Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Leads prototype-to-production manufacturing for autonomous rail vehicles, including greenfield facility design, NPI, assembly-line development, tooling, and process documentation. Requires 5+ years of manufacturing engineering experience and ownership of an NPI launch.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Lead the transition from R&D prototypes to scalable production, including process flow, station layout, sequencing, takt/cycle-time allocation, and greenfield production-site design.
- Lead New Product Introduction (NPI) from engineering prototypes through validated, repeatable manufacturing processes.
- Specify, design, and source fixtures, jigs, assembly tooling, capital equipment, and other line requirements.
- Partner with mechanical, electrical, systems, quality, facilities, and supply-chain teams on design-for-manufacturability (DFM), PFMEA, process controls, inspection points, and first-article processes.
- Create manufacturing documentation, including work instructions, routers, and station standard work.
- Define production data capture and process-control limits, and support validation and visualization such as SPC dashboards.
- Provide technical leadership on manufacturing processes and assembly-line design.
Requirements
- 5+ years of manufacturing engineering experience.
- Ownership of at least one NPI program from prototype through production launch.
- Direct experience designing and standing up an assembly line or work-cell operation.
- Experience specifying and sourcing fixtures, tooling, and capital equipment, including vendor lead-time management.
- Strong knowledge of DFM principles and experience influencing product design from a manufacturing perspective.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in rail, transit, aerospace, or heavy-equipment manufacturing.
- Experience with large or heavy vehicle subassemblies, crane-assisted handling, and structural lifting.
- Familiarity with PFMEA and hardware-development gate processes such as CDR.
- Startup or small-team experience building manufacturing processes from scratch.
Compensation
- Target salary range: $129,000–$177,000 USD annually.
Skills
Manufacturing Engineering, New Product Introduction, Assembly Line Design, Work-Cell Design, Design For Manufacturability, Pfmea, Fixtures, Assembly Tooling, Capital Equipment, Process Documentation, Spc, Vehicle Manufacturing
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