Job Summary Required Qualifications and Skills
We are seeking a hands-on Product Engineer for a direct hire opportunity in Union City, CA. This onsite role is ideal for an engineering professional with strong computer hardware, server hardware, manufacturing test, and troubleshooting experience.
The Product Engineer will support production testing, system-level debugging, engineering change activity, documentation, and cross-functional manufacturing support. This is a strong opportunity for someone who enjoys working directly with hardware, building and validating systems, solving technical problems, and supporting products from proof-of-concept through production.
This role offers the chance to join a collaborative engineering and manufacturing environment where practical problem-solving, teamwork, and technical ownership are highly valued. Candidates who thrive here are hands-on, detail-oriented, comfortable working with production teams, and motivated to grow in a stable technical environment with supportive leadership and a clear path to increased responsibility.
Key Responsibilities
- Assemble, configure, test, and troubleshoot computer and server hardware systems, including CPUs, RAM, SSDs, storage controllers, GPUs, and motherboards.
- Support production testing, manufacturing validation, root-cause analysis, and issue resolution for system-level hardware and software problems.
- Develop, update, and maintain SOPs, test procedures, technical documentation, and manufacturing support materials.
- Assist with engineering changes, including ECNs, ECOs, product updates, configuration changes, and proof-of-concept builds.
- Work cross-functionally with engineering, production, quality, and test teams to improve product reliability, manufacturability, and test efficiency.
- Support Linux and Windows-based system testing, scripting, debugging, and configuration activities as needed.
Compensation and Benefits
- Compensation: $36 to $43 per hour.
- Job type: Direct hire.
- Work location: Onsite in Union City, CA.
- Support system-level product engineering for computer, server, or industrial hardware products.
- Perform hands-on hardware assembly, configuration, testing, troubleshooting, and validation.
- Support production test processes, root-cause analysis, engineering changes, and technical documentation.
- Collaborate with manufacturing, test, quality, and engineering teams to resolve product and production issues.
- 6 to 10 years of relevant engineering, hardware test, product engineering, manufacturing test, or system integration experience.
- Strong hands-on knowledge of computer and server hardware, including CPUs, memory, SSDs, storage controllers, GPUs, motherboards, and related components.
- Experience troubleshooting hardware, firmware, operating system, and configuration issues at the system level.
- Familiarity with Linux and Windows environments for testing, setup, debugging, or validation.
- Ability to support test development, production testing, failure analysis, and corrective actions.
- Experience creating or maintaining SOPs, test instructions, technical documentation, or manufacturing process documentation.
- Working knowledge of ECN, ECO, NPI, product validation, or manufacturing engineering processes.
- Strong communication skills with the ability to work effectively across engineering, production, and quality teams.
- Detail-oriented, practical, and hands-on approach to solving technical problems in a manufacturing environment.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with server hardware, embedded computers, industrial computers, rack-level systems, or custom computer builds.
- Background as a System Integration Engineer, Server Hardware Engineer, Hardware Test Engineer, Manufacturing Test Engineer, Computer Systems Engineer, or Senior Engineering Technician.
- Experience supporting proof-of-concept builds, pilot production, NPI builds, or transition from engineering to manufacturing.
- Scripting experience for test automation, diagnostics, system setup, or validation support.
- Prior experience in electronics manufacturing, box-build manufacturing, server integration, hardware validation, or system-level test environments.
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