Automation Production Engineer - Commissioning & Equity

Nebula; El Segundo (CA); Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation

Health insurance

401(k) with company matching

On-site work with rare work-from-home

Job summary

Nebula in El Segundo seeks manufacturing engineers to bring automated deposition and processing equipment into production and maintain it on the line. You will commission the first machines, establish gauges and test cells, and define procedures the operators will follow, ensuring robust line readiness and safety.

We value hands-on experience with automated production equipment and process capability, and we emphasize data-driven root-cause analysis to recover yield losses.

Qualifications

• Degree in manufacturing/industrial/mechanical/mechatronics engineering
• Hands-on commissioning or running of automated production equipment
• Fluent with design of experiments, gauge R&R, control charts, capability indices and first-pass yield
• The judgment to take a yield loss back to its root cause from the data
• Ready to commission the first machines on a line and write the procedures operators run from

Responsibilities

• Commissioning automated deposition and processing equipment: assembly, axis alignment, calibration, fluid supply, first-article qualification
• Process development on deposition, cure and sinter windows: design of experiments and capability studies
• Statistical process control: control charts, capability indices, gauge R&R, first-pass yield and scrap
• Inspection systems: inline layer monitoring with early abort, optical inspection, profilometry and layer thickness
• Electrical and functional test: continuity, impedance, embedded resistors, hardware-in-the-loop cells, disposition of failures
• Fixturing and handling: carriers, vacuum fixtures, feeders, and vision alignment for placed components
• Line layout and reliability: station sequence, takt, preventive maintenance, calibration, spares and failure analysis
• Machine safety and documentation: risk assessment, interlocks, lockout, travelers and work instructions

Skills

Commissioning equipment

Design of experiments

Gauge R&R

Control charts

First-pass yield

Root cause analysis

Education

Degree in manufacturing/industrial/mechanical/mechatronics engineering

Tools

CAD

Job description

Nebula in El Segundo seeks manufacturing engineers to bring automated deposition and processing equipment into production and maintain it on the line. You will commission the first machines, establish gauges and test cells, and define procedures the operators will follow, ensuring robust line readiness and safety.

We value hands-on experience with automated production equipment and process capability, and we emphasize data-driven root-cause analysis to recover yield losses.