Principal Manufacturing Engineer: Scale Thermal Materials

Boston Materials

Billerica (MA)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 200,000

Full time

5 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision & Dental coverage (75%"

Unlimited Paid Time Off

Holidays: 14 days/year

Job summary

Boston Materials is seeking a Principal Manufacturing Engineer to lead the high-volume Liquid Metal ZRT line on the shop floor. You will own end-to-end manufacturing, set process windows, and partner with equipment teams to enable aggressive ramp targets.

This senior, hands-on role requires navigating from pre-pilot to production with a data-driven mindset. You will develop robust QA/QC systems, drive process control, and mentor technicians in a fast-moving startup environment focused on

Qualifications

Hands-on experience taking a materials-based process from development or pre-pilot into a controlled manufacturing environment.
Proven ability to provide day-to-day engineering support to an active manufacturing line.
Ability to set equipment parameters and specification limits for critical-to-quality characteristics.
Experience implementing QA/QC systems from raw material to finished product.
Experience developing and executing IQ/OQ/PQ on equipment.
Strong process control fundamentals including SPC, control charts, and capability analysis.
Proficiency with Ignition/SCADA, Tulip/MES, and statistical tools like Minitab or JMP.
Comfortable working across engineering, operations, and quality in a fast-moving startup environment.

Responsibilities

Act as technical owner of the manufacturing process through commissioning of the high-volume line.
Design manufacturing and material flows, including robust flows for conforming and non-conforming material.
Establish line readiness: base state, preventive maintenance, SOPs, validated process windows.
Determine equipment parameters and specification limits for CTQ characteristics; design experiments to characterize process sensitivity.
Translate developmental materials processes into controlled manufacturing.
Implement and configure MES, SCADA, and SPC tools for real-time monitoring and traceability.
Lead non-conformance investigations and root cause analysis; drive corrective actions.
Anticipate and mitigate risks during aggressive production ramp.
Drive continuous improvement of production and quality management systems.
Provide tactical engineering support to the active line and mentor engineers.