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

Product Line Manager (Burn-In Test Sockets- Bay Area) - United States - 195020 - Koch

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

Location(s)

Fremont, California | Milpitas, California

Eligible for remote

Yes

Company

Molex

Career Field

Marketing

Job Number

195020

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As Product Line Manager for Burn-In Test Sockets and H-Pin, you will help shape the strategy, growth, profitability, and lifecycle of products used in semiconductor reliability testing. You will connect customer and market needs with Engineering, Sales, Operations, Finance, and Marketing, turning knowledge into product decisions and commercial results.

This role is designed for a contribution-motivated professional who is curious, collaborative, and eager to learn. An engineering background can be valuable, but we are open to different disciplines and career paths. Deep burn-in product expertise is not required on day one. What matters most is your ability to build knowledge, use sound judgment, help others, and create value for customers and the business.

Our Team

The STBU Product Team works as one group across product line management and pricing. Team members collaborate closely, share knowledge, and step in to help one another. We view internal and external partners as customers and value integrity, humility, initiative, and a willingness to learn. You will initially focus on the Burn-In Test Socket and H-Pin portfolio, where success depends on commercial ownership, cross-functional partnership, and growing technical understanding over time.

What You Will Do

• 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.

Who You Are

• 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.

Basic Qualifications

• 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.

What Will Put You Ahead

• 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.

How Success Will Be Measured

• 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.

Work Environment

• 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.

Our Philosophy

Molex applies Principle Based Management. We seek people who act with integrity, focus on customers, pursue knowledge, welcome change, show humility and respect, and create long-term value. The responsibilities and expectations for this role will be shaped around the successful candidate's strengths and contribution opportunities while maintaining clear accountability for outcomes.

Equal Opportunity

We are an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants are considered without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable law. If you require a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process, please use the accommodation process identified in the job posting.

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.

At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate''s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

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.

From enabling next-generation communications and data transfer to providing rugged interconnect and electronic solutions for mission-critical systems, our technologies help customers advance capabilities across air, land, sea, and space. At ADS, we combine deep technical expertise, operational excellence, and a culture of principled entrepreneurship to create value for our customers, communities, and one another.

Join us and help shape the future of aerospace and defense through innovation, reliability, and purpose-driven solutions.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).

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