Product Engineer

BE PART OF BUILDING THE FUTURE.

What do NASA and emerging space companies have in common with COVID vaccine R&D teams or with Roblox and the Metaverse? 

The answer is data, -- all fast moving, fast growing industries rely on data for a competitive edge in their industries. And the most advanced companies are realizing the full data advantage by partnering with Pure Storage. Pure’s vision is to redefine the storage experience and empower innovators by simplifying how people consume and interact with data. With 11,000+ customers including 58% of the Fortune 500, we’ve only scratched the surface of our ambitions. 

Pure is blazing trails and setting records:

• For ten straight years, Gartner has named Pure a leader in the Magic Quadrant 
• Our customer-first culture and unwavering commitment to innovation have earned us a certified Net Promoter Score in the top 1% of B2B companies globally
• Industry analysts and press applaud Pure’s leadership across these dimensions
• And, our 5,000+ employees are emboldened to make Pure a faster, stronger, smarter company as we go
  
  

If you, like us, say “bring it on” to exciting challenges that change the world, we have endless opportunities where you can make your mark.

SHOULD YOU ACCEPT THIS CHALLENGE… 

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

WHAT YOU’LL BE DOING..  

• 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… 

• 10+ 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 res