Manufacturing Engineer (Machines)

Location: Torrance, California, United States; office and factory environment

Salary: $111,300–$204,090 USD per year, depending on level

Company

Develops integrated engineering and manufacturing solutions for complex systems, including advanced equipment for automotive, aerospace, and defense customers.

What you will do

• Productionize and scale internally developed capital equipment, including laser powder bed fusion machines and automated assembly equipment.
• Own manufacturing development for critical factory modules, subsystems, and processes.
• Lead machine systems through build, commissioning, validation, qualification, and production handoff.
• Develop work instructions, standard operating procedures, test procedures, and process documentation.
• Lead troubleshooting, root-cause corrective action, and reliability improvements for machine uptime, quality, and repeatability.
• Partner with design engineering, automation, software, operations, quality, supply chain, and R&D while mentoring engineers and technicians.

Requirements

• Ability to lawfully access information and technology subject to U.S. export controls.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Relevant experience: 1+ years for Engineer II, 5+ years for Senior Engineer, or 7+ years for Staff Engineer.
• Experience owning complex technical areas and performing troubleshooting, RCCA, technical documentation, and manufacturing work.
• Ability to work in an office and factory environment.
• Eligibility to work in the United States is verified through E-Verify.

Nice to have

• Experience with capital equipment or low-volume production.
• Experience architecting and delivering custom capital equipment or industrial automation systems.
• Experience with PLM, MES, configuration management, and change control.
• Experience with tooling, fixtures, calibration tools, or test equipment.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary with equity and discretionary results-based incentive opportunities.
• Paid vacation, sick time, company holidays, year-end shutdown, and parental leave.
• HMO and Premium PPO health plans, life insurance, and short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Reimbursement for learning and development initiatives.
• Collaborative, fast-paced, mission-driven manufacturing environment.