Manufacturing Engineer

Energy Innovation Corp; Kenosha (WI); On-site; USD 56,000 - 82,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Structured growth

Mentorship

Flexible part-time schedule

Job summary

Public Affairs Institute in Kenosha, WI is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer who writes tests before you trust the feature, with a focus on Rust. We offer a salary of $56,000 - $82,000 and real responsibility that accelerates growth beyond the title.

You will replace brittle Jenkins hacks with scalable Rust solutions, map GraphQL data flows, and ensure code quality through linting, testing, and analysis. The role blends cross-functional collaboration with hands-on implementation and a flexible

Qualifications

• Experience collaborating across product and engineering teams.
• Familiarity with JavaScript and related tools or frameworks.
• Interest in Wisconsin market or willingness to engage local market.
• Bias toward action with a design-led approach.

Responsibilities

• Negotiate adaptability tradeoffs with product when timelines collide.
• Map data flow across GraphQL services and spot leaks.
• Drive adoption of testing, security, and observability practices.
• Replace brittle Jenkins hacks with Rust solutions that scale in Kenosha.
• Bridge gRPC and GraphQL for platform integration.
• Ensure code quality through linting, testing, and static analysis.
• Slice the tech monolith into C# services Kenosha, WI can deploy alone.

Skills

Cross-functional

JavaScript

WI market awareness

Design thinking

Tools

Rust

GraphQL

Jenkins

C#

Job description

Our Manufacturing Engineer role rewards the small-but-mighty habit of writing the test before you trust the feature, especially around Rust. We pair a $56,000 - $82,000 salary with real responsibility, so the Manufacturing Engineer you become here grows faster than the title suggests.

Key Responsibilities

• Negotiate Adaptability tradeoffs with product when Public Affairs Institute timelines and reality collide
• Map data flow across Public Affairs Institute's GraphQL services and spot the leaks
• Drive adoption of best practices in testing, security, and observability
• Replace the brittle Jenkins hack with a Rust solution that survives Kenosha scale
• Bridge gRPC and GraphQL so the two halves of Public Affairs Institute's platform finally talk
• Ensure code quality through automated linting, testing, and static analysis
• Slice the collaborative technology monolith into C# services Kenosha, WI can deploy alone

What You'll Bring

• Cross-functional ease, from Jenkins engineers to Public Speaking marketers
• Familiarity with JavaScript and related tools or frameworks
• A WI sensibility, or genuine curiosity about this market
• A design-led bias toward action, balanced by knowing when to wait

At Public Affairs Institute, our mission is to make technology simpler, faster, and more accessible for everyone in Kenosha, WI and beyond. Inclusion isn't a poster on the Kenosha, WI wall; it's who gets pulled into the room and heard.

Pay is $56,000 - $82,000, growth is structured, mentorship is personal, and the flexible part-time schedule is non-negotiable in your favor.