Production Manufacturing Engineer — Additive & High-Volume

VulcanForms; Harvard (MA); On-site; USD 99,584 - 136,929; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Paid time off

401(k) with company match

Job summary

VulcanForms, founded to scale laser metal additive manufacturing, seeks a Production Manufacturing Engineer to develop and optimize processes enabling high‑volume production of precision components for consumer electronics. You will partner across Operations, Product Development, Quality, and Automation to drive improvements and maintain world‑class manufacturing performance.

The role emphasizes hands‑on engineering on the factory floor, transitioning new products into production, and leveraging

Qualifications

• 5+ years of manufacturing engineering experience in production environments.
• Experience improving processes in high-volume or precision manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of process development, production support, and root cause analysis.
• Experience working with MES and ERP systems.
• Ability to analyze data and drive improvements with data-driven decisions.
• Excellent communication for collaboration across engineering and operations.

Responsibilities

• Develop, implement, and optimize manufacturing processes to improve safety, quality, yield, throughput, and cost.
• Provide day-to-day engineering support to production operations by troubleshooting process and equipment issues.
• Partner with cross-functional teams to transition new products from development into full-rate production.
• Drive continuous improvement using Lean, Six Sigma, statistics, and root cause analysis.
• Create and improve manufacturing documentation including work instructions, PFMEAs, control plans, and SOPs.
• Analyze data to identify variation, improve capability, and increase efficiency.
• Collaborate with Automation, Equipment Engineering, and Maintenance to improve uptime and OEE.
• Support process validation, qualification activities, and engineering changes.
• Ensure processes meet quality, safety, and operational procedures.
• Participate in production readiness, capacity planning, and scalability initiatives.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Data-driven decisions

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma

Cross-functional collaboration

Hands-on shop floor

Tools

MES systems

ERP systems

Job description

VulcanForms, founded to scale laser metal additive manufacturing, seeks a Production Manufacturing Engineer to develop and optimize processes enabling high‑volume production of precision components for consumer electronics. You will partner across Operations, Product Development, Quality, and Automation to drive improvements and maintain world‑class manufacturing performance.

The role emphasizes hands‑on engineering on the factory floor, transitioning new products into production, and leveraging