Manufacturing Engineer - Lean, Layout & Scale Production

ATOMS Careers page; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 145,000 - 183,250; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k)

Sick time & Paid holidays

Team lunch in office

Medical/Dental/Vision

Job summary

Atoms is hiring a Manufacturing/Process Engineer to design and optimize assembly lines for new production locations in the San Francisco region. You will analyze current flows, perform time and motion studies, and implement line-balancing improvements to scale production of robotic systems.

Role requires 5+ years in production-heavy environments, a degree in industrial/mechanical/manufacturing engineering, and strong data-driven problem-solving skills.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in manufacturing, industrial, or process engineering in production-heavy environments (automotive, aerospace, robotics, EV, industrial equipment).
• Degree in industrial, mechanical, or manufacturing engineering, or equivalent experience.
• Hands-on experience with time & motion studies, line balancing, and factory layout design.
• Experience taking production from prototype or low volume to scaled output.
• Working with lean tools: value stream mapping, kaizen, 5S, root cause analysis.
• Comfort on production floor and with data (spreadsheets, ERP/MRP).
• Strong communicator across technicians, engineers, and leadership.
• Highly analytical, data-driven, and open to learning from operators.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement upfitting and assembly lines for new production locations: station design, layout, material flow, work instructions, and ramp support.
• Analyze existing manufacturing flows for custom builds and retrofit kit manufacturing through time and motion studies, line balancing, and takt and cycle analysis, then implement improvements.
• Own production floor layout across facilities and optimize flow between kitting and assembly.
• Drive continuous improvement on build time, yield, and ergonomics by optimizing workstation layout and leveraging technician feedback with engineering.
• Design and build production tooling, jigs, and fixtures to improve quality and repeatability.
• Create and maintain version-controlled work instructions, SOPs, and process docs with hardware engineering.
• Define and track process metrics (cycle time, first-pass yield, defect rates) to prioritize fixes.
• Work daily with technicians to capture process knowledge and translate into improvements.
• Partner with hardware and NPI engineering as new designs transfer to production, feeding manufacturability learnings.
• Replicate proven production processes to new sites as we scale.

Skills

5+ years experience

Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering

Time & motion studies

Line balancing

Factory layout design

Prototype to scaled output

Lean tools (kaizen, 5S, VSM)

Data on production floor & ERP/MRP

Strong communication

Analytical/data-driven

Education

Degree in industrial/mechanical/manufacturing engineering

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Spreadsheets

Job description

Atoms is hiring a Manufacturing/Process Engineer to design and optimize assembly lines for new production locations in the San Francisco region. You will analyze current flows, perform time and motion studies, and implement line-balancing improvements to scale production of robotic systems.

Role requires 5+ years in production-heavy environments, a degree in industrial/mechanical/manufacturing engineering, and strong data-driven problem-solving skills.