Manufacturing Engineer

Neros; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Neros, a defense tech company in Torrance, is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to own how drones are built on the factory floor. You will decide fixture, joint, torque spec, and the tests that prove a part is good, then validate with data before production volume.

This floor-first role puts you next to the line: when a station goes down, you’re the first call; when defects recur, you root-cause and prevent recurrence; you push manufacturability back into design to avoid future issues.

Responsibilities

• First technical responder for line-down and slowdown events; diagnose, contain, restore
• Troubleshoot tooling, fixtures, jigs, and station equipment issues
• Distinguish process problems from training problems from design problems, and drive fixes accordingly
• Support production supervisors with real-time technical calls during the shift
• Own work instructions and standard

Skills

Hands-on

Calipers

Data-driven

Root-cause analysis

Tools

Fixtures

Jigs

Torque tools

Job description

Neros is a defense technology company rebuilding America's drone industrial base. We design and manufacture high-performance unmanned systems that are tested in combat, iterated at startup speed, and built at massive scale. Our team culture is fast, hands-on, and obsessed with closing the gap between design and deployment.

As drones transform the character of warfare, Neros is delivering the systems the West needs to compete on the modern battlefield and deter the adversaries of democracy. We're hiring engineers, operators, and builders who want to move fast, take on extreme ownership, and get capability into the hands of warfighters in months, not years.

What you will be doing

We build drones at scale. We're looking for a Manufacturing Engineer to own how they actually get made. You will decide how each assembly is built: the fixture, the joint, the torque spec, the test that proves it good. Then you'll prove those decisions out with data before they carry production volume.

This is a floor-first role. You'll spend your days next to the line, not above it. When a station goes down, you're the first call. When a defect keeps coming back, you root-cause it and kill it for good. When the design fights the build, you push manufacturability back upstream into the design until it doesn't fight back. You are the first point of contact for engineering decisions on hardware moving through your processes, and the last line of defense between a bad process and a thousand bad units.

If you'd rather solve problems at the station with a caliper and a laptop than watch them from a conference room, this is your role.

Responsibilities

Line Support & Triage

• First technical responder for line-down and slowdown events; diagnose, contain, restore
• Troubleshoot tooling, fixtures, jigs, and station equipment issues
• Distinguish process problems from training problems from design problems, and drive fixes accordingly
• Support production supervisors with real-time technical calls during the shift

Process Ownership

• Own work instructions and standard