Principal Product Engineer

The role

The Senior New Product Introduction (NPI) Engineer bridges product design, supply chain, and scalable contract manufacturing. You will guide products from prototype to mass production by collaborating with electrical, mechanical, and firmware teams.

What you will do

• 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

Required qualifications

• 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

Nice to have

• Master's degree in Electrical Engineering
• 10 years of experience working at a company developing supply chains, manufacturing and test for new server and storage type products for the IT industry
• Experience in data analytics and quality data systems
• Experience with automation in a manufacturing environment
• Experience leveraging AI/GenAI for process efficiency and effectiveness
• Familiarity developing manufacturing test systems, setting test limits, and ensuring test coverage

Benefits

• Base salary plus equity
• 95% premium coverage for employee medical insurance
• 77% premium coverage for dependents
• Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
• Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life, and AD&D insurance plans
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options like Health Care, Limited Purpose, and Dependent Care
• Headspace subscription
• Gympass+ membership
• One Medical membership
• Counseling services with an Employee Assistance Program

Before you apply

• You must submit an application form for each position for which you believe you are qualified

About the company

SambaNova is a leader in next-generation AI infrastructure, delivering a full-stack inference platform for customers worldwide.