Manufacturing Engineer - Data Center Hardware

Location: Remote-friendly within the United States; staff are expected to work from one of the offices at least 25% of the time. Up to 50% travel to domestic and international partner factories is required.

Annual salary: $320,000–$405,000 USD

Company

Anthropic develops reliable, interpretable, and steerable AI systems intended to be safe and beneficial for users and society.

What you will do

• Design and document assembly, rack integration, and test processes for server and rack products, including work instructions, process flows, takt and cycle-time targets, and line layouts.
• Lead new line and site bring-up at contract manufacturing and ODM partners through process validation, capacity verification, pilot builds, and mass-production release.
• Specify, source, and validate tooling, fixtures, and test equipment.
• Own first-pass yield, cycle time, and process capability in production; analyze failure and rework data and drive corrective actions.
• Provide design-for-manufacturing and design-for-test feedback, qualify process and engineering changes, and maintain PFMEAs, control plans, and operator training.
• Partner with product engineering, test engineering, quality, and supply chain to resolve systemic build issues, replicate qualified processes, audit partner lines, and reduce unit cost.

Requirements

• 8+ years of manufacturing or process engineering experience with complex electromechanical or electronics products built at a contract manufacturer or ODM.
• Experience designing and releasing production processes end to end, including line layouts, work instructions, fixtures, testing, yield, and cycle-time ownership in mass production.
• Experience leading a new line or site bring-up at a manufacturing partner.
• Experience with PFMEA, control plans, SPC, process capability, gauge R&R, DFM/DFT, and structured root-cause methods such as 8D.
• Ability to diagnose factory-floor process issues through observation and manufacturing telemetry and communicate effectively with operators, engineers, partners, and leadership.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in Mechanical, Industrial, Manufacturing, or Electrical Engineering; ability to travel up to 50% is required.

Nice to have

• Experience manufacturing servers, racks, switches, or accelerator systems at data-center scale.
• Experience with liquid-cooled rack integration, including cold plates, manifolds, CDUs, and leak and fill testing.
• Experience with SMT and PCBA, box build, rack-level system integration and testing, or qualifying a second contract manufacturer or site.
• Experience applying lean, value stream mapping, kaizen, or Six Sigma at a manufacturing partner.
• Master’s degree or higher in a relevant engineering discipline.

Culture & Benefits

• Collaborative work across research, engineering, policy, and business disciplines.
• Competitive compensation with optional equity donation matching.
• Generous vacation and parental leave.
• Flexible working hours and office collaboration opportunities.
• Visa sponsorship is available, although eligibility depends on the role and candidate.