Manufacturing and Test Engineer

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Be part of the team that owns continuous improvement across manufacturing, testing, and supplier quality. Be pragmatic about what is needed today and what to build for tomorrow.
• Own the manufacturing and production test roadmap for low-volume production; define milestones, readiness criteria, risks. Work directly with company leadership to define priorities and resources needed to be successful.
• Develop the assembly flow, station layout, fixtures, and capacity plan for subsystem and full-robot builds; choose practical manual processes and introduce automation where it improves quality or throughput.
• Own production test coverage, measurement methods, calibration, acceptance criteria, and test station architecture with design and software engineers; distinguish product failures from test system issues.
• Use our MES to establish controlled work instructions, build records, inspection points, and traceability; keep parts lists, hardware revisions, test configurations, and engineering changes aligned.
• Lead root-cause investigations across mechanical, electrical, software, and process issues; verify corrective actions and feed manufacturability, assembly, and test results back into the design.
• As the team grows, mentor fellow manufacturing engineers and teammates across other functions on manufacturing best practices;

Job requirements

• 4+ years of relevant experience in manufacturing engineering, test engineering, or NPI for complex electromechanical hardware.
• Degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, mechatronics, manufacturing engineering, related fields, or equivalent practical experience in manufacturing.
• Demonstrated ownership of a product or process transition from prototype or pilot builds into repeatable production, preferably at low to mid volumes.
• Hands-on experience developing assembly processes, fixtures, production tests, and calibration methods; strong troubleshooting across mechanical and electrical interfaces.
• Experience with test instrumentation, data acquisition, and scripting or programming, such as Python, to develop or improve production test systems.
• Proficiency in CAD, engineering drawings, tolerances, and design for manufacturing, assembly, and test.
• Ability to lead technical decisions across teams and deliver practical results in a dynamic environment with evolving requirements.