Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering

Location: Devens, Massachusetts; on-site. The role supports manufacturing across multiple production sites, including CFS1 and Fusionova, and may require occasional travel or work on nights, weekends, or on-call schedules.

Company

hirify.global Systems develops advanced magnet components and assemblies for fusion energy systems.

What you will do

• Lead manufacturing engineering teams, managers, technical leads, and engineers across multiple production sites.
• Define and execute manufacturing engineering strategy for production, quality, capacity, cost, and operational goals.
• Develop and standardize manufacturing processes, tooling, work instructions, automation strategies, and process flows.
• Own the transition of HTS magnet manufacturing from low-volume R&D builds to full-scale production.
• Develop capacity models, staffing plans, factory layouts, capital equipment roadmaps, KPIs, and operational metrics.
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Facilities, Design Engineering, vendors, and manufacturing partners to improve readiness and execution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Electrical, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field.
• 10+ years of experience as a manufacturing engineer supporting complex electromechanical systems.
• 5+ years of experience leading manufacturing engineering organizations, including managing managers.
• Experience taking products from R&D into production and developing scalable, automated manufacturing processes.
• Proficiency in process development, tooling, automation, work instructions, process mapping, capacity modeling, production planning, and manufacturing systems.
• Ability to work on-site, lift up to 50 lbs occasionally, and work safely around heat, cold, noise, fumes, strong magnets, lead, high voltage, and cryogenics.

Nice to have

• Experience with superconducting magnets, thermo-mechanical assemblies, machining, welding, or VPI.
• Experience with factory expansion, advanced manufacturing systems, or production system design.
• Experience applying Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma methodologies.
• Experience implementing MES, ERP-integrated manufacturing systems, or digital manufacturing tools.
• Master’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, or a related field.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive compensation with equity.
• 13 company-wide holidays, flexible vacation days, and 10 sick days.
• Generous parental leave policy.
• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• 401(k) with employer matching and professional growth opportunities.
• Employment is contingent on compliance with U.S. Export Control Laws concerning controlled or protected technologies and information.