Principal Manufacturing Engineer

About the job

Factory Operations & Capacity Planning: Develop production line capability, factory layouts, staffing plans, and capacity models to support product ramps, high-volume manufacturing, and repair operations. Supplier Management & Production Risk Mitigation: Partner with suppliers, sourcing, NPI, and engineering teams to assess manufacturing capability, qualification, compliance, capacity, and sub-tier risks while driving corrective actions and supply continuity. Manufacturing Process & Supplier Readiness: Develop, standardize, and optimize manufacturing and repair processes across global supplier sites, ensuring scalable production, yield improvement, capacity readiness, and continuous operational excellence. Quality Systems & Process Control: Implement SPC, automation, AI-driven analytics, vision systems, and digital monitoring solutions to improve quality, reduce variability, detect defects early, and enable predictive quality management. Root Cause Analysis & Continuous Improvement: Lead structured problem-solving efforts (8D, Fishbone, PFMEA, DFMEA, Six Sigma) to identify, resolve, and prevent recurring manufacturing, design, and repair issues. AI, Automation & Predictive Maintenance: Drive adoption of AI/ML, IoT, remote monitoring, and predictive maintenance technologies to improve equipment reliability, operational efficiency, and factory visibility. Product Industrialization & Design for Manufacturing: Collaborate with design, NPI, quality, and supplier teams to ensure products, packaging, and processes meet manufacturability, automation, reliability, serviceability, and sustainability requirements. Technical Validation & Risk Management: Lead qualification strategies, NUDD assessments, engineering changes, simulations, tolerance analysis, and failure-mode evaluations to proactively identify and mitigate technical, schedule, tooling, and capacity risks. Program Execution & Technology Roadmaps: Influence suppliers to invest in new technologies, align with long-term product strategies, support new product introductions, and drive successful project execution from development through mass production. Metrics, Governance & Business Reviews: Establish dashboards and reporting mechanisms to monitor supplier performance, quality, compliance, operational efficiency, and provide manufacturing insights for executive reviews and QBRs. Master's Degree in Manufacturing, Material, Mechanical, Electrical, Thermal, or Industrial Engineering, or related field AND 7+ years experience in a manufacturing environment/repair OR Bachelor's Degree in Manufacturing, Material, Mechanical, Electrical, Thermal, or Industrial Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years experience in a manufacturing environment /repair OR equivalent experience. Other: Doctorate in Manufacturing, Material, Mechanical, Electrical, Thermal, Industrial Engineering, or related field AND 5+ years experience in manufacturing environment/repair OR Master's Degree in Manufacturing, Material, Mechanical, Electrical, Thermal, Industrial Engineering, or related field AND 8+ years experience in manufacturing environment/repair OR Bachelor's Degree in Manufacturing, Material, Mechanical, Electrical, Thermal, Industrial Engineering, or related field AND 12+ years experience in manufacturing environment/repair OR equivalent experience. Proven leadership, management, facilitation, and problem-solving skills including L1/L2 Triage Capability Proven interpersonal and communication skills, and experience working effectively with all organizational levels. Proven experience prioritizing and executing tasks in a high-pressure, fast-faced environment. Patent or track record of engineering excellency. Server compute, storage, GPU and networking product development or manufacturing experiences Ability to analyze and interpret data statistically and to translate statistical data into business narratives that enable executives to make timely and informed decisions. Proven track record in identifying a complex environment and driving improvements on scale. Excellent communications and leadership skills, ability to work well with cross functional groups, ability to work independently with remote supervision. Valor, Creo and Cadence Allegro software knowledge