Frontline Manufacturing Engineer — Pilot Deployments (Hybrid, NYC)

diracinc; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision Insurance

Generous PTO

Stock Options

Commuter Benefits (NYC)

Job summary

Dirac is hiring a Forward Deployed Manufacturing Engineer in New York, hybrid with frequent travel to customer sites. You will translate real-world build processes into BuildOS workflows and act as a digital manufacturing engineer during pilots and early deployments, ensuring successful adoption by customers.

You will collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, and operations teams, surface high-impact feedback to product, and help customers move from legacy methods to model-based

Qualifications

• Background in mechanical, manufacturing, or industrial engineering.
• Experience working in or with manufacturing environments.
• Ability to break down and structure complex assembly workflows.
• Excellent communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences.
• High ownership and comfort working directly with customers.

Responsibilities

• Translate customer assembly processes into BuildOS workflows.
• Create and structure work instructions from CAD and engineering data.
• Lead onboarding and drive adoption during pilots and early deployments.
• Act as a trusted advisor to manufacturing, engineering, and operations teams.
• Identify inefficiencies in customer workflows and propose improvements.
• Partner with product and engineering to surface high-impact feedback.
• Support demos, technical evaluations, and customer check-ins.

Skills

Mechanical engineering

Manufacturing engineering

Industrial engineering

Customer-facing

Ownership

Tools

NX

SolidWorks

Creo

PLM systems

ERP systems

Job description

Dirac is hiring a Forward Deployed Manufacturing Engineer in New York, hybrid with frequent travel to customer sites. You will translate real-world build processes into BuildOS workflows and act as a digital manufacturing engineer during pilots and early deployments, ensuring successful adoption by customers.

You will collaborate with manufacturing, engineering, and operations teams, surface high-impact feedback to product, and help customers move from legacy methods to model-based