Senior Manager, Product Engineering

We’re in an unbelievably exciting area of tech and are fundamentally reshaping the data storage industry. Here, you lead with innovative thinking, grow along with us, and join the smartest team in the industry.

This type of work—work that changes the world—is what the tech industry was founded on. So, if you're ready to seize the endless opportunities and leave your mark, come join us.

SHOULD YOU ACCEPT THIS CHALLENGE…

Pure Storage is seeking a full-time Senior Manager to lead a team of Product and Quality Engineers to work in our Operations Engineering team. You will work closely with your counterparts in Hardware, Test, and Supply Chain Management to meet product quality goals in support of our overall Pure Storage growth.

What You Will Be Doing..

• Leading Product and Quality Engineering efforts for OEM/JDM/ODM products
• Driving team members’ performance and supporting their career development
• Managing product quality and related actions across the product portfolio
• Manage the product quality from NPI through sustaining production, from PCBA subassembly manufacturing, to system integration, to field customers.
• Support the development of new products and drive design for manufacturing excellence.
• Develop the BOM structure within the PLM tool
• Participate in a project team of engineers involved in the specification, design, development, and test of the hardware. Provide manufacturing input to schematic, placement, and route reviews.
• Lead DFx activities: cost, quality, manufacturing, and reliability. Drive evaluation and improvement of engineering designs to release zero design defect into production.
• Improve manufacturing operations processes and actively enhance efficiency, consistency, cost avoidance, and customer satisfaction.
• Coordinate failure analyses with suppliers and drive root cause and corrective action implementation
• Bring visibility to potential quality issues to management and follow through to resolution across all supplier sites.
• Establish manufacturing quality standards and relevant metrics. Generate and publish reports on KPI metrics. Drive actions for long-term improvements.
• Develop manufacturing process and best practice documentation.
• Lead the technical team with clear direction through the investigation and/or evaluation of new manufacturing technologies
• Assist in early prototype testing and troubleshooting/debug to find the root cause and drive back fixes to engineering or contract manufacturers
• Perform value engineering and cost reduction activities
• Be the overall Operations technical lead of a Pure hardware product
  
  

What You’ll Need To Bring To This Role…

• 15 years as a product or manufacturing engineer in high-tech operations
• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering or related disciplines; advanced degree preferred
• Strong experience in production quality management system/methods/KPI, PCB/Assembly/System/Test processes, failure analysis, and Agile PLM
• End-to-end Quality Team: Experience working with global x-functional teams in manufacturing and effectively interface with engineering, customer support, contract manufacturers, program management, administrative, and executives to ensure the highest quality standards for our products
• Purposeful Communication: Outstanding written and oral communication skills; ability to tailor to executives as well as production line operators
• Bring Order to Chaos: Desire to gain perspectives outside his/her immediate scope; ability to apply critical thinking to prioritize and simplify.
• Solution-Oriented: Ability to influence and remove blocks, and drive results in a fast-paced and sometimes ambiguous environment.
• Passion to invest in growths of his/her staff members
• We are primarily an in-office environment and therefore, you will be expected to work from the Santa Clara, CA office in compliance with Pure’s policies, unless you are on PTO, or work travel, or other approved leave.
  
  

The annual base salary range is: $193,000 - $290,000

Salary ranges are determined based on role, level and location. For positions open to candidates in multiple geographical locations, the base salary range is reflective of the labor market across the applicable locations.

This role may be eligible for incentive pay and/or equity.

And because we understand the value of bringing your full and best self to work, we offer a variety of perks to manage a healthy balance, including flexible time off, wellness resources, and company-sponsored team events - check out purebenefits.com for more information.

There is no application deadline and we accept applications on an ongoing basis until the job is filled.

What You Can Expect From Us

• Pure Innovation: We celebrate those who think critically, like a challenge and aspire to be trailblazers.
• Pure Growth: We give you the space and support to grow along with us and to contribute to something meaningful. We have been Named Fortune's Best Large Workplaces in the Bay Area™, Fortune's Best Workplaces for Millennials™ and certified as a Great Place to Work®!
• Pure Team: We build each other up and set aside ego for the greater good.
  
  

And because we understand the value of bringing your full and best self to work, we offer a variety of perks to manage a healthy balance, including flexible time off, wellness resources and company-sponsored team events. Check out purebenefits.com for more information.

Accommodations And Accessibility

Candidates with disabilities may request accommodations for all aspects of our hiring process. For more on this, contact us at TA-Ops@purestorage.com if you’re invited to an interview.

Where Differences Fuel Innovation

We’re forging a future where everyone finds their rightful place and where every voice matters. Where uniqueness isn’t just accepted but embraced. That’s why we are committed to fostering the growth and development of every person, cultivating a sense of community through our Employee Resource Groups and advocating for inclusive leadership. At Pure Storage, diversity, equity, inclusion and sustainability are part of our DNA because we believe our people will shape the next chapter of our success story.

Pure Storage is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous Peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities, and people with intersectional identities. We also encourage you to apply even if you feel you don’t match all of the role criteria. If you think you can do the job and feel you’re a good match, please apply.