Senior Manufacturing Engineering Leader - Scale-Up & Automation

Commonwealth Fusion Systems LLC; Massachusetts; On-site; USD 150,000 - 225,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with employer matching

13 Company-wide Holidays

Flexible vacation days

Generous parental leave policy

Professional growth opportunities

Team-building activities

Job summary

Commonwealth Fusion Systems seeks a Senior Manager of Manufacturing Engineering to lead the manufacturing engineering organization across CFS1 and Fusionova, driving scalable production for superconducting magnet components and assemblies from development through full-scale production.

The role focuses on defining manufacturing strategy, standardizing processes, and building high-performing teams to meet aggressive production and operational goals in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related technical field is required.
• 10+ years’ experience as a manufacturing engineer supporting complex electro-mechanical systems.
• 5+ years’ experience leading manufacturing engineering organizations, including experience managing managers.
• Experience leading manufacturing engineering teams across multiple production lines, facilities, or sites.
• Experience taking products from R&D into production, including development of scalable and automated manufacturing processes.
• Strong background in process development, tooling, automation, production scale-up, and factory operations.
• Proficiency in work instruction writing, process mapping, capacity modeling, production planning, and manufacturing systems development.
• High self-motivation and ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, high-growth environments with excellent troubleshooting and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop manufacturing engineering teams across multiple sites, including managers, technical leads, and engineers.
• Define and execute the manufacturing engineering strategy supporting production, quality, capacity, and cost objectives across CFS1 and Fusionova.
• Establish standardized manufacturing processes, tooling strategies, work instructions, and operational best practices across facilities.
• Own process development of the manufacturing line for HTS magnets from low-volume R&D builds through full-scale production.
• Develop and qualify manufacturing techniques, automation strategies, process flows, and work instructions for superconducting magnet components and assemblies.
• Drive transition from manual processes to scalable semi-automated and automated manufacturing systems.
• Organize cross-functional project milestones and schedules to meet company strategic targets and production goals.
• Communicate manufacturing risks, project status, resource requirements, and operational priorities to senior leadership.
• Lead resolution of complex manufacturing discrepancies with a focus on continuous improvement, throughput, quality, and safety.
• Develop manufacturing capacity models, staffing plans, factory layouts, and capital equipment roadmaps to support future factory expansion.
• Partner with Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, Facilities, and Design Engineering to improve production execution and manufacturing readiness.
• Implement and standardize DFM (design for manufacturability), PFMEA (process failure mode and effects analysis), statistical process controls, and Lean manufacturing methodologies across sites.
• Influence make-vs-buy decisions and manage relationships with external vendors and manufacturing partners.
• Drive implementation of KPIs, operational metrics, and data-driven manufacturing decision making.
• Build organizational capability through hiring, mentoring, coaching, and developing managers and technical leaders.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, urgency, operational excellence, and continuous improvement

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Problem solving

Troubleshooting

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related technical field

Tools

Lean manufacturing

Job description

Commonwealth Fusion Systems seeks a Senior Manager of Manufacturing Engineering to lead the manufacturing engineering organization across CFS1 and Fusionova, driving scalable production for superconducting magnet components and assemblies from development through full-scale production.

The role focuses on defining manufacturing strategy, standardizing processes, and building high-performing teams to meet aggressive production and operational goals in a fast-paced environment.