Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Fauna

Socket.dev; New York (NY); On-site; USD 157,000 - 213,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

RSUs

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Parental leave

Job summary

Fauna Robotics is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to concept, design, and scale assembly operations at a prototyping facility. You will be an hands-on contributor shaping processes, commissioning equipment, and scaling best practices to accelerate product realization.

You will partner with product design teams, develop diverse assembly methods (mechanical joining, bonding, press-fits, automation, robotics), and drive readiness from concept to production launch while reducing waste and

Qualifications

• Experience developing functional specifications, design verification plans, and test procedures.
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent.
• 7+ years of direct manufacturing engineering in high-volume assembly for complex electromechanical products.
• Experience commissioning, startup, and ramp-up of integrated assembly operations.
• Strong knowledge of assembly methods including joining, fastening, bonding, press-fits, automation, and robotics.
• Track record of reducing manufacturing costs while maintaining or improving product quality.
• Solid understanding of Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma (Green Belt preferred).
• Ability to work across cross-functional teams in fast-paced, high-ambiguity environments.

Responsibilities

• Partner with design teams to optimize DFM/DFA and iteratively improve assembly processes.
• Develop and validate assembly methods for electromechanical products.
• Drive PFMEA concepts upstream in product development.
• Define line requirements, layout, cycle times, rates, and headcount.
• Source and specify equipment; manage RFQ, FAT, and deployment.
• Engage with OEMs, tooling suppliers, and automation integrators.
• Lead scope from concept to production launch and drive readiness.
• Improve safety, quality, throughput, and reduce scrap.
• Identify opportunities to densify and reduce non-value-add steps.
• Develop standardized assembly processes, control plans, and maintenance docs.
• Apply Lean, Six Sigma, and data-driven problem solving; mentor junior engineers.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

High-volume assembly

Automation/Robotics

Lean manufacturing

Six Sigma Green Belt

Cross-functional teamwork

Design verification

Commissioning/startup

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering

Job description

Fauna is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to help concept, design, and scale assembly operations. This is a hands-on individual contributor role at a prototyping facility — you'll be designing processes, commissioning equipment, and scaling best practices.

Key job responsibilities

• Partner with product design teams to incorporate DFM/DFA considerations, advocate for the simplest and most reliable assembly processes, and iterate rapidly — especially as the product design itself is still evolving.
• Develop and prove out assembly methods — joining, fastening, adhesive bonding, press-fits, human-assisted automation, and robotic assembly — for complex electromechanical products.
• Drive PFMEA considerations upstream in product development. Think of the factory as a fully integrated product — best part/process is no part/process.
• Drive manufacturing line concept, design, requirements, sizing/balancing/timing, material flow, vendor selection, equipment specification, automation strategy, installation, and commissioning.
• Define line requirements including layout, work content, cycle times, rates, and headcount.
• Support detailed design of assembly equipment and fixturing; develop equipment specifications; identify vendors and manage the RFQ, selection, FAT, and deployment process.
• Engage with equipment OEMs, tooling suppliers, automation integrators, and key production partners.
• Drive project scope from concept through production launch.
• Drive production readiness and operational performance, including safety, quality, throughput, and scrap reduction.
• Identify opportunities to densify, reduce non-value-add operations, and drive significant improvements from one build iteration to the next.
• Develop and standardize assembly processes, control plans, maintenance strategies, and operational documentation.
• Apply Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and data-driven problem-solving to drive continuous improvement.
• Mentor junior engineers and contribute to a culture of technical excellence, safety, and operational discipline.

About the team

Fauna Robotics, an Amazon company, is building capable, safe, and genuinely delightful robots for everyday life. Our goal is simple: make robots people actually want to live and interact with in everyday human spaces.

We believe that future won’t arrive until building for robotics becomes far more accessible. Today, too much effort is spent reinventing the fundamentals. We’re changing that by developing tightly integrated hardware and software systems that make it faster, safer, and more intuitive to create real-world robotic products.

Our work spans the full stack: mechanical design, control systems, dynamic modeling, and intelligent software. The focus is not just functionality, but experience. We’re building robots that feel responsive, expressive, and genuinely useful.

At Fauna, you’ll work at the frontier of this space, helping define how robots move, manipulate, and interact with people in natural environments. It’s an opportunity to solve hard problems across hardware and software with a team focused on making robotics accessible and joyful to build.

If you care about making robotics real for everyone and building systems that are as delightful as they are capable, we’re interested in hearing from you.

Basic Qualifications

• Experience in developing functional specifications, design verification plans and functional test procedures
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or equivalent technical discipline.
• 7+ years of direct manufacturing engineering experience in high-volume assembly environments for complex electromechanical products.
• Experience supporting commissioning, startup, and ramp-up of integrated assembly operations.
• Strong knowledge of assembly methods including mechanical joining, fastening, adhesive bonding, press-fits, human-assisted automation, and robotic assembly.
• Track record of driving down manufacturing costs while maintaining or improving product quality.
• Solid understanding of Lean Manufacturing principles and Six Sigma methodologies (Green Belt preferred).
• Ability to work effectively across cross-functional teams in fast-paced, high-ambiguity environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's degree in electrical engineering, computer engineering, or equivalent
• Experience working with interdisciplinary teams to execute product design from concept to production
• Experience with the project management of technical projects

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USA, NY, New York - 157,100.00 - 212,600.00 USD annually