Hardware Platform Product Manager
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 1, 2026. First seen by Alion on Jan 21, 2026. Nexthop Systems scores C on the Alion truth index.
Company Description:
Nexthop AI is a team of industry-leading professionals with deep hardware and software expertise spanning silicon, systems, network operations and cloud development, dedicated to building innovative, bleeding-edge networking solutions for large-scale AI deployments. The team culture thrives on collaboration, creativity and fun while delivering foundational technologies for next-generation AI infrastructure.
About the Role:
As a Hardware Platform Product Manager, you’ll work on advanced technologies and products to solve interesting customer problems, playing a key role in driving and delivering the platform roadmap.
This role is a great fit for a team player with a creative and learning mindset, and with solid engineering depth. It’s a great opportunity to work closely with the Nexthop leadership team and help deliver on their vision.
Job Responsibilities:
Be the Subject Matter Expertise for Nexthop hardware platforms
- Deliver exceptional customer experiences through deep expertise in Nexthop’s products and solutions, support key internal and external stakeholders
- Collaborate with cross-functional Nexthop teams - hardware and software engineering, customer engineering, marketing, and account managers, to share knowledge and drive go-to-market for products to market effectively and drive customer adoption
- Proactively develop high quality collateral to support sales and marketing activities
- Build relationships with Nexthop’s customers - executives, engineering and operations teams to communicate product roadmaps and identify specific problems that need to be addressed in the short term or incorporated into product roadmaps
Drive on-time execution of Products
- Identify feature requirements and prioritize, balancing internal and external stakeholders and managing expectations
- Continuously engage with Nexthop’s technology partners to facilitate long term product planning and mid to short term issues
- Continuously refine product management practices, tools, and processes to drive efficiency, scale and effectiveness
Drive product Go-to-Market and Strategy
- Proactively identify risks across the portfolio, particularly at the intersection of business and engineering. Develop long and short term mitigation strategies
- Proactively analyze competing systems and solutions, deliver high quality analyses to support sales and marketing activity
- Help with product launches, industry events, conferences and ensure messaging and positioning is aligned towards positive brand creation
Qualifications:
We're seeking individuals who thrive in a fast-paced, collaborative startup and possess exceptional problem-solving skills and a strong aptitude for taking initiative and learning. Additionally we value individuals who practice and instill customer empathy. The following skills are essential for this role,
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related field - Master’s degree or MBA is a plus
- Minimum 10 years of experience as a product manager, technical marketing engineer across networking technologies - switching, routing hardware systems, silicon, optics and interconnects
- Minimum 5-7 years experience as a hardware engineer is a plus
- Significant experience with network architectures for Hyperscaler, Cloud, HPC and AI/ML environments, including technology adjacencies
- Proven ability to work independently in a fast paced, leading-edge environment, bringing domain expertise and enhancing team productivity
- Excellent communication skills - verbal, written and presentation
Why Nexthop AI:
Our company combines all the advantages of working at a startup with the expertise of a seasoned team who have successfully built startups into thriving companies. Here you’ll have the unique opportunity to collaborate and learn from top-tier engineers, while still working on mission critical projects. If you are excited to learn, solve hard problems at the forefront of computer systems, and be a part of shaping a burgeoning company, this is the place for you.