As a Sustaining Lead Engineer, you will own the ongoing producibility, yield, and quality of our Graviton server products across high-volume manufacturing sites – driving root-cause analysis, process improvements, and supply continuity for products already in mass production. This is a multidisciplinary role spanning hardware, firmware, test, and manufacturing process domains.
Key job responsibilities
– Support new product introduction (NPI) to volume transition by defining production-readiness criteria and validating manufacturing processes at scale.
– Own manufacturing yield, quality, and reliability metrics for Graviton server platforms in volume production; drive systematic root-cause analysis and corrective actions for field and factory issues.
– Partner with Contract Manufacturers (CMs) to monitor process health, resolve production escapes, and implement continuous improvement initiatives across multiple high-volume lines.
– Lead debug and failure analysis of field returns and fleet-level reliability events – identify systemic failure modes, develop containment actions, and drive permanent fixes back into design and manufacturing processes.
– Partner with supply chain to review, identify, and qualify second-source electrical components to mitigate supply-chain risk and ensure continuity of supply without disrupting production.
– Develop and maintain sustaining test strategies – including failure analysis workflows, screening methods, and data-driven disposition criteria – to protect outgoing quality.
– Analyze manufacturing and field data at scale to identify trends, repeat-offender units, and systemic failure modes; translate findings into actionable design or process changes.
– Willing to travel 4-6 times annually for week-long trips to manufacturer sites.
Basic Qualifications
– Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering or equivalent.
– 8+ years of experience developing and supporting hardware products.
– Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional efforts across HW, FW, test, and manufacturing teams.
– Working knowledge of server or complex electronic system architecture (PCB, power delivery, high-speed interfaces such as DDR4/5, PCIe Gen3/4/5).
– Hands-on experience with manufacturing test development, debug, and data analysis at scale.
– Familiar with scripting (Python/Bash) for practical uses such as data analysis.
Preferred Qualifications
– Experience working directly with Contract Manufacturers (CMs) or ODMs in a sustaining or production engineering capacity,
– Volume manufacturing – including yield management, failure analysis, root-cause investigation, and corrective/preventive action processes.
– Knowledge of networking, storage, or Linux at a system level.
– Track record of technical leadership in a matrixed, multi-site environment.
