Principal Product Engineer, SambaNova Systems

• This role suits a hands‑on systems thinker who thrives at the intersection of engineering disciplines and manufacturing operations
• Bachelor in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field
• 7+ years of experience in new product introduction, manufacturing engineering, or hardware development
• Experience supporting products from prototype through high-volume manufacturing
• Strong collaboration across hardware, test, platform, manufacturing, and supply chain teams
• Expertise in PCB design considerations for DFM, DFT, and DFA
• Experience performing hardware failure analysis and driving root cause and corrective actions
• Familiarity with manufacturing test development, yield analysis, and reliability validation
• Experience working with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems such as Oracle Fusion Cloud

Desirable

• You'll join the New Product Introduction team within SambaNova's hardware operations organization
• The team takes AI server systems from prototype through high-volume production at global contract manufacturers, owning manufacturability, test coverage, yield, and quality, and working closely with electrical, mechanical, firmware, and supply chain teams to get each new product built at scale
• The Senior New Product Introduction (NPI) Engineer plays a critical role in the product-realization process by bridging product design, supply chain, and scalable contract manufacturing
• This position ensures that innovative product concepts become reliable, manufacturable, and cost‑effective realities
• As an experienced technical leader, you will collaborate with cross functional teams including electrical, mechanical, and firmware engineers to guide products from prototype to mass production
• This role suits a hands‑on systems thinker who thrives at the intersection of engineering disciplines and manufacturing operations
• Act as the primary interface with Contract Manufacturers (CMs) and suppliers
• Drive prioritization and resolution of manufacturing issues, field failures, and quality concerns
• Influence product design early by assessing new technologies and components
• Ensure manufacturing readiness through proper equipment, processes, and factory feedback loops
• Drive continuous improvements in yield and manufacturability
• Own factory readiness and production builds at global CMs
• Support product bring-up and provide training to CM teams
• Lead escalations, remote troubleshooting, and onsite support as needed
• Partner with Systems Engineering to define manufacturing test coverage
• Develop data strategies to monitor capacity, yield, and quality
• Execute reliability testing required for product release
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to reduce cycle time, cost, and yield loss
• Manage supplier PCNs to prevent production disruption
• Own BOM accuracy and manage ECOs/MCOs across NPI and production
• Ensure documentation remains aligned with manufacturing builds
• Collaborate with customer service teams to resolve field quality and performance issues
• Qualify alternate components, new processes, and EOL replacements
• Perform first article inspections to validate accuracy and quality of changes