Senior Design Manufacturing Engineer

Position: Senior Design for Manufacturing Engineer
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Location:

United States, Washington, Redmond Salary: USD $119,800 - $234,700 per year

Employment type:

Full-Time Work site: 3 days / week in-office

Role type:
Individual Contributor Travel:
Less than 25%
Profession:
Hardware Engineering Discipline: NPI Design for XCompany:
Microsoft Overview At  Microsoft, our mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. That mission comes to life through the devices people use every day, and is represented in our Surface and Xbox products. Our Microsoft Devices Operations (MDO) organization leverages engineering, manufacturing, and supply chain teams to produce, deliver, and service hardware  are hiring a Senior Design for Manufacturing Engineer to help deliver on MDO’s strategy to “Make it.

Ship it. Love it.” This role exists at the intersection of product design and factory execution.  It leverages product knowledge, robust engineering methods, and continual improvement mindset to deliver on our operational objectives of cost, quality, and scale.  People who thrive in this role are curious systems thinkers who challenge assumptions and influence product design early. They combine broad technical knowledge across product design and manufacturing with effective engineering judgment to anticipate risk, simplify complexity, and identify opportunities to improve manufacturability, quality, cost, automation, and scalability.

They excel at navigating ambiguity, influencing without authority, and bringing cross-functional teams together to influence design decisions. Microsoft’s mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. As employees we come together with a growth mindset, innovate to empower others, and collaborate to realize our shared goals. Each day we build on our values of respect, integrity, and accountability to create a culture of inclusion where everyone can thrive at work and beyond.

Responsibilities Provide technical leadership for complex New Product Introduction (NPI) and product development programs, influencing product architecture and design decisions early in the development cycle to optimize manufacturability, quality, cost, repairability, scalability, and product experience. Drive Design for Excellence (DFX) strategies across cross-functional teams, partnering with Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial Design, Reliability, Quality, Materials, and Global Manufacturing organizations to shape product designs and establish robust engineering requirements, standards, and best practices.

Lead advanced Design for Manufacturing/Design for Assembly (DFM/DFA) and risk-reduction efforts, identifying opportunities to simplify product architecture, improve design robustness, enable automation, and proactively characterize and mitigate risks associated with new technologies, materials, processes, and system-level design features. Apply deep engineering expertise and analytical methods to solve complex mechanical and electro-mechanical challenges, leveraging modeling, statistical analysis, Design of Experiments (DOE), Failure Modes Effects Analysis (FMEA), Design for Six Sigma, and process capability analysis to guide critical product decisions and tradeoffs.

Champion organizational DFX capability and manufacturing excellence, developing DFX design standards, requirements, and best practices; translating manufacturing capabilities and process variation into product design requirements; collaborating with global suppliers and manufacturing partners; communicating technical recommendations and tradeoffs to senior stakeholders; and mentoring engineers to scale DFX expertise across the organization. Qualifications Bachelor's Degree in Mechanical Engineering or…