Product Manager
As the Hardware Product Manager at Hammerspace, you will lead the definition and delivery of hardware platforms that integrate our software into high-performance turnkey appliances. You’ll work cross-functionally with supply chain, engineering, and our benchmark team to design and deliver hardware systems optimized for performance, efficiency, and real-world AI and HPC workloads. You will also be responsible for managing the hardware price list and ensuring pricing aligns with business strategy and market competitiveness.
Key Responsibilities:
• Define and manage the product lifecycle of Hammerspace hardware appliances, from concept to end-of-life.
• Collaborate with engineering to translate software requirements into hardware design specifications.
• Partner with the benchmarking team to analyze performance data and design the most efficient hardware building blocks for both capacity and compute-intensive workloads.
• Work closely with supply chain and manufacturing partners to select components, optimize cost, and ensure availability.
• Manage and maintain the hardware price list to ensure alignment with company strategy, margin targets, and market dynamics.
• Evaluate emerging technologies (e.g., NVMe, DPUs, GPUs, flash modules) and incorporate them into next-gen system architectures.
• Define SKUs and create BOMs, product briefs, datasheets, and configuration guides.
• Partner with the marketing and sales teams to enable go-to-market strategies, pricing, and positioning.
• Act as the voice of the customer to ensure appliance designs meet real-world deployment needs and performance expectations.
• Support customer and field feedback loops to drive continuous product improvement.
Qualifications:
• 10+ years of experience in hardware product management, preferably in storage, networking, or compute platforms.
• Strong understanding of enterprise or HPC hardware technologies (e.g., NVMe, RDMA, DPUs, GPUs, x86 servers).
• Experience interpreting benchmark results to influence product design and optimization.
• Experience managing product pricing and working cross-functionally to support margin and revenue goals.
• Proven track record of working with ODMs, OEMs, and component vendors to build production-ready systems.
• Familiarity with Linux systems and hardware/software integration.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive hardware product execution with urgency and precision.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical field desired; MBA a plus.
Why Hammerspace?
• Join a company at the forefront of data innovation.
• Work remotely with a dynamic and collaborative team across North America.
• Opportunity to make a direct impact on pipeline growth and company success.
• Take ownership of partner-facing marketing programs and build strong industry relationships.
To the extent required by state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.
The anticipated base salary range for this role is $180,000 to $210,000. Actual compensation will be determined by several factors including, but not limited to, level of professional/education experience, skills/abilities, internal equity, and budgetary considerations. In addition, Hammerspace offers a broad range of health plans for medical, dental, vision, life and disability. We also offer 401k plans and flexible time off. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Hammerspace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, military status, or national origin or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law.
• Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies:
Agencies are hereby specifically directed not to contact Hammerspace employees directly in an attempt to present candidates. To protect the interests of all parties, Hammerspace will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Hammerspace will be considered Hammerspace property. Hammerspace will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Hammerspace will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees.
Agency must obtain advance written approval from Hammerspace’s recruiting function to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. Hammerspace will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place.
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Product Manager
As the Hardware Product Manager at Hammerspace, you will lead the definition and delivery of hardware platforms that integrate our software into high-performance turnkey appliances. You’ll work cross-functionally with supply chain, engineering, and our benchmark team to design and deliver hardware systems optimized for performance, efficiency, and real-world AI and HPC workloads. You will also be responsible for managing the hardware price list and ensuring pricing aligns with business strategy and market competitiveness.
Key Responsibilities:
• Define and manage the product lifecycle of Hammerspace hardware appliances, from concept to end-of-life.
• Collaborate with engineering to translate software requirements into hardware design specifications.
• Partner with the benchmarking team to analyze performance data and design the most efficient hardware building blocks for both capacity and compute-intensive workloads.
• Work closely with supply chain and manufacturing partners to select components, optimize cost, and ensure availability.
• Manage and maintain the hardware price list to ensure alignment with company strategy, margin targets, and market dynamics.
• Evaluate emerging technologies (e.g., NVMe, DPUs, GPUs, flash modules) and incorporate them into next-gen system architectures.
• Define SKUs and create BOMs, product briefs, datasheets, and configuration guides.
• Partner with the marketing and sales teams to enable go-to-market strategies, pricing, and positioning.
• Act as the voice of the customer to ensure appliance designs meet real-world deployment needs and performance expectations.
• Support customer and field feedback loops to drive continuous product improvement.
Qualifications:
• 10+ years of experience in hardware product management, preferably in storage, networking, or compute platforms.
• Strong understanding of enterprise or HPC hardware technologies (e.g., NVMe, RDMA, DPUs, GPUs, x86 servers).
• Experience interpreting benchmark results to influence product design and optimization.
• Experience managing product pricing and working cross-functionally to support margin and revenue goals.
• Proven track record of working with ODMs, OEMs, and component vendors to build production-ready systems.
• Familiarity with Linux systems and hardware/software integration.
• Ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive hardware product execution with urgency and precision.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.
• BS in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related technical field desired; MBA a plus.
Why Hammerspace?
• Join a company at the forefront of data innovation.
• Work remotely with a dynamic and collaborative team across North America.
• Opportunity to make a direct impact on pipeline growth and company success.
• Take ownership of partner-facing marketing programs and build strong industry relationships.
To the extent required by state or local hiring regulations, we will consider for employment any qualified applicant, including those with arrest and conviction records, in a manner consistent with the applicable regulation.
The anticipated base salary range for this role is $180,000 to $210,000. Actual compensation will be determined by several factors including, but not limited to, level of professional/education experience, skills/abilities, internal equity, and budgetary considerations. In addition, Hammerspace offers a broad range of health plans for medical, dental, vision, life and disability. We also offer 401k plans and flexible time off. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.
Hammerspace is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, gender, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, disability, military status, or national origin or any other characteristic protected under federal, state, or applicable local law.
• Notice to Recruiters and Staffing Agencies:
Agencies are hereby specifically directed not to contact Hammerspace employees directly in an attempt to present candidates. To protect the interests of all parties, Hammerspace will not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than directly from a candidate. Any unsolicited resumes sent to Hammerspace will be considered Hammerspace property. Hammerspace will not pay a fee for any placement resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Hammerspace will consider any candidate for whom an Agency has submitted an unsolicited resume to have been referred by the Agency free of any charges or fees.
Agency must obtain advance written approval from Hammerspace’s recruiting function to submit resumes, and then only in conjunction with a valid fully-executed contract for service and in response to a specific job opening. Hammerspace will not pay a fee to any Agency that does not have such agreement in place.