Wi-Fi Product Manager

We are Silicon Labs. We are a leader in secure, intelligent wireless technology for a more connected world. Our integrated hardware and software platform, intuitive development tools, unmatched ecosystem and robust support make us the ideal long-term partner in building advanced industrial, commercial, home and life applications. We make it easy for developers to solve complex wireless challenges throughout the product lifecycle and get to market quickly with innovative solutions that transform industries, grow economies and improve lives.

Meet the Team

Silicon Labs is looking for a Wi-Fi Product Manager. The Wi-Fi Product team is responsible for driving a strategic and differentiated Wi-Fi roadmap while leveraging other wireless technologies to address the fast growth in IoT applications. You will join a high energy team focused on accelerating adoption of Wi-Fi as a key technology in IoT.

Responsibilities

As a Wi-Fi Product Manager, you will play an important role in shaping the evolution of the Wi-Fi strategy and ensuring market competitiveness. Your responsibilities will include combination of hands-on and strategic activities, including:

• Collaborate with key stakeholders in Business Units, Marketing, R&D, Operations, Sales/FAEs to drive Wi-Fi design wins and accelerate time to revenue by unblocking issues.

• Create/prioritize Wi-Fi roadmaps based on various segments inputs to address a diverse set of applications.

• Drive major Wi-Fi product launches collaborating closely with Product Marketing, Applications Engineering and Sales.

• Wi-Fi Feature Roadmap: Create, scope & prioritize Wi-Fi roadmap tailored for IoT use-cases and manage trade-offs against resource and schedule limitations. Identify emerging trends and customer needs to make roadmap decisions and drive product differentiation.

• Wi-Fi Value Add & Differentiation: Create, scope & prioritize value-add and differentiated set of unique features requirements for future SoCs/radios leveraging low-power benefits of Silicon Labs IC roadmap.

• Influence Silicon Roadmap: Provide strategic input and influence silicon roadmap requirements necessary for future Wi-Fi software features such as Wi-Fi Sensing, Locationing, Dynamic Multiprotocol, Wireless Coex, AI/ML, etc.

• Align Wi-Fi roadmap priorities with hardware and software initiatives to ensure competitiveness across product development efforts.

• Perform market analysis on existing and greenfield markets.

• Translate customer feedback, competitive dynamics, standards and technology and ecosystem trends and external environment into inputs for the differentiated product roadmap.

• Influence cross functional team with customer feature requirements, develop marketing requirements document (MRD) and product requirements document (PRD.)

• Review and analyze customer inputs, champion feasibility analysis with stakeholders and prioritize by revenue and strategic importance for various Wi-Fi requirements.

• Work with design, product, and test engineering groups to support the product throughout its lifecycle.

• Collaborate with Applications Engineering teams to support new feature deployments, field trials, and address customer requirements at large accounts.

• Work with external alliances such as Wi-Fi Alliance, Wireless Broadband Alliance, Connectivity Standards Alliance, to gather industry insights and synthesize input for future product roadmaps.

Skills You Will Need

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in an engineering discipline such as Electrical Engineering (EE), Computer Science (CS), or a related field. An MBA is considered a plus

• Minimum 8 -10 years industry experience in developing wireless connectivity semiconductor products in IoT or related wireless segments.

• Understanding of Wireless Industry Standards, regulations, market dynamics and competitive trends.

• Strong background in Networking and Wireless technologies such as Wi-Fi (802.11 n/ac/ax/be), and exposure to other complementary connectivity technologies such as Zigbee/Zwave, BT, BLE, etc.

• Understanding of system design principles and chip architecture

• Experience using collaboration tools such as Jama, Confluence, JIRA, and Advanced Roadmaps to facilitate communication, project management, and task prioritization. Ability to leverage these tools to align with business requirements and prioritize tasks based on customer impact.

• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams located in different geographical locations.

• Track record of interfacing with customers throughout the pre-sales process, conducting product feasibility assessments, gathering requirements, and addressing field escalations.

The following qualifications will be considered a plus:

• Prior experience in Semiconductors, Software Development or Systems Engineering on Wi-Fi Connectivity Products is a plus.

• Deep understanding of at least one of the IoT market segments such as: Wearables, Trackers, Appliances, Smart Energy/Metering, Lighting, Consumer Electronics, etc.

• Experience in different embedded compute SoC architectures and RTOS environment.

• Experience in IoT Cloud platforms such as Amazon AWS IoT Core, Microsoft Azure IOT, and other leading platforms is a huge plus.

• Experience in emerging areas of IoT & Wi-Fi including standards such as Matter/Thread, 802.11az (Wi-Fi Locationing), 802.11bf (Wi-Fi Sensing) or usage of ML algorithm in Wi-Fi is highly desirable.

• Experience in building relationships with third-party software and hardware external partners is beneficial to enable rich feature set and enable wider market adoption.

• Experience developing product and SW differentiation strategies.

Benefits & Perks

You can look forward to the following benefits:

• Great medical (Choice of PPO or Consumer Driven Health Plan with HSA), dental and vision plans

• Highly competitive salary

• 401k plan with match and Roth plan option

• Equity rewards (RSUs)

• Employee Stock Purchase Plan (ESPP)

• Life/AD&D and disability coverage

• Flexible spending accounts

• Adoption assistance

• Back-Up childcare

• Additional benefit options (Commuter benefits, Legal benefits, Pet insurance)

• Flexible PTO schedule

• 3 paid volunteer days per year

• Charitable contribution match

• Tuition reimbursement

• Free downtown parking

• Onsite gym

• Monthly wellness offerings

• Free snacks

• Monthly company updates with our CEO

The annualized base pay range for this role is expected to be between $136,416 - $253,344 USD. Actual base pay could vary based on factors including but not limited to experience, geographic location where work will be performed and applicant's skill set. The base pay is just one component of the total compensation package for employees. Other rewards may include an annual cash bonus, equity package and a comprehensive benefits package.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.