Manufacturing Bring-up Engineer L2

Job Title

Manufacturing Bring-up Engineer L2

Role Summary

Responsible for executing and improving the system-level manufacturing bring-up process to configure, test, validate, and prepare complex hardware systems for customer shipment. Works cross-functionally with ASIC, software, diagnostics, and quality teams to automate workflows and scale manufacturing throughput.

Experience Level

Mid-level — typically requires 3+ years of industry experience in operations, hardware bring-up, or related roles.

Responsibilities

Primary responsibilities include hands-on bring-up, debugging, and process improvement for production systems:

• Execute system bring-up procedures to configure, test, and validate system performance before shipment.
• Troubleshoot and resolve hardware, ASIC, software, and QA issues encountered during bring-up.
• Collaborate with ASIC, software, diagnostics, and QA teams to automate and streamline workflows.
• Design and implement processes to track bring-up status, metrics, and progress.
• Develop and extend software automation to scale the bring-up process in support of manufacturing goals.
• Report critical bring-up metrics and drive continuous improvement initiatives.

Requirements

Must-have technical skills and experience; preferred items listed separately.

• 3+ years industry experience in an operations or manufacturing bring-up environment.
• Proven experience debugging and validating complex computer systems or equivalent technologies.
• Practical experience with ASIC bring-up and test processes.
• Working knowledge of computer system architecture and hardware components.
• Proficiency in scripting and automation (Python and/or Perl) to create and maintain bring-up tools.
• Strong problem-solving, written/verbal communication, coordination, and collaboration skills.

Preferred:

• Experience creating large-scale test and software infrastructure.
• Experience coordinating work across global time zones.

Education Requirements

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Electrical Engineering, Electronics & Communication, Computer Science, or equivalent practical experience (BS/MS in EE, ECE, CS or equivalent work experience).

About the Company

Company: Cerebras

Headquarters: Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Developer of wafer-scale AI accelerators, Cerebras designs the Wafer Scale Engine (WSE)—one of the world’s largest AI chips—to deliver high-speed training and inference solutions for model labs, enterprises, and AI-native startups.