Principal Product Engineer

The era of pervasive AI has arrived. In this era, organizations will use generative AI to unlock hidden value in their data, accelerate processes, reduce costs, drive efficiency and innovation to fundamentally transform their businesses and operations baNova Suite™ is the first full-stack, generative AI platform, from chip to model, optimized for enterprise and government organizations. Powered by the intelligent SN40L chip, the Samba Nova Suite is a fully integrated platform, delivered on-premises or in the cloud, combined with state-of-the-art open-source models that can be easily and securely fine-tuned using customer data for greater accuracy.

Once adapted with customer data, customers retain model ownership in perpetuity, so they can turn generative AI into one of their most valuable assets.

You’ll join the New Product Introduction team within Samba Nova’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.

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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
• Design for Manufacturability (DFx)
• 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

• 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

• 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

• Master's degree in Electrical…