NPI Product Engineer - AI Compute Hardware - Mountain View (HQ) or Remote, United States

Originally posted 28 August 2026 by the employer.

This role focuses on our AI chip, compute tray, and rack-scale platform.

About the role

This role involves serving as the technical bridge between engineering and manufacturing for our AI chip, compute tray, and rack-scale platform. You will own product readiness, qualification, and quality as these products move from design into production.

What you'll do

• Own product NPI from EVT through DVT and PVT, driving product readiness, quality, and schedule.
• Lead first article inspections, qualification reviews, and manufacturing readiness reviews with JDM/ODM partners.
• Partner with hardware, mechanical, electrical, systems, and program management to define product requirements and resolve product-level DFM/DFT/DFA issues.
• Develop and drive product validation and qualification plans (functional, system-level, environmental, and reliability testing).
• Drive product quality and yield improvement by analyzing defect trends and metrics.
• Own product-level ECO evaluation and implementation, ensuring product readiness for transition from NPI to mass production.

What you'll need

• 5+ years of NPI or hardware product engineering experience (PCB, server, AI compute, networking, or electronics hardware).
• Proven track record introducing complex products through EVT, DVT, and PVT with JDM/ODM or contract manufacturers.
• Strong understanding of the hardware product development lifecycle from design through validation, qualification, and production ramp including DFM, DFT, and DFA for complex electronic assemblies.
• Experience defining and executing product validation and qualification plans (functional, system-level, environmental, and reliability testing).
• Experience tracking quality metrics such as defect rate, first-pass yield, and reliability.
• Experience analyzing product defects, yield data, and field/manufacturing failures, driving root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Experience working directly with JDM/ODM partners on product reviews, qualification, issue resolution, and production readiness.
• Strong understanding of BOM management, ECO processes, component qualification, and product configuration control.
• Familiarity with PLM tools such as Arena or Agile.

Nice to have

• Experience with high-power AI accelerators, GPU servers, or custom ASIC product introduction.
• Familiarity with liquid cooling system qualification and assembly.
• Experience with OCP Open Rack platform qualification.
• Knowledge of IPC standards (IPC-A-610, IPC-6012, IPC-7711/7721).
• Familiarity with JTAG, ICT, or boundary scan methodologies.
• Experience with statistical process control and process capability analysis.

Skills: product NPI, product validation and qualification, product quality and yield improvement, DFM, DFT, and DFA, JDM/ODM partners