Manufacturing Engineer - Data Center Hardware

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 320,000 - 405,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer within the Data Center Infrastructure team. You will own how servers, racks, and accelerator systems are built at contract manufacturers and ODM partners, designing and qualifying the assembly, integration, and test processes for each product.

This is a hands-on role with up to 50% travel to partner factories in the US and abroad. You will lead line bring-ups, drive yield and cycle-time improvements, and provide

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering or process engineering for complex electromechanical or electronics products built at a contract manufacturer or ODM.
• Designed and released a production process end to end, including line layout, work instructions, fixtures, and test, and owned its yield and cycle time in mass production.
• Led a new line or site bring-up at a manufacturing partner.
• Familiar with PFMEA, control plans, SPC, process capability, gauge R&R, DFM/DFT, and structured root cause methods such as 8D.

Responsibilities

• Design and document the assembly, rack integration, and test process for new server and rack products, including work instructions, process flows, takt and cycle time targets, and line layout.
• Lead new line and new site bring-up at CM/ODM partners, from process validation and capacity verification through pilot builds and release to mass production.
• Specify, source, and validate tooling, fixtures, and test equipment.
• Own first-pass yield, cycle time, and process capability in production; run SPC, analyze failure and rework data, and drive corrective actions with manufacturing partners.
• Provide design-for-manufacturing and design-for-test feedback during product development and represent manufacturing in pilot build reviews.
• Qualify process changes and engineering changes on the line, including PFMEA updates, control plan revisions, and operator training, before changes are cut in.
• Replicate a qualified process from one line or site to another without a yield or throughput regression, and audit partner lines against the company standards.
• Partner with product engineering, test engineering, quality, and supply chain to resolve systemic build issues and reduce per unit cost.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing, or Electrical Engineering (or equivalent practical experience)

Tools

PFMEA

control plans

SPC

process capability

gauge R&R

DFM/DFT

8D

Job description

About the company

the company’s mission is to create reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems. We want AI to be safe and beneficial for our users and for society as a whole. Our team is a quickly growing group of committed researchers, engineers, policy experts, and business leaders working together to build beneficial AI systems.

About the role

As a Manufacturing Engineer within the Data Center Infrastructure organization, you will own how the company's servers, racks, and accelerator systems are built at our contract manufacturing and ODM partners. You will design and qualify the assembly, integration, and test processes for each product, bring up new lines and new sites, and drive yield, cycle time, and manufacturing cost once a product is in production. As a subject matter expert in electronics and rack-level manufacturing, you will give the design team early manufacturability feedback, set the process standards our partners build to, and be on the floor when a line is coming up or a yield problem needs solving. If you have built manufacturing processes for complex hardware at a CM or ODM, are passionate about HPC data centers, & enjoy working in complex, fast-paced environments, we welcome you to apply.

This is a hands-on role with up to 50% travel to partner factories in the US and abroad. You should be as comfortable addressing issues on the line as you are presenting a vendor improvement plan to leadership.

Responsibilities Include:

• Design and document the assembly, rack integration, and test process for new server and rack products, including work instructions, process flows, takt and cycle time targets, and line layout.
• Lead new line and new site bring-up at CM/ODM partners, from process validation and capacity verification through pilot builds and release to mass production.
• Specify, source, and validate tooling, fixtures, and test equipment.
• Own first-pass yield, cycle time, and process capability in production; run SPC, analyze failure and rework data, and drive corrective actions with manufacturing partners.
• Provide design-for-manufacturing and design-for-test feedback during product development and represent manufacturing in pilot build reviews.
• Qualify process changes and engineering changes on the line, including PFMEA updates, control plan revisions, and operator training, before changes are cut in.
• Replicate a qualified process from one line or site to another without a yield or throughput regression, and audit partner lines against the company standards.
• Partner with product engineering, test engineering, quality, and supply chain to resolve systemic build issues and reduce per unit cost.

You may be a good fit if you:

• Have 8+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering or process engineering for complex electromechanical or electronics products built at a contract manufacturer or ODM.
• Have designed and released a production process end to end, including line layout, work instructions, fixtures, and test, and owned its yield and cycle time in mass production.
• Have led a new line or site bring-up at a manufacturing partner.
• Are experienced with common manufacturing engineering tools such as: PFMEA, control plans, SPC, process capability, gauge R&R, DFM/DFT, and structured root cause methods such as 8D.
• Are comfortable on the factory floor and can diagnose a process problem through observation and analysis of factory telemetry.
• Communicate clearly with partner engineers and operators on the floor and with leadership in a readout.
• Can travel to partner manufacturing sites, domestic and international up to 50% of the time.
• Have a degree in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing, or Electrical Engineering, or equivalent practical experience.

It’s a bonus if you have:

• Experience manufacturing servers, racks, switches, or accelerator systems at data center scale.
• Experience with liquid-cooled rack integration, including cold plates, manifolds, CDUs, and leak and fill test processes.
• Experience with SMT and PCBA process, box build, and rack-level system integration and test.
• Experience qualifying a second CM or second site for an existing product.
• Experience with lean and continuous improvement methods (value stream mapping, kaizen, Six Sigma) applied at a manufacturing partner.
• A Master's degree or better in a relevant engineering discipline.

Annual Salary:

$320,000—$405,000 USD

Logistics

• Minimum education: Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, training, and/or experience
• Required field of study: A field relevant to the role as demonstrated through coursework, training, or professional experience
• Minimum years of experience: Years of experience required will correlate with the internal job level requirements for the position
• Location-based hybrid policy: Currently, we expect all staff to be in one of our offices at least 25% of the time. However, some roles may require more time in our offices.
• Visa sponsorship: We do sponsor visas! However, we aren't able to successfully sponsor visas for every role and every candidate. But if we make you an offer, we will make every reasonable effort to get you a visa, and we retain an immigration lawyer to help with this.

We think AI systems like the ones we're building have enormous social and ethical implications. We think this makes representation even more important, and we strive to include a range of diverse perspectives on our team.