Product Manufacturing Engineer - PCBA

The role

You will drive manufacturing strategy and execution for next-generation AI hardware with a focus on PCBA manufacturing, assembly, and production readiness. You will work with design, systems, and operations teams to transition products from concept through NPI and high-volume production.

What you will do

• Drive manufacturing and quality initiatives from concept through NPI and scale
• Lead manufacturing process development for AI hardware systems
• Own PCBA manufacturing development and production readiness
• Establish NPI manufacturing processes, systems, and quality controls
• Provide hands-on manufacturing engineering support during development and production
• Partner with engineering teams to assess manufacturability and identify production risks
• Drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions for manufacturing and quality issues
• Research and develop manufacturing automation, test methodologies, and tooling
• Develop and manage manufacturing requirements, schedules, and deliverables
• Drive manufacturing readiness reviews and perform risk assessment

Required qualifications

• Track record of taking complex hardware products from concept through high-volume manufacturing
• Deep experience with PCBA manufacturing, assembly processes, manufacturing test, process development, yield, and quality
• Familiarity with PCBA assembly and rework processes, component-level manufacturing considerations, and equipment
• Significant experience working with multinational JDMs, CMs, suppliers, and manufacturing partners
• Understanding of manufacturing challenges for complex, high-density, high-power, and high-speed compute systems
• Ability to partner with electrical, mechanical, systems, test, reliability, operations, and supply chain teams
• Experience driving development timelines for new platform introductions and managing manufacturing readiness
• Skill in analyzing manufacturing and test data to improve yield and drive corrective actions
• Ability to get hands-on during prototype builds, failure analysis, and production ramps

Nice to have

• Creative, detail-oriented, self-motivated, and comfortable operating in ambiguous and rapidly changing environments

Benefits

• Relocation assistance

Before you apply

• Candidates may need to meet certain legal status requirements to comply with U.S. export control laws and regulations
• Background checks will be administered

About the company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. The Hardware organization develops AI-native silicon and system-level solutions for advanced AI workloads.