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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