Product Manufacturing Engineer - PCBA

Compensation

$207K – $365K • Offers Equity

The base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance for you and your family, with employer contributions to Health Savings Accounts
• Pre-tax accounts for Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter expenses (parking and transit)
• 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
• Paid parental leave (up to 24 weeks for birth parents and 20 weeks for non-birthing parents), plus paid medical and caregiver leave (up to 8 weeks)
• Paid time off: flexible PTO for exempt employees and up to 15 days annually for non-exempt employees
• 13+ paid company holidays, and multiple paid coordinated company office closures throughout the year for focus and recharge, plus paid sick or safe time (1 hour per 30 hours worked, or more, as required by applicable state or local law)
• Mental health and wellness support
• Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
• Annual learning and development stipend to fuel your professional growth
• Daily meals in our offices, and meal delivery credits as eligible
• Relocation support for eligible employees
• Additional taxable fringe benefits, such as charitable donation matching and wellness stipends, may also be provided.

About the Team

OpenAI’s Hardware organization develops AI-native silicon and system-level solutions for the unique demands of advanced AI workloads.

About the Role

We’re looking for a Product Manufacturing Engineer to drive manufacturing strategy and execution for next-generation AI hardware within the Silicon & Systems team, with a particular focus on PCBA manufacturing, assembly, process development, and production readiness.

Responsibilities

• Drive manufacturing and quality initiatives to ensure product success from concept and early development through NPI, production launch, and scale.
• Lead manufacturing process development for next-generation AI hardware systems, partnering closely with design engineering, systems engineering, operations, TPMs, suppliers, and manufacturing partners.
• Own PCBA manufacturing development and production readiness, including assembly processes, process validation, manufacturing test, rework, yield improvement, and successful transition into volume production.
• Establish NPI manufacturing processes, systems, quality controls, milestones, and deliverables across internal teams and external manufacturing partners.
• Provide hands-on manufacturing engineering support during design, development, prototype, validation, and production phases.
• Partner with engineering teams to assess manufacturability, identify production risks, and incorporate manufacturing requirements early in the product development lifecycle.
• Drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions for manufacturing, assembly, test, yield, and quality issues.
• Research and develop manufacturing automation, test methodologies, tooling, and processes that improve quality, throughput, and efficiency.
• Develop and manage manufacturing requirements, schedules, readiness criteria, and deliverables across engineering teams, TPMs, suppliers, contract manufacturers, and other key stakeholders.
• Drive manufacturing readiness reviews and ensure products meet quality, reliability, yield, and production requirements before ramp.
• Communicate effectively across cross-functional teams and external partners to ensure successful execution of complex hardware programs.
• Perform risk assessment, mitigation, and change management throughout the product lifecycle.
• Manage multiple hardware programs and manufacturing workstreams simultaneously while ensuring critical milestones and standards are met.

Requirements

• Have a strong track record of taking complex hardware products from concept and prototype through NPI, production launch, and high-volume manufacturing.
• Have deep experience with PCBA manufacturing, assembly processes, manufacturing test, process development, yield, and quality.
• Are familiar with PCBA assembly and rework processes, component-level manufacturing considerations, and the equipment and processes required to manufacture complex, high-performance hardware.
• Have significant experience working with multinational JDMs, CMs, suppliers, and manufacturing partners to drive quality, schedule, and production readiness.
• Understand the manufacturing challenges associated with complex, high-density, high-power, and high-speed compute systems.
• Are comfortable partnering closely with electrical, mechanical, systems, test, reliability, operations, and supply chain teams throughout the hardware development lifecycle.
• Have experience driving development timelines for new platform introductions and managing manufacturing readiness and internal review processes.
• Are skilled at analyzing manufacturing and test data to identify issues, improve yield, and drive corrective actions.
• Enjoy solving difficult manufacturing problems and are comfortable getting hands-on during prototype builds, failure analysis, and production ramps.
• Are creative, detail-oriented, self-motivated, and comfortable operating in ambiguous and rapidly changing environments.