Manufacturing Engineer (Part-Time) — Build, Optimize & Mentor

Egreenservices; Elgin (IL); On-site; USD 57,000 - 89,000; Full time

Job summary

FutureTech Labs in Elgin, IL seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to join a performance-driven tech team. The role blends hands-on systems work with a practical mindset, offering a salary range of $57,000 to $89,000 for part-time hours and a supportive mentorship environment.

You will own integration tasks from Elasticsearch through GitLab CI, optimize Tailwind CSS infrastructure, and collaborate with Google Cloud and GraphQL to keep the platform fast and reliable.

Qualifications

• 1+ years building trust in professional settings.
• Proven adaptability in dynamic, partially written briefs.
• Strong point of view on FutureTech Labs space.
• Keen eye for quality and consistency in output.

Responsibilities

• Stitch Elasticsearch events into the GitLab CI pipeline to feed tech reports.
• Ship incremental improvements to the Elgin platform on a regular cadence.
• Trim cloud spend by right-sizing Tailwind CSS infrastructure in Elgin, IL.
• Bridge Google Cloud and GraphQL so the platform halves talk.
• Hunt latency spikes and diagnose root causes.
• Mentor junior engineers on how Elasticsearch components are wired together.

Skills

Adaptability

Ambiguity tolerance

Quality focus

Tools

Elasticsearch

GitLab CI

Tailwind CSS

GraphQL

Job description

FutureTech Labs in Elgin, IL seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to join a performance-driven tech team. The role blends hands-on systems work with a practical mindset, offering a salary range of $57,000 to $89,000 for part-time hours and a supportive mentorship environment.

You will own integration tasks from Elasticsearch through GitLab CI, optimize Tailwind CSS infrastructure, and collaborate with Google Cloud and GraphQL to keep the platform fast and reliable.