Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering

Hyliion Inc.; Austin, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Plans

Dental Plans

Vision Plan

401k

Job summary

Hyliion Inc. seeks a Senior Manager of Manufacturing Engineering to own and scale the manufacturing engineering function across Cedar Park, TX and Milford, OH.

You will lead a hands-on, player-coach team turning engineered designs into repeatable, scalable production while partnering with Design Engineering for DFM integration. The role emphasizes building and mentoring a team, driving process validation, and owning the capital equipment program to meet ramp plans.

Qualifications

• BS or higher in mechanical, manufacturing, or industrial engineering.
• 10+ years core manufacturing engineering experience.
• 3+ years of direct people management leading a team of engineers in manufacturing or production.
• Preferred: AS9100, ISO 9001, or equivalent QMS experience; power generation or electromechanical systems background.

Responsibilities

• Translate engineering designs into manufacturable, repeatable production configurations at two sites.
• Design, develop, and qualify manufacturing tooling, fixtures, and processes for quality and volume scalability.
• Own PFMEAs, control plans, work instructions, SOPs, and MBOMs; keep documentation current on the shop floor.
• Define standard work, material flow, and handling strategies to increase throughput and reduce waste.
• Drive capability studies, establish measurement systems, and ensure product quality from first article through production.
• Partner with Design Engineering to embed DFM into product lifecycle and drive continuous improvement.
• Build, mentor, and lead a manufacturing engineering team; develop skills and accountability.
• Coordinate cross-functional milestones with Product Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, and external partners.
• Own capital equipment program end-to-end: business case, vendor selection, qualification, and installation.
• Lead root cause analysis and CAPA with Operations and Quality; close actions effectively.

Skills

Process engineering

PFMEA & SOPs

MBOM management

Lean manufacturing

Capital equipment

Team leadership

DFM integration

CAD/PLM

Travel readiness

Education

B.S. Eng in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Industrial

10+ years core manufacturing engineering

3+ years people management

QMS: AS9100/ISO 9001

Power gen / electromechanical experience

Tools

CAD/PLM tools

Job description

Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering

Hyliion is committed to creating innovative solutions that enable clean,flexible and affordable electricity production. TheCompany’s primary focus is to develop distributedpower generators that can operate on various fuelsources to future-proof against an ever-changingenergy economy.

Job Purpose

The Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering owns the manufacturing engineering function across Hyliion's Cedar Park, TX headquarters and primary production site and its Milford, OH R&D operations. The role is the bridge between the engineering design of the KARNO Power Module and the scalable, repeatable production system required for commercial ramp, defining and driving the processes, tooling, documentation, and infrastructure that transform KARNO from a highly engineered prototype into a manufacturable product. This is a player-coach role: the incumbent builds and leads a team of manufacturing engineers while remaining personally hands-on in the most challenging production problems.

At Hyliion, AI is core to how we work. We equip every team member with leading AI tools and count on you to use them — to move faster, solve harder problems, and help us realize the full potential of KARNO technology for the world.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Productionization: translate engineering designs into manufacturable, repeatable, and scalable production configurations across both sites, aligned to the commercial ramp roadmap.
• Tooling and process development: design, develop, and qualify manufacturing tooling, fixtures, and processes that support quality, efficiency, and volume scalability.
• Manufacturing documentation: own PFMEAs, control plans, work instructions, SOPs, and MBOMs, keeping them accurate, current, and accessible to the production floor.
• Lean and material flow: define and implement standard work, material flow, and handling strategies that increase throughput, reduce waste, and prepare the factory for increasing volume.
• Process validation and control: drive capability studies, establish measurement systems and process controls, and hold consistent product quality from first article through production.
• Design for manufacturability: partner with Design Engineering to embed DFM into the product lifecycle as an ongoing discipline rather than a late-stage review.
• Team building: build, mentor, and lead a team of manufacturing engineers, developing the bench, the skills matrix, and the accountability that goes with them.
• Cross-functional execution: drive production-readiness milestones with Product Engineering, Operations, Supply Chain, Quality, and external partners.
• Manufacturing equipment capital program: own the program end to end, including needs identification, business case and justification, vendor selection, procurement support, installation, and IQ/OQ/PQ qualification, against the commercial scaling roadmap and an annual capital budget.
• Root cause and CAPA: partner with Operations and Quality on rigorous root cause analysis for nonconformances and own corrective and preventive action to closure where accountable.
• Continuous improvement: manage the continuous improvement intake process and build a culture of operational excellence, safety, and disciplined engineering practice.
• Additional duties and responsibilities as assigned, needed, or required for the business.

Qualifications

Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Qualifications include

• Education, Experience and Certifications
  • B.S. or higher in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering, or equivalent experience.
  • 10+ years of core manufacturing engineering experience with demonstrated progression of scope and responsibility.
  • 3+ years of direct people management leading a team of engineers in a manufacturing or production environment.
  • Demonstrated track record productionizing engineering designs, turning prototype-stage products into manufacturable, scalable systems.
  • Preferred: AS9100, ISO 9001, or equivalent QMS experience; background in power generation, electromechanical systems, or precision energy equipment manufacturing; additive manufacturing / laser sintering environments; and government or defense manufacturing contract support.
• Skills and Abilities
  • Proven expertise in process engineering: process design, validation, capability studies, and statistical process control.
  • Deep hands‑on experience developing PFMEAs, control plans, work instructions, and SOPs from scratch.
  • Strong proficiency in MBOM development and management, with working knowledge of CAD/PLM environments; NX (Siemens), Teamcenter, or equivalent preferred.
  • Experience designing and qualifying production tooling and fixtures for complex electromechanical assemblies.
  • Solid grounding in lean manufacturing: value stream mapping, 5S, standard work, Kaizen, and waste reduction.
  • Experience with material flow design and handling systems in a production environment.
  • Track record owning capital equipment decisions, including business case, vendor selection and qualification, and delivering installed, validated equipment on budget.
  • Comfort operating as a player‑coach, personally solving hard technical problems while leading and developing a team.
  • Effective in a startup or scaling environment where processes are built from the ground up, with a high tolerance for ambiguity.
  • Willingness and ability to travel approximately one week per month to Milford, OH.

Role Classification and Working Conditions

This is a salaried, exempt-level position. This position typically works in a production/assembly/engineering lab environment.

Physical/Other Requirements

• Ability to stand and walk for extended periods in a manufacturing, additive production, and test environment.
• Ability to access equipment in confined or elevated positions.
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 40 pounds, with or without reasonable accommodation.
• Compliance with all site PPE and safety requirements is mandatory.
• Ability to travel, as needed, by plane, automobile, etc.; approximately one week per month to the Milford, OH site.

Direct Reports

We are not accepting candidates who require sponsorship at this time.

Benefits

• Medical Plans, with PPO or HDHP options
• Dental Plans, with buy-up option
• Vision Plan
• Life Insurance and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Plans, with buy-up options
• Short Term Disability, paid for by the company
• Long Term Disability, paid for by the company
• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• 401k/Roth 401k
• Voluntary Accident Plans
• Voluntary Critical Illness Plans
• Hospital Indemnity Plan

Hyliion is proud to be an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, age, disability, veteran status. If a reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to otherwise participate in the employment selection process, please direct your inquires to Hyliion’s human resources department at [e-mail] .