Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Assembly & Laser

ensurge; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 162,000 - 198,000; Full time

Job summary

EnsurgeMicropower seeks a Senior Manufacturing Engineer (IC) to own and scale Assembly, Laser, and Material Handling from pilot through early production. This role centers on delivering manufacturing results during the transition from technology demonstration to product delivery.

You will own daily performance on the line, convert R&D to repeatable workflows, define CPPs and control limits, and drive quality, traceability, and documentation in a scalable manufacturing system.

Qualifications

• 7–12+ years in manufacturing engineering or related field.
• Proven track record owning manufacturing processes on the factory floor.
• Strong history of driving yield and throughput improvements.
• Hands-on mindset with comfort working directly with equipment, technicians, and operators.

Responsibilities

• Own daily manufacturing performance for Assembly, Laser, and Material Handling.
• Convert R&D processes into repeatable, production-ready workflows.
• Define process flows, CPPs, control limits, and OCAPs.
• Lead tool qualification, improve reliability and uptime, and ensure throughput and repeatability.
• Partner with Quality to implement SPC, traceability, SOPs, process specs and control plans.
• Lead structured RCA on yield loss, defects, and downtime; drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Yield improvement

Throughput improvement

Pilot to production scale-up

Equipment troubleshooting

Tools

MES

Traceability systems

Job description

EnsurgeMicropower seeks a Senior Manufacturing Engineer (IC) to own and scale Assembly, Laser, and Material Handling from pilot through early production. This role centers on delivering manufacturing results during the transition from technology demonstration to product delivery.

You will own daily performance on the line, convert R&D to repeatable workflows, define CPPs and control limits, and drive quality, traceability, and documentation in a scalable manufacturing system.