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Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Microsoft· Manufacturing Engineering
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Taiwan, New Taipei CityFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

Microsoft SCHIE Hardware Manufacturing Engineering group seeks a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to lead and optimize hardware manufacturing for cloud server products, focusing on Compute and GPU AI workloads. The role involves cross-functional leadership, program management across supplier sites, process standardization, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement to ensure high quality, safety, and sustainability in Microsoft’s cloud hardware manufacturing.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the hardware manufacturing of products/program/s through the different phases of the product lifecycle.
  • Strategically specifies and evaluates dimensions and process requirements to enhance production line quality and efficiency, develops capabilities for end-to-end manufacturing, drives lean manufacturing, investigates trends, and proactively mitigates production risks.
  • Manage multiple Cloud hardware programs with a goal of ensuring Microsoft’s hardware is manufactured at the highest levels of Q&R, safety and sustainability standards.
  • Lead a cross functional team within the Manufacturing team in a fast pace and complex environment to ensure partner site readiness, identify and manage build risks, drive for mitigations and lead manufacturing gate reviews.
  • Maintain manufacturing relationships and operations excellence with external partners and suppliers.
  • Oversees the standardization of manufacturing processes across supplier sites, drives continuous improvement, ensures supplier performance compliance, and implements dashboards for operational efficiency.
  • Defines modeling techniques and projection models to optimize production capacity and resources, leads failure analysis methodologies, and reviews specifications for compatibility.
  • Leads efforts to resolve systemic issues, influence technology investments with suppliers, and develops risk mitigation plans.
  • Be comfortable and efficient in interacting with management team, highlighting risks and providing recommendations to support product level decisions.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s Degree in engineering: Electrical, Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering, or any related engineering degree.
  • 5+ years experience in a manufacturing environment /repair OR equivalent experience.
  • Proven leadership, management, facilitation, and problem-solving skills including L1/L2 Triage Capability.
  • Proven interpersonal and communication skills, and experience working effectively with all organizational levels.
  • Proven experience prioritizing and executing tasks in a high-pressure, fast-faced environment.
  • Well versed in Microsoft Office tools (Microsoft Project, PowerPoint, Word, Excel etc.) and Power BI.
  • Ability to speak or read in Chinese (Mandarin)
  • Fluency in English (written and spoken)

Skills

Required:Leadership and cross-functional collaborationProject and program managementManufacturing process optimization

Benefits

  • Microsoft Cloud Background Check requiring security screenings (as part of the role)
Last updated Jul 30, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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