Fuel Cell NPI & Start-up Manufacturing Engineer

EH Group; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

EH Group Engineering is establishing its US manufacturing operations in Houston, Texas, and seeks Manufacturing Engineers to industrialize our products. You will transfer proven Swiss processes, stand up manual stack assembly, and commission roll‑to‑roll production equipment with frequent travel to partner sites and Switzerland.

The role is hands‑on and build‑oriented, requiring collaboration with packaging partners, US operations, and the design team in Nyon.

Qualifications

• BSc/MSc in manufacturing, mechanical, mechatronic or industrial engineering is mandatory.
• Minimum 5–8 years of manufacturing engineering experience in an assembly or automation environment.
• Demonstrated experience installing, commissioning and qualifying production equipment.
• Experience writing work instructions and process documentation in a controlled quality system (ISO 9001 or equivalent).
• Experience working with external manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers or system integrators.
• Lean manufacturing, line balancing, process validation and statistical process control.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the on‑site engineering presence at packaging and integration partner facilities — reviewing build plans against our design, resolving producibility issues in real time, and supporting first‑article builds.
• Own design‑for‑manufacture feedback between partner sites, US operations and the engineering team in Nyon.
• Develop, validate and mature work instructions, process documentation and routings for US operations, in line with the EH quality management system.
• Lead the transfer of the process of record from Nyon to Houston — including tooling, fixtures, layouts, cycle‑time balancing and operator training material.
• Deploy and commission the manual stack assembly line in the US, building on proven Swiss process and learning.
• Deploy and commission roll‑to‑roll production equipment in the US, working alongside the equipment supplier through installation, acceptance testing and process qualification.
• Establish process windows, capability studies and control plans; qualify processes to the point of repeatable, conforming output.
• Specify tooling, fixtures, jigs and automation equipment with suppliers.
• Troubleshoot production, quality and equipment issues on the floor; drive root cause and corrective action.
• Support supplier quality and certification activities with the necessary process data and documentation.
• Drive OEE, throughput, yield and cost‑reduction improvements using Lean methods.
• Support safe working practice and EHS compliance in all process and equipment design.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Operational autonomy

English proficiency

Education

BSc/MSc in manufacturing/engineering

Tools

CAD

ERP systems

Job description

EH Group Engineering is establishing its US manufacturing operations in Houston, Texas, and seeks Manufacturing Engineers to industrialize our products. You will transfer proven Swiss processes, stand up manual stack assembly, and commission roll‑to‑roll production equipment with frequent travel to partner sites and Switzerland.

The role is hands‑on and build‑oriented, requiring collaboration with packaging partners, US operations, and the design team in Nyon.