Manufacturing Engineer - Factory Floor Innovator, Equity

Detroit Venture Partners, LLC.; Detroit (MI); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in Nox Metals

Company-paid medical, dental, and --

Job summary

Nox Metals, a technology-driven metal supplier with operations in Metro Detroit and Los Angeles, seeks Manufacturing Engineers to make factories safer, faster, and more repeatable. You will improve systems turning aluminum into on-time customer shipments: equipment, tooling, layouts, work instructions, data collection, and operator workflows.

This is a floor-first role. You will spend time where the work happens, test practical improvements, and ensure new processes hold.

Qualifications

• Hands-on problem solving on the factory floor.
• Commitment to safety and quality in all work.
• Analytical, observant, and disciplined about root causes.

Responsibilities

• Improve safety, quality, throughput, uptime, and material flow.
• Study constraints and translate observations into improvements.
• Design tooling, fixtures, layouts, and operator workstations.
• Create and maintain clear work instructions and standard processes.
• Support equipment selection, installation, and ramp-up.
• Investigate defects and downtime with root-cause analysis.
• Build production metrics and verify improvements deliver results.
• Partner with operators, maintenance, quality, software and leadership.
• Train teams on new processes and incorporate floor feedback.
• Support production directly when urgency affects safety or delivery.

Skills

Hands-on problem solver

Safety-focused

Analytical mindset

Drawings & documentation

Clear communicator

Organization & accountability

Tools

CAD software

Fixtures design

Equipment commissioning

Job description

Nox Metals, a technology-driven metal supplier with operations in Metro Detroit and Los Angeles, seeks Manufacturing Engineers to make factories safer, faster, and more repeatable. You will improve systems turning aluminum into on-time customer shipments: equipment, tooling, layouts, work instructions, data collection, and operator workflows.

This is a floor-first role. You will spend time where the work happens, test practical improvements, and ensure new processes hold.