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Built for pioneers by pioneers, CoreWeave delivers a platform of technology, tools, and teams that enables innovators to build and scale AI with confidence. Trusted by leading AI labs, startups, and global enterprises, CoreWeave combines superior infrastructure performance with deep technical expertise to accelerate breakthroughs and turn compute into capability. Founded in 2017, CoreWeave became a publicly traded company (Nasdaq: CRWV) in March 2025. Learn more at www.coreweave.com.\nWhat You’ll Do\nThe Hardware Quality & Operations organization at CoreWeave is responsible for delivering reliable, high-performance hardware infrastructure at scale. The team partners across engineering, product lifecycle management, supply chain, manufacturing, and quality to ensure new products and sustaining production lines are ready to build, test, and operate successfully.\nAbout the Role\nCoreWeave is seeking an experienced Staff Manufacturing Operations Program Manager to join the Hardware Quality & Operations organization. This role will focus on manufacturing execution and transformation across new product introduction (NPI) and sustaining operations. You will lead cross-organizational build and test readiness alignment across NPI phases, drive sustaining program management, identify and mitigate risk, facilitate quality excursion oversight, and serve as a central point of alignment across engineering, PLM, supply chain, manufacturing, and quality stakeholders.\nThis is a highly cross-functional, execution-focused role for someone who is comfortable bringing structure to ambiguity, translating technical risk into business impact, and holding technical teams accountable to program milestones across new product ramps and mature production lines.\nIn this role, you will:\nManufacturing Program Management\nDefine and own the NPI manufacturing program plan across EVT, DVT, PVT, and MP phases, including schedule, build and test readiness, exit criteria, and go/no-go gate reviews.\nOwn the transition from NPI to sustaining, ensuring process documentation, quality plans, spares strategy, and open action items are handed off cleanly to steady-state production.\nStand up and maintain risk registers covering technical, supply chain, quality, and schedule risks across contract manufacturers, suppliers, and data centers.\nOwn readiness reviews for changes introduced into active production lines, ensuring changes are validated and risk-assessed before rollout.\nSupply Chain Strategy\nManage manufacturing strategies encompassing contract manufacturer expansion, data enablement, and cross-contract-manufacturer standardization.\nLead the evolution of the Hardware Quality metrics framework.\nCross-Functional Communication and Alignment\nAct as a primary point of alignment across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and program and product management for assigned NPI and sustaining programs.\n\nPrepare and deliver executive-level program updates, including status, risks, and decisions needed, to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.\n\nBuild consensus across teams with competing priorities and drive decisions to closure when programs are at risk, whether during a new product ramp or a live production issue.\n\nWho You Are\n8+ years of experience in program management, NPI, operations, or quality within hardware manufacturing environments, spanning both new product launches and sustaining or steady-state production.\nDemonstrated ownership of NPI programs through EVT, DVT, PVT, and MP build phases, with direct experience driving build and test readiness.\nExperience managing sustaining engineering programs, including ECOs, running changes, second-source qualification, or end-of-life and product transition planning.\nA track record of facilitating cross-functional resolution of quality issues under time pressure, both during fast-moving NPI ramps and in live production environments, without formal authority over the teams involved.\nExcellent structured communication skills, with the ability to present program status and risk to senior leadership and drive alignment across technical and non-technical stakeholders.\nStrong program and project management fundamentals, including schedule management, risk tracking, milestone and gate reviews, and action item management.\nExperience working with supply chain, contract manufacturers, or ODM/OEM partners.\nBachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, or a related field.\nPreferred\n12+ years of direct experience in program management, NPI, operations, or quality.\nDeep understanding of server architecture.\nFamiliarity with PLM and ERP systems.\nStrong working knowledge of quality tools and methodologies, including FMEA, 8D, CAPA, root cause analysis, and containment and corrective action processes.\nA strong history of building processes and systems that add structure across organizations.\nWondering if you’re a good fit? We believe in investing in our people and value candidates who can bring their own diversified experiences to our teams - even if you aren't a 100% skill or experience match. Here are a few qualities we’ve found compatible with our team. If some of this describes you, we’d love to talk.\nYou’re comfortable driving execution across complex, cross-functional hardware programs.\nYou’re curious about how manufacturing, quality, supply chain, and engineering systems work together at scale.\nYou’re an expert at translating technical risk into clear decisions and measurable business outcomes.\nWhy CoreWeave?\nAt CoreWeave, we work hard, have fun, and move fast! We’re in an exciting stage of hyper-growth that you will not want to miss out on. We’re not afraid of a little chaos, and we’re constantly learning. Our team cares deeply about how we build our product and how we work together, which is represented through our core values:\nBe Curious at Your Core\nAct Like an Owner\nEmpower Employees\nDeliver Best-in-Class Client Experiences\nAchieve More Together\nWe support and encourage an entrepreneurial outlook and independent thinking. We foster an environment that encourages collaboration and enables the development of innovative solutions to complex problems. As we get set for takeoff, the organization's growth opportunities are constantly expanding. You will be surrounded by some of the best talent in the industry, who will want to learn from you, too. Come join us!\nThe base salary range for this role is $207,000 to $275,000. The starting salary will be determined by job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and the market location. We strive for both market alignment and internal equity when determining compensation. In addition to base salary, our total rewards package includes a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and a comprehensive benefits program (all based on eligibility).\nWhat We Offer\nThe range we’ve posted represents the typical compensation range for this role. To determine actual compensation, we review the market rate for each candidate which can include a variety of factors. These include qualifications, experience, interview performance, and location.\nIn addition to a competitive salary, we offer a variety of benefits to support your needs. The benefits below reflect our US-based offerings for full-time employees; for roles in other locations, benefits vary and are shared during the hiring process. These include:\nMedical, dental, and vision insurance - 100% paid for by CoreWeave\nCompany-paid Life Insurance \nVoluntary supplemental life insurance \nShort and long-term disability insurance \nFlexible Spending Account\nHealth Savings Account\nTuition Reimbursement \nAbility to Participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)\nMental Wellness Benefits through Spring Health \nFamily-Forming support provided by Carrot\nPaid Parental Leave \nFlexible, full-service childcare support with Kinside\n401(k) with a generous employer match\nFlexible PTO\nCatered lunch each day in our office and data center locations\nA casual work environment\nA work culture focused on innovative disruption\nCalifornia Applicants\nCalifornia Consumer Privacy Act \nEqual Opportunity & Accommodations\nCoreWeave is an equal opportunity employer, committed to fostering an inclusive and supportive workplace. All qualified applicants and candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, disability, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, or genetic information.\nAs part of this commitment and consistent with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), CoreWeave will ensure that qualified applicants and candidates with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process, unless such accommodation would cause an undue hardship. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact: .\nExport Control Compliance\nThis position requires access to export controlled information. To conform to U.S. Government export regulations applicable to that information, applicant must either be (A) a U.S. person, defined as a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful permanent resident (green card holder), (iii) refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, (B) eligible to access the export controlled information without a required export authorization, or (C) eligible and reasonably likely to obtain the required export authorization from the applicable U.S. government agency. 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