to customer needs and business growth priorities.
• Developing a clear understanding of the burn-in and H-Pin portfolio, customer applications, competitive alternatives, and value proposition.
• Improving pricing discipline, margin visibility, product information, and commercial-team support.
• Creating alignment across Engineering, Sales, Operations, Finance, Marketing, and Customer Service.
• Advancing product and technology roadmap priorities with documented customer and market knowledge.
• Demonstrating sound judgment, continuous learning, and increasing decision responsibility.

• Hybrid or remote work arrangement, based on business needs and the final work location.

• Up to 35% domestic and international travel.

• Occasional handling of product samples or equipment; appropriate lifting support is provided where applicable.

• Fluent written and verbal English; additional language skills relevant to global markets are helpful.

• Responsibilities may evolve as business needs and individual comparative advantages develop.

For this role, we anticipate paying $105,000 - $125,000 per year. This role is eligible for variable pay, issued as a monetary bonus or in another form.

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Aerospace & Defense Solutions (ADS)

Molex's Aerospace & Defense Solutions (ADS) Division delivers mission-critical connectivity, signal technologies, and electronic solutions designed for the most demanding environments. Drawing on decades of engineering excellence and innovation, we support aerospace, defense, space, and other high-reliability markets where performance is essential and failure is not an option.

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