Hardware Manufacturing Engineer: NPI & Scaled Production

Hardware FYI; Sunnyvale, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in compensation package

Health, dental, vision, life insurance

401k with employer match

Paid time off

Job summary

Applied Intuition, Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA, is hiring a hands-on Hardware Manufacturing Engineer to lead end-to-end manufacturing execution and NPI bring-up for physical AI hardware.

You will coordinate with domestic and international contract manufacturers to establish robust assembly processes and drive production-ready transitions. The role requires 5+ years in hardware manufacturing or NPI, with a background in consumer electronics and at least one complex sector.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of hands-on experience in hardware manufacturing engineering, NPI engineering, or hardware operations.
• Experience combining consumer electronics with at least one complex physical sector (automotive, trucking, defense, construction, mining, or agriculture).
• Proven track record of managing domestic and international contract manufacturers and component vendors.
• Hands-on expertise in production line bring-up, manufacturing process development, root cause analysis, and yield optimization.
• Customer-first mindset with strong communication skills interfacing with enterprise customers or external vendors.
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and optimize manufacturing, assembly, and test operations across domestic and international contract manufacturing partners.
• Perform Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and Design for Test (DFT) reviews on hardware components and system integrations.
• Drive new product introduction (NPI) builds, setting up tooling, work instructions, standard operating procedures, and automated assembly test fixtures.
• Work directly with external enterprise customers to align on production milestones, technical build requirements, and hardware delivery schedules.
• Troubleshoot complex hardware assembly failures, perform root cause analysis, and implement corrective actions to continually raise the quality bar.
• Partner cross-functionally with hardware design engineering, quality, and supply chain teams to transition prototype products into high-yield volume production.

Skills

Hardware manufacturing

NPI engineering

Contract manufacturers

DFM/ DFA/ DFT

Root cause analysis

Production line bring-up

Customer-facing

Mechanical engineering

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in ME/EE/IE

Tools

SolidWorks

Altium

Job description

Applied Intuition, Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA, is hiring a hands-on Hardware Manufacturing Engineer to lead end-to-end manufacturing execution and NPI bring-up for physical AI hardware.

You will coordinate with domestic and international contract manufacturers to establish robust assembly processes and drive production-ready transitions. The role requires 5+ years in hardware manufacturing or NPI, with a background in consumer electronics and at least one complex sector.