Sr. Staff Product Operations Engineer

ZT Group Intl, Inc. dba ZT Systems; Secaucus (NJ); On-site; USD 124,500 - 182,600; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Paid time off

Generous 401(k) match

Tuition reimbursement

Well-being resources

Job summary

ZT Group Intl, Inc. dba ZT Systems is seeking a Senior Staff Product Operations Engineer to act as the technical bridge between engineering, customers, and manufacturing. In this role, you will ensure that customer requirements are articulated and translated into actionable directives for the manufacturing process.

The ideal candidate will have 8–15 years of relevant engineering experience and a Bachelor’s degree in a related field. This position offers a competitive salary and a range of benefits, including a generous 401(k) match and paid time off.

Qualifications

• 8–15 years of relevant experience in an engineering role.
• Experience in manufacturing, test, quality, or electrical engineering.
• Ability to interface effectively across diverse stakeholder groups.

Responsibilities

• Triangulate between customers, design engineering, and factory.
• Drive interpretation of customer requirements into actionable inputs.
• Oversee resolution of gaps while ensuring customer engagement.

Skills

Manufacturing expertise

Cross-functional leadership

Analytical methods

Data-driven decision making

Fluency with Microsoft Office tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Master’s degree preferred

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 a Senior 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

• 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.
• 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.
• Oversee the resolution of gaps, 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 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

• 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 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 & Compensation

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

• Bonus
• Paid time off
• Generous 401(k) match
• Tuition reimbursement
• Well‑being resources
• and more.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement

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) U.S. lawful permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or 2) 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.