Senior Manufacturing Engineer — Automation & NPI

OptiTrack; Corvallis (OR); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employer-paid medical

Dental & vision

Disability & life insurance

401k matching

Paid holidays & PTO

EAP & FSA

Job summary

OptiTrack seeks a hands-on Senior Manufacturing Engineer to develop, automate, optimize, and scale manufacturing for motion capture, tracking, vision, and sensing products. You will collaborate across machining, electronics, optics, robotics, assembly, calibration, and testing to launch new products with improved quality and throughput.

The role emphasizes NPI readiness, automation implementation, fixture design, and data-driven continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment in Oregon.

Qualifications

• Hands-on mechanical, electrical, automation, and manufacturing troubleshooting.
• Strong problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills.
• DFM/DFA/DFT knowledge with NPI experience.
• SolidWorks proficiency for fixtures, jigs, and automation.

Responsibilities

• Lead NPI manufacturing readiness from concept through production; develop, qualify, and scale assembly, calibration, test, inspection, and packaging processes for changing volumes and product mixes.
• Create work instructions, process flows, FMEAs, validation reports, and control plans.
• Identify, justify, and deploy automation for assembly, testing, calibration, inspection, material handling, and data collection using industrial robots, cobots, machine vision, and automated fixtures.
• Optimize CNC machining and fabrication processes; partner on DFM/DFA, tooling, cycle times, and machine utilization.
• Develop optical assembly, alignment, lens characterization, camera calibration, and image-quality verification processes.
• Develop automated test equipment, fixtures, and data acquisition; support environmental, reliability, ESD, IP66/IP67, HALT/HASS, and production sampling programs.
• Lead Lean/Six Sigma improvements using statistical analysis, process control, capacity planning, line balancing, workstation optimization, cost reduction, and KPIs.

Skills

Troubleshooting

Problem solving

Communication skills

Robust engineering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering

Tools

SolidWorks

CMMs

Python

LabVIEW

MATLAB

Job description

OptiTrack seeks a hands-on Senior Manufacturing Engineer to develop, automate, optimize, and scale manufacturing for motion capture, tracking, vision, and sensing products. You will collaborate across machining, electronics, optics, robotics, assembly, calibration, and testing to launch new products with improved quality and throughput.

The role emphasizes NPI readiness, automation implementation, fixture design, and data-driven continuous improvement in a fast-paced environment in Oregon.