Drimva

SambaNova

Principal Product Engineer

$180K–$255K

San Jose, California, United States · Principal · Full-time · Posted Aug 17, 2026

Experience
7+ years required; preferred qualification states 10 years in a specified industry context.
Education
Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related field.

About the job

Leads new product introduction for hardware systems, taking products from prototype through high-volume manufacturing while improving manufacturability, test coverage, yield, quality, and production readiness.

What you'll do

  • Coordinate with contract manufacturers, suppliers, and cross-functional teams to resolve manufacturing, quality, and field issues and execute production builds.
  • Drive design for manufacturability, factory readiness, test strategy, reliability validation, yield improvement, and supply-chain optimization.
  • Manage sustaining engineering, including BOM accuracy, engineering changes, supplier PCNs, documentation, and qualification of component or process changes.

What they ask for

  • Bachelor’s degree 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; expertise in PCB design considerations for DFM, DFT, and DFA.
  • Experience with hardware failure analysis and root-cause/corrective actions; familiarity with manufacturing test development, yield analysis, reliability validation, and PLM systems such as Oracle Fusion Cloud.

Nice to have

  • Master’s degree in Electrical Engineering; 10 years at a company developing supply chains, manufacturing, and testing for new IT server and storage products.
  • Experience in data analytics and quality data systems, manufacturing automation, AI/GenAI for process efficiency, or manufacturing test systems.

Pay

$180,000 — $255,000 USD (base salary)

Tools

Oracle Fusion Cloud, AI/GenAI, PLM, PCB, DFM, DFT, DFA

AI focus

Preferred experience leveraging AI/GenAI for process efficiency and effectiveness.

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