Site HPIE Manager

About the role

The Site Hardware Product Integrity Engineering (HPIE) Manager is responsible for leading all Hardware Product Integrity Engineering activities at the assigned manufacturing site, supporting AI server assembly, integration, testing, and fulfillment operations. This role owns site-level quality performance, including Metrology, Mechanical and Electrical Failure Analysis, Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA), and manufacturing quality improvement initiatives.

The Site HPIE Manager leads a team of quality engineers, metrology engineers, failure analysis engineers, and quality technicians while partnering closely with Manufacturing, Manufacturing Quality, Test Engineering, Product Engineering, Reliability Engineering, and Supplier Quality teams to ensure world-class product quality, manufacturing yield, and customer satisfaction.

What you will do

• Lead the Hardware Product Integrity Engineering organization for the site, including IQC, Metrology, Failure Analysis, and Manufacturing Quality functions.
• Own site quality performance metrics, quality escapes, yield improvement initiatives, and customer-impacting issues.
• Manage dimensional and electrical metrology operations, calibration systems, measurement system analysis, and inspection readiness.
• Lead electrical and mechanical failure analysis investigations for servers, racks, cable assemblies, connectors, and electromechanical systems.
• Drive RCCA activities utilizing structured problem-solving methodologies, ensuring effective containment and permanent corrective actions.
• Partner with Supplier Quality, Manufacturing, Product Engineering, and Test Engineering teams to resolve product and process quality issues.
• Support product introductions, manufacturing ramps, and capacity expansion activities from a quality perspective.
• Develop, mentor, and grow a high-performing team of engineers and technicians.
• Establish a culture of quality, accountability, and continuous improvement across site operations.

What you bring

• Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Quality Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in Hardware Quality, Manufacturing Quality, Failure Analysis, Metrology, Reliability Engineering, or related fields.
• 3+ years of engineering leadership or people management experience.
• Experience supporting server, storage, networking, electronics, or data center hardware manufacturing environments.
• Strong knowledge of:
  • Incoming Quality Control (IQC)
  • Metrology and Measurement Systems
  • Mechanical and Electrical Failure Analysis
  • RCCA / CAPA Methodologies
  • Statistical Quality and Process Control
  • Manufacturing Quality Systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AI server, GPU, HPC, networking, or rack-level data center products.
• Experience working with EMS, ODM, and global supply chain partners.
• Six Sigma Black Belt, or ASQ CQE certification.
• Familiarity with ISO 9001, IPC standards, and reliability testing methodologies.

ZT Systems assesses market data to ensure a competitive compensation package is created for all our employees. The typical base salary for this position is expected to be between $97,875 and $130,500 per year. If hired, the final base salary will be determined on an individual basis taking into consideration experience, skills, knowledge, education and/or certifications.

Base salary is just one component of ZT Systems total rewards philosophy. We take pride in offering a wide range of benefits and perks that appeal to the variety of needs across our diverse employee base. Other rewards may include bonus, paid time off, generous 401k match, tuition reimbursement, wellbeing resources, and more.

We are dedicated to building a diverse, inclusive, and authentic workplace, so if you’re excited about this opportunity but your experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.