Vastdata Senior Manufacturing Engineer 

United States, California, San Jose 

410564670

VAST Data is looking for a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to lead and manage the day to day manufacturing operations at our system integrators through the full product lifecycle (NPI - Sustaining - EOL) for Vast qualified hardware.

Responsibilities

• Develop processes and documentation that ensure reliable and compliant manufacturing operations
• Manage day to day manufacturing operations for multiple system integrators across multiple time zones (Domestic and International)
• Write and update work instructions and other documents (e.g. specifications, procedures,…)
• Create and maintain Bill of Materials (BOMs) from NPI through EOL
• Create and implement engineering change orders (ECO) at system integrators
• Manage supplier quality escapes/escalations and drive RCCA (Root Cause/Corrective Action) through an 8D quality process
• Work with cross functional teams of engineers and suppliers to drive RCCA on factory failures/issues
• Participate in NPI projects and ensure projects are delivered on schedule
• Review and approve First Article Inspections for NPI and Sustaining Qualifications
• Summarize and communicate factory yields and quality issues to the leadership team
• Communicate concisely verbally and in writing to leadership. Will be required to present monthly and quarterly first pass yield reviews and factory escalations
• Provide support for customer issues

Basic Qualifications/Required Experience

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent experience
• 10+ years hands-on experience in manufacturing operations
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes and work instruction generation
• Understand manufacturing and test equipment concepts, technologies and techniques
• Hands on experience with Engineering Change (EC) processes, BOM structures, and new product introduction releases
• Detail oriented, reliable, self-motivated, and able to work under pressure with clear communication.
• Flexibility working in a startup that’s continually punching above its weight
• A proven ability to work collaboratively across time zones and countries, filter and prioritize high priority tasks, and escalate to management where appropriate
• Strong problem-solving skills, analytic capabilities, data analysis and attention to details.
• Familiar with JIRA, Confluence, google docs, Slack tools
• Working knowledge and debug understanding with OEM server and compute products. (Supermicro, Dell, HPE)
• Preferred - Experience using cloud based PLM/BOM/CRM tools (Arena PLM, SFDC)
• Understanding of country and industry compliance