# Product Engineer - Manufacturing Operations

**Company:** [Anthropic](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/anthropic)
**Location:** Unspecified
**Role:** Hardware Engineering
**Salary:** $320k – $405k/yr
**Skills:** DFM, Fmea, Spc, 8D, Bom, Plm, Root Cause Analysis, Test Planning, Yield Analysis, Manufacturing Processes, Component Qualification, Supply Chain, Contract Manufacturing, Odm, Rma
**Posted:** 2026-08-24

> Owns data center hardware manufacturing from early builds through mass production, driving process readiness, yield, quality, engineering changes, and failure resolution with contract manufacturers and ODMs. Requires hands-on hardware manufacturing experience, strong root-cause skills, and willingness to travel up to 50%.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own hardware products at contract manufacturers and ODM partners from development through mass production.
- Gather manufacturing, test, and yield concerns and drive design fixes before each build.
- Audit assembly and test processes, set yield targets, confirm test coverage, and approve production transitions.
- Scale manufacturing across lines, sites, and manufacturers without yield or throughput regressions.
- Root-cause manufacturing and field failures and drive corrective actions with manufacturing partners.
- Lead engineering changes across manufacturers, including BOM and PLM updates, cut-in planning, partner training, validation, and field-failure monitoring.
- Bring manufacturing requirements and validation data into development-phase reviews.
- Travel to partner factories up to 50% of the time.

## Requirements
- Experience carrying a hardware product from early builds through mass production at a contract manufacturer or ODM.
- Experience improving assembly and test processes and driving yield, quality, and schedule commitments.
- Proficiency with DFM, FMEA, SPC, 8D, or similar manufacturing and root-cause methods.
- Ability to translate failure data into clear decisions.
- Ability to write product-specific test plans and assess test coverage.
- Strong communication with partner engineers, operations staff, and leadership.
- Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial, or Materials Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

## Nice-to-haves
- Technical leadership for data center hardware programs such as servers, storage, switches, racks, or accelerators.
- Experience establishing a new manufacturing line or site or onboarding a second contract manufacturer.
- Experience with liquid-cooled or high-power-density rack systems.
- Master's degree in a relevant engineering discipline.
- Experience with sourcing and supply chain teams on component qualification and multi-sourcing strategies.

## Compensation and Benefits
- Annual salary: $320,000–$405,000 USD.
- Competitive compensation and benefits, optional equity donation matching, generous vacation and parental leave, flexible working hours, and office collaboration space.

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