Manufacturing Programs Lead: NPI & Sustaining

Coreweave; Livingston (NJ); On-site; USD 207,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

Company-paid Life Insurance

Tuition Reimbursement

401(k) with a generous employer match

Flexible PTO

Catered lunch each day in our office

Job summary

CoreWeave is seeking an experienced Staff Manufacturing Operations Program Manager to join the Hardware Quality & Operations organization. You will lead cross-functional build and test readiness across NPI and sustaining operations, translating technical risk into business impact and ensuring program milestones are met.

This role requires 8+ years of program management in hardware, with EVT-DVT-PVT-MP experience, and strong skills in risk management, communication, and cross-functional

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in program management, NPI, operations, or quality within hardware manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated ownership of NPI programs through EVT, DVT, PVT, and MP build phases.
• Experience managing sustaining engineering programs, including ECOs, running changes, second-source qualification, or end-of-life and product transition planning.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the NPI manufacturing program plan across EVT, DVT, PVT, and MP phases, including schedule, build and test readiness, exit criteria, and go/no-go gate reviews.
• Own the transition from NPI to sustaining, ensuring process documentation, quality plans, spares strategy, and open action items are handed off to steady-state production.
• Stand up and maintain risk registers covering technical, supply chain, quality, and schedule risks across contract manufacturers, suppliers, and data centers.
• Own readiness reviews for changes introduced into active production lines, ensuring changes are validated and risk-assessed before rollout.

Skills

Program management

Communication skills

Risk management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Operations

Tools

PLM systems

ERP systems

Job description

CoreWeave is seeking an experienced Staff Manufacturing Operations Program Manager to join the Hardware Quality & Operations organization. You will lead cross-functional build and test readiness across NPI and sustaining operations, translating technical risk into business impact and ensuring program milestones are met.

This role requires 8+ years of program management in hardware, with EVT-DVT-PVT-MP experience, and strong skills in risk management, communication, and cross-functional