Engineer Staff, Mfg Product

Position Summary

We are seeking an experienced Senior Manufacturing Product Engineer to provide technical leadership and drive product-engineering excellence for Cloud products.

This role serves as the senior technical owner for assigned products, partnering with Manufacturing, R&D, Process Engineering, Quality, and NPI teams to ensure product designs are manufacturable, scalable, reliable, and capable of meeting performance, quality, delivery, and cost objectives throughout the product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as the principal Product Engineer for assigned Cloud products.
• Own product definition, technical performance, manufacturing readiness, and lifecycle execution.
• Act as the primary technical interface between Manufacturing, R&D, and global engineering teams.
• Lead resolution of complex product, manufacturing, and field-quality issues.
• Provide technical direction, risk assessment, and data-driven recommendations to stakeholders.
• Mentor engineers and strengthen product-engineering capability within the organization.

Product Industrialization & NPI

• Lead product industrialization from development through volume production.
• Drive product-engineering activities for NPI, product transfer, qualification, and production ramp-up.
• Ensure BOMs, drawings, specifications, product configurations, and documentation are accurate and production-ready.
• Lead DfX reviews, including Design for Manufacturability, Assembly, Test, Reliability, and Cost.
• Ensure product and manufacturing risks are identified and controlled before release.

Yield, Quality & Cost Excellence

• Drive improvements in product yield, performance, quality, reliability, and manufacturing cost.
• Lead root-cause investigations and corrective actions for complex manufacturing and field issues.
• Identify product-optimization and cost-reduction opportunities through design, material, and engineering changes.
• Review product data and technical trends to prevent recurring issues and improve product maturity.

Cross-functional & Global Collaboration

• Lead alignment across Manufacturing, R&D, Process Engineering, Quality, NPI, Supply Chain, and global teams.
• Communicate technical status, risks, priorities, and improvement plans to senior stakeholders.
• Influence technical decisions and ensure timely execution of product-related actions.
• Support product and manufacturing strategies aligned with business priorities.

Safety, Health & Environmental Responsibilities

• Comply with all EHS policies, procedures, and standards.
• Promote safe work practices and support continuous improvement toward a Zero Accident culture.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Optical, Manufacturing Engineering, Physics, or a related field; a master’s degree is preferred.
• At least 10 years of experience in product engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a related technical role.
• Extensive experience supporting NPI, product transfer, volume ramp, and sustaining engineering.
• Strong understanding of product lifecycle management, configuration control, DfX, qualification, and engineering-change management.
• Experience in optical, photonic, semiconductor, electronics, or other high-technology manufacturing is strongly preferred.
• Proven ability to lead complex technical investigations and influence cross-functional decisions.
• Strong analytical, technical leadership, problem-solving, and stakeholder-management skills.
• Effective English communication and ability to work with global teams.