Manufacturing Design Engineering Manager

Summary

Join Samsara, a leading provider of the Connected Operations™ Cloud, as a Manufacturing Design Engineering Manager. You will lead a global team in North America and Asia, working closely with hardware engineering, operations, and cross-functional teams to develop, launch, and sustain hardware products at contract manufacturers. This role involves driving manufacturing process excellence, collaborating on design for manufacturability, troubleshooting issues, optimizing efficiency, and implementing quality systems. You will also be responsible for hiring, developing, and leading a high-performing team.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in high volume electronics industry
• 3+ years managing teams
• Degree in electrical, mechanical, manufacturing engineering or equivalent
• Solid technical background in factory operation management, manufacturing process engineering, and supplier quality management
• Demonstrated ability to own Failure Modes Effect Analysis (FMEA), Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA), as well as 8-D problem solving
• Experience with electronics design and assembly, including CAD, tolerance analysis, and test engineering (power, optical, RF)
• Six sigma certification or proficiency in in statistical analysis software
• Ability to travel to manufacturing partners up to 15%
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and drive independent work
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

Responsibilities

• Lead a global technical operations team based in North America and Asia to develop and launch new hardware products
• Work with cross-functional teams and JDM partners to develop manufacturing processes at the factory to drive line qualification, manufacturing test metrics, and rigorous validation plans for high volume production
• Collaborate with Engineering teams on system-level design for manufacturability, identifying and mitigating process risks early in development
• Work with JDM partners on yield improvement and process troubleshooting, drive issue failure analysis, and corrective action
• Drive cycle time reduction through line balancing and process optimization to drive efficiency
• Develop and implement quality systems to ensure compliance to specifications
• Define and implement a data-collection process to enable traceability and drive data driven factory quality management
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices
• Hire, develop and lead an inclusive, engaged, and high performing team

Benefits

Full time employees receive a competitive total compensation package along with employee-led remote and flexible working, health benefits, Samsara for Good charity fund, and much, much more