Senior Manufacturing Engineer — High-Volume Materials Ramp

Boston Materials; Billerica (MA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Vision & Dental

Unlimited PTO

Holidays 14 days

Job summary

Boston Materials is seeking a Principal Manufacturing Engineer to lead the commissioning of our high-volume manufacturing line for Liquid Metal ZRT material. You will own the process end-to-end, define the production windows and controls, and build the production and quality systems that support a rapid ramp.

This is a hands-on, senior role rather than a supervisory position. You will transfer processes from development to manufacturing, set equipment parameters, implement QA/QC, and collaborate

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Materials Science, Chemical, Mechanical or related field; hands-on equivalence considered.
• Proven experience moving a materials-based process from development to controlled manufacturing.
• Ability to provide day-to-day engineering support to an active line.
• Set equipment parameters and specification limits for critical-to-quality characteristics.
• Experience implementing QA/QC systems from raw material to finished product.
• IQ/OQ/PQ protocols experience.
• Strong SPC and process capability analysis fundamentals.
• Proficiency with Ignition/SCADA, Tulip/MES, Minitab or JMP.
• Comfort working across engineering, operations and quality in a startup environment.

Responsibilities

• Act as technical owner of the manufacturing process through commissioning of the high-volume line.
• Design manufacturing and material flows including robust conforming/non-conforming paths.
• Establish line readiness with base state, preventive maintenance, SOPs, validated windows.
• Define equipment parameters and limits; design experiments to characterize process sensitivity.
• Translate developmental processes into controlled manufacturing preserving intent.
• Implement MES, SCADA, and SPC for real-time monitoring and traceability.
• Lead non-conformance investigations and drive corrective actions.
• Anticipate risks and bottlenecks during ramp; drive continuous improvement.
• Provide tactical engineering support and mentor engineers on process control.

Skills

Process control

IQ/OQ/PQ

SCADA

MES

Minitab/JMP

Lean manufacturing

Six Sigma

Cross-functional

Data-driven

Startup experience

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in Materials Science or related

Tools

Ignition/SCADA

Tulip/MES

Minitab

JMP

Job description

Boston Materials is seeking a Principal Manufacturing Engineer to lead the commissioning of our high-volume manufacturing line for Liquid Metal ZRT material. You will own the process end-to-end, define the production windows and controls, and build the production and quality systems that support a rapid ramp.

This is a hands-on, senior role rather than a supervisory position. You will transfer processes from development to manufacturing, set equipment parameters, implement QA/QC, and collaborate