About the role:

We are seeking a manager for the manufacturing design engineering group to drive excellence across our manufacturing facilities.

The MDE manager will oversee a team across multiple geographies, while driving excellence in quality, assembly, and testing in our factories across our product portfolio. They will work closely with hardware engineering, supply chain, and other internal cross-functional teams on the development, launch and sustaining of our hardware products at our contract manufacturers, including identifying and unlocking strategic value across our supply base. Ideal candidates will be adaptable, approach unstructured problems with curiosity and support the continuous growth and improvement of the team, while developing and aligning strategic goals with leadership.

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You should apply if:

• You want to impact the industries that run our world: Your efforts will result in real-world impact—helping to keep the lights on, get food into grocery stores, reduce emissions, and most importantly, ensure workers return home safely.
• You are the architect of your own career: If you put in the work, this role won't be your last at Samsara. We set up our employees for success and have built a culture that encourages rapid career development, countless opportunities to experiment and master your craft in a hyper growth environment.
• You're energized by our opportunity: The vision we have to digitize large sectors of the global economy requires your full focus and best efforts to bring forth creative, ambitious ideas for our customers.
• You want to be with the best: At Samsara, we win together, celebrate together and support each other. You will be surrounded by a high-caliber team that will encourage you to do your best.

In this role, you will:

• Spearhead a global manufacturing operations team based in North America and Asia
• Manage across cross-functional teams and JDM partners to develop manufacturing processes at the factory to drive line qualification, manufacturing test metrics, and rigorous validation plans for high volume production
• Collaborate with Engineering teams on system-level design for manufacturability (DFM), identifying and mitigating process risks early in development
• Define the bar for factory health including yield, throughput, RMA rate expectations
• Drive factory optimizations through lean, six sigma, cycle time studies to unlock highest efficiency
• Develop and implement quality systems to ensure compliance to product specifications
• Research: stay abreast of the latest trends in related products, fabrication techniques, vendors, quality assurance, process, etc.
• Mentor, coach, and uplevel the team around you. You will be a role model.
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara's cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices
• Hire, develop and lead an inclusive, engaged, and high performing team

Minimum requirements for the role:

• 10 years of experience in high volume electronics industry
• Degree in electrical, mechanical, manufacturing engineering or equivalent
• Solid technical background in factory operation management, manufacturing process engineering, manufacturing test engineering and quality management
• Demonstrated ability to own Failure Modes Effect Analysis (FMEA), Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA), as well as 8-D problem solving
• Experience with electronics design and assembly, including CAD, tolerance analysis, and test engineering (power, optical, RF, etc)
• Ability to travel to manufacturing partners up to 10%
• Exhibited ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams and drive independent work
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English

An ideal candidate also has:

• Demonstrated experience evaluating and auditing new and existing manufacturing facilities
• Ability to drive continuous improvement while incorporating technologies and processes that align manufacturing operations to improving industry standards.
• Worked on a wide variety of systems for different use cases and environments including automotive, indoor and outdoor industrial areas, and whatever we may do next.