Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Socket.dev; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare plan

401(k) plan

Disability & Life Insurance

Paid parental leave

11 paid holidays

PTO policy

Job summary

Simplexity Product Development seeks an experienced Senior Manufacturing Engineer to lead cross-functional teams and bring complex robotic systems into production. You will bridge R&D, quality, supply chain, test, and manufacturing to establish robust processes for safe, reliable, manufacturable products.

The role requires experience in robotics or electromechanical products, manufacturing transfer, defect management, SPC, and continuous improvement, with on-site Seattle work and travel as

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in a relevant engineering discipline.
• 8+ years of manufacturing, hardware quality, NPI, process engineering, or operations experience with technical leadership.
• Experience with casting and injection molding processes.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams and transferring robotic systems to production.
• Strong knowledge of actuators, sensors, electronics, batteries, and safety systems.
• Proven use of structured quality and problem-solving methods to improve manufacturing performance.
• Experience with assembly, calibration, tolerance analysis, integration, inspection, and end-of-line testing.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional engineering and manufacturing teams.
• Translate requirements into quality, reliability, safety, and manufacturability plans.
• Transfer robotic products from prototypes to production, including ramp-up.
• Establish risk-management strategies using defect tracking, FMEA, control plans, and reliability testing.
• Define and monitor metrics like defect escape, uptime, yield, throughput, and scrap.
• Apply SPC and process-capability methods across assembly, calibration, test, and suppliers.
• Develop and qualify assembly processes, tooling, fixtures, and end-of-line test systems.
• Lead system-integration investigations and resolve field or supplier failures.
• Qualify manufacturing sites and suppliers for process capability and quality.
• Drive manufacturability and cost decisions across robotic subsystems.
• Manage program priorities, budgets, risks, and stakeholder communication.
• Support on-site work in Seattle and travel to locations as needed.

Skills

Leadership

Manufacturing engineering

Quality systems

Statistical process control

FMEA & control plans

Lean manufacturing

DFM/ DFA/ DFT

Project management

Systems integration

Robotics knowledge

Safety systems

Supplier quality

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s in Engineering (Manufacturing/Mechanical/Electrical/Robotics/Mechatronics)

Tools

Casting & Injection Molding

Job description

Simplifying the Complex. Simplexity is a product development engineering firm that helps leading technology companies bring advanced robotic systems into reliable, scalable production. We reduce cost, improve quality, and strengthen manufacturing readiness for our clients.

Why join Simplexity Product Development?

You’ll solve challenging manufacturing and hardware-quality problems involving integrated mechanical, electrical, sensing, actuation, and control systems. Our collaborative teams value meaningful work, technical growth, and sustainable work-life balance.

POSTION DESCRIPTION

As a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, you will lead cross-functional teams to bring complex robotic and electromechanical systems into production. You will connect R&D, systems engineering, quality, supply chain, test, and manufacturing to establish robust production processes and deliver systems that are safe, reliable, manufacturable, serviceable, and cost-effective.

This role is ideal for an engineering leader experienced in robotics or complex electromechanical products, integrated assembly and test, manufacturing transfer, defect management, statistical process control, and continuous improvement.

• Lead cross-functional engineering and manufacturing teams.
• Translate customer and system requirements into quality, reliability, safety, and manufacturing-readiness plans.
• Bridge R&D and manufacturing to transfer scalable robotic products and processes from prototypes through pilot production, validation, ramp-up, and sustaining operations.
• Establish risk-management strategies using defect tracking, root-cause analysis, FMEA, control plans, verification, validation, reliability testing, and corrective action.
• Define and monitor manufacturing metrics such as defect escape, uptime, yield, process capability, throughput, cycle time, scrap, rework, and cost.
• Apply statistical process control and process-capability methods across assembly, calibration, test, suppliers, and contract manufacturers.
• Develop and qualify assembly processes, production equipment, tooling, fixtures, gauges, calibration stations, and end-of-line test systems.
• Lead system-integration investigations and resolve field, supplier, or manufacturing failures.
• Qualify manufacturing sites and suppliers for process capability and quality.
• Drive manufacturability, assembly, calibration, testability, reliability, serviceability, and cost decisions across robotic subsystems.
• Manage program priorities, budgets, technical risks, and stakeholder communication.
• Support on-site work in the Seattle metro area and travel to manufacturing locations as needed.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Electrical, Robotics, Mechatronics, Systems, Industrial, or Quality Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
• 8+ years of experience in manufacturing, hardware quality, new product introduction, process engineering, or operations, including technical leadership.
• Casting and Injection Molding knowledge and experience.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary or distributed engineering teams and transferring robotic or complex electromechanical systems into production.
• Strong understanding of actuators, transmissions, sensors, electronics, batteries, wiring, structures, and safety systems.
• Demonstrated ability to use structured quality and problem-solving methods to improve manufacturing performance and reduce field and safety risk.
• Experience developing and qualifying assembly, calibration, tolerance analysis, integration, inspection, and end-of-line test processes and equipment.
• Working knowledge of manufacturing processes, DFM/DFA/DFT, FMEA, control plans, traceability, configuration control, Lean manufacturing, and structured problem solving.
• Strong communication, analytical, organizational, program-management, and technical tradeoff skills.
• Positive, client-focused leadership style and a commitment to ethical conduct.

PLUSES TO HAVE

• Ability to perform structural and thermal Finite Element Analyses (FEA)
• Experience launching a robotic product family or manufacturing platform at commercial scale.
• Experience in mobile, industrial, humanoid, warehouse, autonomous, or collaborative robotics.
• Knowledge of robotics functional safety, machinery safety, and battery safety practices.
• Experience with accelerated life testing, environmental testing, fault injection, fleet-failure analysis, or hardware-in-the-loop testing.
• PMP, ASQ, Lean Six Sigma, functional-safety, or related certification.
• Consulting experience or demonstrated ability to quickly understand unfamiliar robotic architectures and manufacturing systems.

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

• Salary range: $150K - $175K, depending on experience, skills, and qualifications
• Excellent Healthcare plan (Medical, Dental, and Vision) fully paid for by the company for the employee; partial payment for dependents
• 401(k) plan with company match
• Long-term and short-term disability, AD&D and Life Insurance
• Paid maternity/new parent leave
• 11 Paid holidays
• 3 weeks of paid time off (PTO) per year, increasing after 2, 5, and 9 years of service

Job location is in the Seattle, WA metro region at a Simplexity client site.

Simplexity is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.

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