Senior Manager, Component Engineering

Santa Clara · USD 205,000-308,000 / year · Onsite · Posted Sep 29, 2026

At a glance

Drive the technical foundation and supply integrity of Everpure’s enterprise flash arrays, blades, and server building blocks as Component Engineering Manager.
Lead a high-performing engineering team and serve as the final authority on component qualification, ensuring storage nodes, CPUs, memory subsystems, and interconnect modules meet performance and reliability standards.
Bridge Hardware Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and global semiconductor vendors to influence product architecture and safeguard manufacturing continuity.

Build, direct, and mentor a specialized team of component engineers spanning flash/SSD technologies and server platform hardware.
Own the complete qualification lifecycle—defining rigorous test plans, analyzing supplier data, and issuing final approval for design-in and mass production.
Drive roadmap alignment and technology node transitions with key storage suppliers, governing media characterization, firmware qualification, and long-term architectural integration.
Establish multi-sourcing strategies, lead second-source qualifications, and manage End-of-Life (EOL) and Product Change Notifications (PCN).
Lead cross-functional Root Cause Corrective Action (RCCA) investigations for complex field and manufacturing failures.
Partner with Hardware Engineering during NPI to optimize component selection, and collaborate with Procurement on technical negotiations and vendor scorecards.

Demonstrated expertise in engineering management or technical team leadership within component, hardware, or system engineering organizations.
Deep technical mastery of NAND flash memory, SSD architectures, and comprehensive storage qualification methodologies.
Broad knowledge of server-class hardware subsystems, including CPUs, memory interfaces (DRAM), power delivery, connectors, and PCBA manufacturing requirements.
Proven hands-on capability with risk management frameworks, second-sourcing strategies, EOL/PCN management, and failure analysis methodologies.
Strong collaborative and executive communication skills with a background presenting technical risk analyses and operational strategy to senior stakeholders.

Primarily an in-office environment located in Santa Clara.
Expected to work from the Santa Clara office in compliance with company policies, unless on PTO, work travel, or approved leave.