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📍 California, United States of America, United States
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$80K – $110K/yr

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US Consumer Sales - Amazon Project Manager Description - This Project Manager role will work directly with Amazon and this person will be part of the US Consumer Sales organization. This person will specifically focus on the operational side of our business with Amazon and be responsible for all operational chargebacks. If HP does not meet the operational expectations of Amazon, then Amazon can send a chargeback penalty to HP. This project manager will track all penalties and work very closely with internal and external partners to identify and correct the root cause to avoid further penalties. This project manager is responsible for saving a very significant amount of money for HP. The role monitors performance metrics, identifies opportunities for improvement, and ensures alignment with strategic objectives and regulatory compliance. Responsibilities • Work directly with the sales team as well as every category (Print, Supplies, PS, and Peripherals). • Engage with various teams within Amazon to also identify root-causes and corrective actions. • Supports the execution of strategic plans for the improvement and optimization of business processes and capabilities across the organization. • Designs the architecture of key processes and capabilities, ensuring that they are aligned with the overall business architecture and long-term vision. • Collaborates with various departments and business units to ensure that processes and capabilities are integrated seamlessly into the broader organization. • Utilizes data analytics and modeling techniques to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities for process improvement, cost reduction, and revenue enhancement. • Monitors performance metrics and KPIs for processes and capabilities and provides insights for improvement. • Utilizes standard project management and quality improvement methodolog

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📍 California, United States
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$155.6K – $233.4K/yr

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What if the work you did every day could impact the lives of people you know? Or all of humanity? At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients. Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself. Every person, in every role, has the opportunity to make a difference. Surrounded by extraordinary people, inspiring leaders, and world changing projects, you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible. Responsibilities: Drive staff results by communicating job expectations, planning, monitoring and appraising job results, coaching and counseling employees, recognizing performance issues and driving improvement, developing, coordinating and enforcing systems, policies, procedures and productivity standards Establish strategic goals by gathering pertinent business, financial, service and operations information, choosing a course of action, defining objectives, and evaluating outcomes Maintain staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting and training employees; maintaining a safe, secure and legal work environment; developing personal growth opportunities Ensure validation program meets requirements of FDA (21 CFR Part 11 and Part 820), ISO 9001/13485, IEC 62304 and MDSAP Identify differences between ISO and FDA requirements and their applicability to products targeting different markets Report broadly through the organization on validation activities and instrument manufacturing audit readiness Estimate timelines and budgeting for validation engineering development efforts Formaliz

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📍 California, Fremont 47900 Bayside Pkwy, United States· Hybrid
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Work Flexibility: Hybrid or Onsite Stryker is hiring a Senior Quality Engineer to join our Neurovascular division. This is a hybrid r ole based in Fremont, CA or Salt Lake City, UT . As the Senior Design Quality Engineer , you will be actively involved in Product Risk Management, Post Market Surveillance, Design Control and Product Quality Improvement. You will be involved in a fast-paced mix of short design change efforts and will be responsible for product risk management and adherence to design control requirements throughout the product lifecycle. You will be responsible for ensuring that post market data and feedback is channeled into the risk management system throughout the product lifecycle. You will make regular use of problem-solving tools and statistical analysis to analyze and trend data and provide quality input into technical investigations, perform test method development and validation, design verification, risk assessment and design reviews. You will be responsible for supporting product testing and failure analysis, writing protocols and reports, creating and maintaining risk files and assessing the impact of necessary changes to our products. You will lead initiatives to increase sales and improve the customer experience of our devices. Neurovascular (NV) products push the boundaries of technology to meet ever increasing product performance requirements, making the goal of assessing and demonstrating, safety, performance and compliance an exciting challenge. What You Will Do Develop qualification plans, protocols, and reports for new products, existing products, components, and subassemblies. Execute product testing, inspection, verification, and validation activities to support design and quality objectives. Perform failure investigations and root cause anal

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📍 California, United States
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$243.1K – $314.6K/yr

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At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference. Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact. We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together. Job Description The Oncology Business, Strategy, and Operations Lead will play a pivotal role in supporting the SVP of Oncology Clinical Development in building and executing the strategic vision for the Oncology Therapeutic Area (TA). As Gilead Oncology enters an exciting phase of growth and investment, this position offers the unique opportunity to collaborate directly with senior leadership to advance a world-class clinical development team, build the portfolio, and elevate oncology as a key focus area for Gilead. RESPONSIBILITIES As a member of the Oncology Leadership Team help to design and facilitate

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📍 California, USA - Remote, United States· Remote
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Job Requisition ID # 26WD98292 Senior Art Director / Designer, Flow Studio &#64; Autodesk We are building an integrated marketing and creative team designed for how modern products grow—combining high standards, thoughtful experimentation, and a strong focus on impact. We work as One Autodesk, partnering across functions to create clear, engaging experiences that help customers understand and adopt what is next. If you are energized by creative technology, collaborative problem-solving, and the opportunity to shape how a product shows up in the world, we would love to hear from you. Autodesk builds the tools behind the world around us. From the buildings we live in to the products we use, our customers design and make what’s next, and we power that work. As we evolve into a Design and Make platform, we are creating more connected, intelligent experiences that help our customers move from idea to reality. That transformation is grounded in our One Orbit values: being Optimistic about what is possible, Relentless in pursuit of better outcomes, Brave enough to challenge convention, Ingenious in solving complex problems, Trusted in how we show up, and united as One Autodesk. Within Autodesk, Flow Studio is building a new category at the intersection of AI, creativity, and storytelling. This is an opportunity to shape how that vision comes to life through world-class design. Position Overview Flow Studio is a visual product and brand, and how it shows up matters. We need a Senior Art Director / Designer who can define and execute a modern, distinctive visual language across everything we create.<

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📍 California, United States
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$74.9K – $112.3K/yr

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What if the work you did every day could impact the lives of people you know? Or all of humanity? At Illumina, we are expanding access to genomic technology to realize health equity for billions of people around the world. Our efforts enable life-changing discoveries that are transforming human health through the early detection and diagnosis of diseases and new treatment options for patients. Working at Illumina means being part of something bigger than yourself. Every person, in every role, has the opportunity to make a difference. Surrounded by extraordinary people, inspiring leaders, and world changing projects, you will do more and become more than you ever thought possible. We are looking for a talented and motivated scientist to join the Assay Research and Development group. You will play an important role in developing new and novel sequencing library preparation assays that meet the high performance and robustness characteristics that our customers require. You will be responsible to design and execute experiments, collect data, perform analysis, draw conclusions and participate on product development teams. A background in molecular biology and biochemistry lab techniques is desired. Position Responsibilities: Designs and performs experiments of varying complexity and across a broad array of techniques, foresees issues and works to overcome obstacles to completing tasks or assignments, conceives of new ways to analyze the data and present it. Makes detailed technical observations and documents them in laboratory notebooks and confluence pages, etc. Plans, conducts, summarizes, reports consistent conclusions, and generates recommendations for follow up experiments and may suggest alternate strategies. <

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📍 California, USA - Remote, United States· Remote
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Job Requisition ID # 26WD100708 Director, Expansion & Strategic Accounts D&M We are seeking a strategic Director Expansion & Strategic Accounts to lead a regional sales organization focused on the Design and Manufacturing industry. This leader will drive revenue growth, develop high-performing teams, strengthen customer and partner relationships, and execute sales strategies aligned with Autodesk’s business objectives. What You’ll Do Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing sales team focused on revenue growth and customer expansion. Develop and execute territory and industry sales strategies aligned to Autodesk priorities. Drive quota attainment through pipeline discipline, forecasting, deal inspection, and accountability. Build strong customer, partner, and internal relationships to identify growth opportunities and deliver outcomes. Partner across sales, technical sales, customer success, partner management, marketing, finance, and product teams to improve execution. Create a culture of ownership, collaboration, inclusion, and continuous improvement. What You Bring Experience leading sales teams in enterprise software, SaaS, technology, or a related B2B environment. Track record of achieving revenue targets and building predictable sales performance. Strong understanding of territory planning, pipeline generation, forecasting, account planning, and customer expansion. Experience with direct and indirect sales channels, including partner ecosystems. Ability to lead through influence across matrixed teams and senior stakeho

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📍 California, Santa Clara, United States
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Job Details: Job Description: The Role and Impact As a GPU Platform Hardware Design Engineer, you will play a pivotal role in designing and developing high-quality GPU hardware platforms that drive innovation in high-performance computing, graphics, and visualization technologies. You will lead the design process from initial feasibility studies through board layout, tapeout, and platform power-on, ensuring robust functionality and compatibility with industry standards. Your expertise in platform-level requirements, electrical engineering applications, and system bring-up will directly contribute to delivering cutting-edge GPU systems that accelerate Intel's leadership in computing. Business group The Data Center Group (DCG) is dedicated to advancing Intel's role in powering the digital world with leading-edge technologies. Focused on delivering innovative solutions for data center and cloud environments, DCG supports high-performance computing and graphics to enable capabilities such as AI, machine learning, and advanced visualizations. As part of the GPU IP Engineering team within DCG, you'll contribute to developing GPU systems that meet the evolving demands of the industry while supporting Intel's broader mission to create world-changing technology. Key Responsibilities - Design, develop, and evaluate electronic components, PCBs, and integrated circuits for GPU hardware platforms. - Translate platform-level requirements into detailed specifications and ensure adherence throughout the design process. - Define component placement and trace routing rules to optimize board layouts for performance, power, and signal integrity. - Conduct feasibility studies, board layout, tapeout, and platform power-on activities. - Perform functionality tests and utilize tools to verify platform configurations and compatibility. - Research, develop, and validate firmware, hardwa

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📍 California, United States· Full-time· Remote
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From $164.5K/yr

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Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) accelerates digital transformation so customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™️ platform protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. Distributed across 160+ public exchanges globally and thousands of private exchanges at the edge, the SASE-based Zero Trust Exchange is the world’s largest in-line cloud security platform. We believe the future of work is Human + AI and are building an AI-native enterprise where human potential is amplified by machine intelligence to solve the world’s hardest security challenges. Driven by deep customer obsession, we are committed to the mission, outcome, and to each other. We bring these commitments to life through three core behaviors: ownership and collaboration, trust through outcomes and impact, and a challenge culture with ongoing feedback. Ready to make an impact at the company pioneering security transformation in the AI era? Join us at Zscaler. Role We are looking for a Principal Production Engineer to join our team. This role is available as a hybrid opportunity 3 days a week in San Jose, CA or Remote reporting to Production Engineering in the Cloud Infrastructure & Operations department. Join Zscaler to be a force multiplier for the reliability of a global platform processing 200+ billion transactions daily across tens of millions of enterprise users. In this role, you will provide the technical vision and hands-on execution to drive an "automation-first" culture across the company. By maturing our observability and architectural standards, you will directly reduce our Mean Time to Mitigate (MTTM) and shape the scalability of our globally distributed, multi-cloud infrastructure. What you’ll do (Role Expectations) Design and implement highly available, scalable infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and bare-metal environments Drive an "automati

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📍 California, United States· Full-time· Remote
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From $175.9K/yr

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Zscaler (NASDAQ: ZS) accelerates digital transformation so customers can be more agile, efficient, resilient, and secure. The Zscaler Zero Trust Exchange™️ platform protects thousands of customers from cyberattacks and data loss by securely connecting users, devices, and applications in any location. Distributed across 160+ public exchanges globally and thousands of private exchanges at the edge, the SASE-based Zero Trust Exchange is the world’s largest in-line cloud security platform. We believe the future of work is Human + AI and are building an AI-native enterprise where human potential is amplified by machine intelligence to solve the world’s hardest security challenges. Driven by deep customer obsession, we are committed to the mission, outcome, and to each other. We bring these commitments to life through three core behaviors: ownership and collaboration, trust through outcomes and impact, and a challenge culture with ongoing feedback. Ready to make an impact at the company pioneering security transformation in the AI era? Join us at Zscaler. We are looking for a Senior Manager, Sales Engineering, Majors West based in the United States, reporting to our Director, Sales Engineering. You will lead and grow the sales engineering organization for the core portfolio, including the Gen AI market, across the region in the US. You will align closely with GTM Sales Leaders, Product Management, and Engineering to execute strategic solutions and close deals for customers and partners. What you’ll do (Role Expectations) Recruit, mentor, and develop the sales engineering team Refine and scale core sales engineering processes including discovery, technical qualification, and proof-of-concept Partner with sales leadership and clients to design and present business solutions that drive revenue growth Work within a matrixed environment to promote and support the Zscaler portfolio through value-based selling Who You Are (Success Profile) You thrive in ambiguity. You're c

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📍 California, United States
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Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. JOB DESCRIPTION: Working at Abbott At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to: Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year. An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree. A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune. A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists. The Opportunity Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and provision of device and management solutions for the treatment of Structural Heart disease. We aim to lea

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📍 California, California, United States· Full-time
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Who Are We? Postman is the world’s leading API platform, used by more than 45 million+ developers and 500,000 organizations, including 98% of the Fortune 500. Postman is helping developers and professionals across the globe build the API-first world by simplifying each step of the API lifecycle and streamlining collaboration—enabling users to create better APIs, faster. The company is headquartered in San Francisco and has offices in Boston, New York, Austin, Tokyo, London, and Bangalore - where Postman was founded. Postman is privately held, with funding from Battery Ventures, BOND, Coatue, CRV, Insight Partners, and Nexus Venture Partners. Learn more at postman.com or connect with Postman on X via @getpostman. P.S: We highly recommend reading The "API-First World" graphic novel to understand the bigger picture and our vision at Postman. The Opportunity (Summer 2026 AI Internship - Applications Open Now) We're seeking an AI Engineer Intern to work alongside our AI team on large-scale AI and Agentic systems from data pipeline to production deployment. This role is scoped for someone with foundational experience who wants to deepen it: you'll own discrete pieces of real systems under the mentorship of senior engineers, not shadow work or isolated coursework-style projects. What You'll Do You’ll work directly with the AI team, taking responsibility for well-scoped pieces of real systems, with mentorship from senior engineers. Benchmarks & Evaluation Contribute to APIFlow-Bench , our open-source benchmark for real API-development work: design and review benchmark tasks and their mock API environments, extend the evaluation harness and task-generation pipeline in Python, and help maintain the public multi-model leaderboard with statistical confidence intervals. Help build a new action-level AI safety benchmark: instead of grading what a model says, it scores what an agent actually does inside a simulated enterprise API environment. You’ll work on scenari

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📍 California, United States
✓ High-confidence listingCompany trend +165.2%

$261.4K – $338.3K/yr

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At Gilead, we’re creating a healthier world for all people. For more than 35 years, we’ve tackled diseases such as HIV, viral hepatitis, COVID-19 and cancer – working relentlessly to develop therapies that help improve lives and to ensure access to these therapies across the globe. We continue to fight against the world’s biggest health challenges, and our mission requires collaboration, determination and a relentless drive to make a difference. Every member of Gilead’s team plays a critical role in the discovery and development of life-changing scientific innovations. Our employees are our greatest asset as we work to achieve our bold ambitions, and we’re looking for the next wave of passionate and ambitious people ready to make a direct impact. We believe every employee deserves a great leader. People Leaders are the cornerstone to the employee experience at Gilead and Kite. As a people leader now or in the future, you are the key driver in evolving our culture and creating an environment where every employee feels included, developed and empowered to fulfil their aspirations. Join Gilead and help create possible, together. Job Description Key Responsibilities Provide clinical and scientific leadership for one or more inflammation development programs. Develop and continually refine the Clinical Development Plan (CDP), including indication strategy, target populations, clinical sequencing, success criteria, and key development decisions. Lead the design and execution of early- and mid-stage clinical trials, including Phase 1b/2 proof-of-concept and dose-ranging studies. Translate complex immunology and human disease biology into testable clinical hypotheses and development strategy. Integrate clinical, translational, biomarker, pharmacologic, and comp

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📍 California, United States of America, United States
✓ Quality checkedCompany trend +96.4%

$107.4K – $155.7K/yr

Interactive Design Engineer - HPIQ Description - About The Role As a Product Design Engineer at HP IQ, you’ll work at the intersection of creativity, engineering, and design to develop groundbreaking devices that redefine how people interact with technology. You’ll collaborate closely with industrial designers, hardware engineers, and interaction designers to transform ideas into functional prototypes and production-ready designs. From 3D CAD modeling and hands-on prototyping to engineering analysis and design validation, you’ll help solve complex mechanical challenges and drive designs from early concepts toward production. You’ll have the opportunity to take ownership of meaningful engineering work while learning from an experienced, multidisciplinary team and contributing to products that push the boundaries of what’s possible. What You Might Do Design mechanical parts, components, and assemblies for new consumer devices using 3D CAD (NX) Create detailed 2D engineering drawings, define specifications and tolerances, and work closely with overseas vendor partners to ensure accuracy and quality Design and run experiments, applying engineering analysis and test results to guide design decisions Evaluate materials, manufacturing processes, and design tradeoffs to develop robust and scalable solutions Work cross-functionally with hardware, software, industrial design, and other engineering teams to bring concepts from ideation through development Conceptualize, design, and build prototypes that quickly validate ideas Participate in design reviews, clearly communicating design decisions, technical analysis, and tradeoffs to both technical and non-technical audiences Build, test, troubleshoot, and iterate prototypes to identify issues and improve product performance, reliability, a

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📍 California, United States of America, United States
✓ Quality checkedCompany trend +96.4%

$107.4K – $155.7K/yr

Product Design Engineer - HPIQ Description - About The Role As a Product Design Engineer at HP IQ, you’ll work at the intersection of creativity, engineering, and design to develop groundbreaking devices that redefine how people interact with technology. You’ll collaborate closely with industrial designers, hardware engineers, and interaction designers to transform ideas into functional prototypes and production-ready designs. From 3D CAD modeling and hands-on prototyping to engineering analysis and design validation, you’ll help solve complex mechanical challenges and drive designs from early concepts toward production. You’ll have the opportunity to take ownership of meaningful engineering work while learning from an experienced, multidisciplinary team and contributing to products that push the boundaries of what’s possible. What You Might Do Design mechanical parts, components, and assemblies for new consumer devices using 3D CAD (NX) Create detailed 2D engineering drawings, define specifications and tolerances, and work closely with overseas vendor partners to ensure accuracy and quality Design and run experiments, applying engineering analysis and test results to guide design decisions Evaluate materials, manufacturing processes, and design tradeoffs to develop robust and scalable solutions Work cross-functionally with hardware, software, industrial design, and other engineering teams to bring concepts from ideation through development Conceptualize, design, and build prototypes that quickly validate ideas Participate in design reviews, clearly communicating design decisions, technical analysis, and tradeoffs to both technical and

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