Senior Manufacturing Engineer - NPI

VAST Data is looking for a Senior Manufacturing Engineer - NPI to lead and manage the development and release of New Product Introductions into our global system integrator sites.

This is a great opportunity to be part of one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure companies in history, an organization that is in the center of the hurricane being created by the revolution in artificial intelligence.

VAST Data is the data platform company for the AI era. We are building the enterprise software infrastructure to capture, catalog, refine, enrich, and protect massive datasets and make them available for real-time data analysis and AI training and inference. Designed from the ground up to make AI simple to deploy and manage, VAST takes the cost and complexity out of deploying enterprise and AI infrastructure across data center, edge, and cloud.

Our success has been built through intense innovation, a customer-first mentality and a team of fearless VASTronauts who leverage their skills & experiences to make real market impact. This is an opportunity to be a key contributor at a pivotal time in our company’s growth and at a pivotal point in computing history.

Responsibilities

Develop processes and documentation that ensure reliable and compliant manufacturing operations of NPI releases
Write and update work instructions and other documents (e.g. specifications, procedures,…)
Create and maintain Bill of Materials (BOMs) from NPI through production release
Create and implement engineering change orders (ECO) at system integrators
Partner with Engineering to design, source and qualify new hardware platforms
Work with cross functional teams of engineers and suppliers to drive RCCA on NPI hardware and software
Lead NPI projects for the Technical Operations team and ensure projects are delivered on schedule
Review and approve First Article Inspections at all global factories
Summarize and communicate NPI yields and quality issues to the leadership team
Communicate concisely verbally and in writing to leadership. Will be required to present monthly and quarterly NPI status reports
Lead global product compliance certification with suppliers and 3rd party labs (UL, CE, BIS, KC, BSMI, etc.)

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 with demonstrated experience taking products from design to mass production (EVT, DVT, PVT, MP)
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 detail
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 (Propel, SFDC)
Understanding of country and industry compliance standards