Houston NPI & Industrialization Manufacturing Engineer

EH Energy; Texas; On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Build manufacturing operation from the

Direct ownership of process decisions

Small fast-moving team

Job summary

EH Energy in Houston, Texas, is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer for NPI and industrialization to transfer proven Swiss processes to the US, stand up manual stack assembly, and commission roll-to-roll production equipment.

You will lead DFx feedback between partner sites and US operations, develop work instructions per ISO 9001, and drive OEE, yields and cost reductions through Lean methods. Willingness to travel 30–50% in year one; US work authorization required.

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.
• 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 at or with external manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers or system integrators.
• Working knowledge of Lean manufacturing, line balancing, process validation and statistical process control.
• Proficiency with CAD and ERP systems.
• Comfortable operating with ambiguity in a start-up environment; able to work autonomously with internal and external experts.
• Willing to travel frequently to partner sites within the US, and to Switzerland for extended periods during process transfer (expect 30–50% travel in the first year).
• Excellent spoken and written English is mandatory.
• Must have existing authorization to work in the United States.

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

Line balancing

Statistical process control

Process validation

Autonomous startup work

Education

BSc/MSc in manufacturing, mechanical, mechatronic or industrial engineering

Tools

CAD

ERP systems

Job description

EH Energy in Houston, Texas, is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer for NPI and industrialization to transfer proven Swiss processes to the US, stand up manual stack assembly, and commission roll-to-roll production equipment.

You will lead DFx feedback between partner sites and US operations, develop work instructions per ISO 9001, and drive OEE, yields and cost reductions through Lean methods. Willingness to travel 30–50% in year one; US work authorization required.