Principal Technical Product Manager

Micron Technology•San Jose, CA

2d•$171,000 - $337,000

About The Position

Micron Technology is seeking a Principal Technical Product Manager to bridge customers, engineering, architecture, and business teams. The role drives product requirements from concept through launch and deployment, translating market needs, industry standards, emerging technologies, and customer requirements into product strategies for Micron’s data center SSD portfolio. The position owns technical product strategy and requirements for one or more SSD product lines, guiding decisions across NAND, controller/ASIC, firmware, and system-level interfaces. It combines technical depth, strategic thinking, and cross-functional leadership to deliver differentiated solutions for the data center market, maintain customer partnerships, and support qualification and volume ramp.

Requirements

10 or more years of experience in product management, systems/product engineering, or technical program management within the SSD, storage, or semiconductor industries.
Strong technical foundation in NAND flash, SSD controller/ASIC architecture, PCIe/NVMe protocols, and firmware/system-level interactions.
Demonstrated experience engaging directly with hyperscale or enterprise customers on technical requirements, qualification, and platform integration.
Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence outcomes without direct authority across engineering, sales, and executive stakeholders.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to adapt technical depth for audiences ranging from silicon engineers to executive leadership and customer executives.
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field.

Nice To Haves

Advanced degree.

Responsibilities

Represent Micron’s Data Center SSD roadmap, architecture, qualification plans, and product direction to strategic hyperscale and OEM customer engineering leaders, building durable customer relationships.
Gather and translate customer requirements—including specifications, RFIs/RFQs, platform constraints, qualification needs, and escalation paths—into product requirements, engineering decisions, and customer transition plans.
Represent Micron in industry ecosystem and standards forums such as PCIe-SIG, OCP, and JEDEC, and help shape specifications relevant to Micron’s product direction.
Own end-to-end product requirements and technical strategy for one or more SSD product lines from concept through qualification and volume ramp.
Drive technical tradeoff decisions across NAND, controller/ASIC, firmware, and system-level interfaces while balancing performance, cost, schedule, and customer commitments.
Align ASIC, firmware, and systems engineering teams around customer- and market-driven priorities and drive decisions when priorities conflict.
Partner with sales, segment leadership, NPI, Business Operations, and TCM/FAE teams on account strategy, volume forecasts, positioning, customer commitments, supply plans, and qualification milestones.
Brief executive and cross-functional leadership on program status, risks, and strategic recommendations.
Drive innovation and organizational scale through invention disclosures, new architecture approaches, process and tooling improvements, mentoring product managers and technical program managers, and leveraging AI to improve work efficiency and effectiveness.