Sr. Staff Product Operations Engineer

Sanmina-SCI Systems de México; Georgetown (TX); On-site; USD 124,500 - 182,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) retirement savings plan

Tuition reimbursement

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage

Paid time off and holidays

Performance-based annual bonus eligibility

Job summary

A technology solutions provider is seeking a Sr Staff Product Operations Engineer in Georgetown, Texas. The successful candidate will leverage deep manufacturing expertise and leadership skills to ensure customer requirements are effectively translated into manufacturing. Candidates should possess extensive experience in various engineering disciplines, including manufacturing and test engineering, and must be able to foster collaboration across teams to enhance product quality and deliver high-quality outcomes for clients.

Qualifications

• 8-15 years of experience in an engineering role, or 6-12 years with a master's degree.
• Experience in manufacturing, test, or quality engineering.
• Ability to work across geographies and cultures.

Responsibilities

• Lead the technical interface between customer engineering and product design.
• Drive interpretation and translation of customer requirements.
• Ensure seamless customer experience through collaboration.

Skills

Analytical capabilities

Excellent communication skills

Problem-solving

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Master's degree (preferred)

Tools

Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Outlook)

Job description

About The Role

The Product Operations Engineering team serves as the technical bridge between product design engineering, customers, and our global manufacturing organization. As Sr Staff Product Operations Engineer, you will bring a blend of deep manufacturing expertise, knowledge of the product design lifecycle, and strong cross-functional leadership to ensure customer requirements are accurately defined, interpreted, and translated into actionable direction for manufacturing.

What You Will Do

This role requires a unique blend of engineering depth, analytical rigor, and stakeholder leadership. You will triangulate between customers, design engineering, and factory teams; step in as the "glue" when ownership of technical needs is unclear; and help shape manufacturing readiness for hyperscale compute, storage, and high-density AI GPU systems.

You will play a critical role in ensuring a seamless customer experience — fostering transparent collaboration, supporting visible process excellence, and contributing to high‑quality products landing at customer data centers.

• Lead the technical interface between customer engineering, product design, and factory teams, ensuring clarity and alignment of requirements.
• Drive the interpretation, analysis, and translation of customer requirements into actionable technical inputs for NPI, manufacturing engineering, test engineering, and quality engineering.
• Serve as the bridge between customer engineering, product design engineering, and factory operations — balancing customer needs with manufacturing feasibility.
• Triangulate between quality, factory, and product design teams to identify, prioritize, and resolve manufacturability issues across both NPI and MP product lifecycle stages, overseeing the resolution of gaps and ensuring continuous customer engagement and internal accountability.
• Partner closely with NPI and the technical launch teams during new product launches to embed customer‑driven requirements early and accurately.
• Drive ownership of complex, cross‑functional operations and manufacturing issues, serving as the focal point when accountability spans multiple organizations.
• Represent the factory in customer engineering discussions, ensuring that product design decisions account for manufacturability, yield, and operational feasibility.
• Combine a deep knowledge of factory systems, product lifecycle management, and hyperscale customer context into a unified technical perspective that drives clear prioritization and decision‑making.
• Apply engineering expertise to guide the development of solutions that are robust, scalable, and manufacturable.
• Champion a culture of continuous learning, analytical rigor, and growth mindset within the organization.
• Influence and inspire cross‑functional teams to take ownership of customer requirements and drive manufacturing execution with integrity.
• Operate with a sense of urgency to ensure customer needs are met in fast‑moving, high‑pressure environments.

What You Bring

The right person for this role is an agent of change and has exceptional analytical capabilities, thrives in a fast‑paced environment, loves problem‑solving, is a good communicator, and is passionate about enabling the future of cloud computing.

• Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering (e.g. manufacturing, industrial, electrical, systems, or related field). Master's degree preferred.
• 8‑15 years of relevant experience in an engineering role, or 6‑12 years with a master's degree.
• Experience in one or more of: manufacturing engineering, test engineering, quality engineering, electrical engineering, or systems engineering.
• Demonstrated experience working with or alongside customer‑facing engineering groups.
• Ability to clearly articulate technical issues and requirements across diverse stakeholder groups; comfortable interfacing effectively at all organizational levels.
• Comfortable working across geographies, time zones, and cultures to align distributed teams.
• Strong background in analytical methods, structured problem solving, and data‑driven decision making.
• Proven ability to thrive in ambiguous, fast‑paced environments with changing priorities and deadlines.
• Experience leading cross‑functional teams in global, matrixed environments is highly desirable.
• Ability to convert complex (often data driven) topics to clear overviews and insights.
• Proven ability to perform effectively in a demanding environment with changing workloads and deadlines.
• Fluency with continuous improvement / lean programs.
• Fluency with Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Excel, and Word).

Salary

ZT Systems assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package is created for all our employees. The typical base salary for this position is expected to be between $124,500 and $182,600. If hired, the final base salary will be determined on an individual basis taking into consideration experience, skills, knowledge, education and/or certifications.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary
• Performance‑based annual bonus eligibility
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• Tuition reimbursement for eligible education programs
• Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with access to leading providers
• Mental health resources and employee wellness support programs
• Company‑paid life and disability insurance
• Paid time off (PTO) and company‑paid holidays
• Parental leave and family care support programs
• Structured training programs and on‑the‑job learning opportunities
• Matching gifts and volunteer programs to support causes you care about

Equal Employment Opportunity

ZT Group Int’l. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. ZT Systems provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Please be aware that certain positions may require the applicant to either (i) be a U.S. citizen or national, (ii) be a U.S. lawful permanent resident, (iii) be a refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) be an asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or to be eligible to obtain an export control license or license exception from the Bureau of Industry and Science & U.S. Department of Commerce. All offers of employment will be conditional subject to the foregoing.