Staff Product Operations Engineer (AI)

Location: Secaucus, NJ, United States of America

Base salary: $93,000–$136,400 annually

Company

hirify.global, a Sanmina Company, designs, builds, and delivers technology infrastructure and computing solutions for world-class customers.

What you will do

• Lead the technical interface between customer engineering, product design, and factory teams.
• Interpret and translate customer requirements into technical inputs for NPI, manufacturing, test, and quality engineering.
• Identify, prioritize, and resolve manufacturability issues across NPI and mass-production product lifecycle stages.
• Partner with NPI and technical launch teams to embed customer-driven requirements into new product launches.
• Represent factory considerations in customer engineering and product design discussions, including manufacturability, yield, and operational feasibility.
• Own complex cross-functional manufacturing and operations issues while driving scalable, robust solutions and accountability.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in engineering, such as manufacturing, industrial, electrical, systems, or a related field; a master's degree is preferred.
• 8–15 years of relevant engineering experience, or 6–12 years with a master's degree.
• Experience in manufacturing, test, quality, electrical, or systems engineering.
• Experience working with or alongside customer-facing engineering groups.
• Ability to communicate technical issues and requirements across diverse stakeholders and organizational levels.
• Ability to work across geographies, time zones, and cultures with distributed teams.
• Strong analytical methods, structured problem-solving, and data-driven decision-making skills.
• Ability to work effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced environments with changing priorities, workloads, and deadlines.
• Fluency with continuous improvement or lean programs and Microsoft Office tools, including Outlook, Excel, and Word.

Nice to have

• Master's degree in engineering.
• Experience leading cross-functional teams in global, matrixed environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, collaborative environment focused on learning, analytical rigor, growth, and continuous improvement.
• Competitive base salary and eligibility for a performance-based annual bonus.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage; mental health resources; wellness support; and company-paid life and disability insurance.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan, tuition reimbursement, paid time off, company holidays, parental leave, and family care support.
• Structured training, on-the-job learning, matching gifts, and volunteer programs.
• Benefits and eligibility vary by work location; certain positions may require U.S. citizenship, permanent residency, qualifying refugee or asylee status, or eligibility for an export-control license or exception.