Senior Process Engineer, Ground-Up Robotics Manufacturing

Persona AI Inc; Houston (TX); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Persona AI Inc in Houston is looking for a Senior Process Engineer to lead the production system from the ground up. You will own factory layout, process development, station design, and scalability for complex humanoid robots.

You will partner with Quality and Supply Chain, implement MES integration, and drive continuous improvement, Kaizen, and lean practices, ensuring safety and ISO readiness as the company scales production.

Qualifications

• 10–15+ years in manufacturing or process engineering in a complex hardware environment like robotics, automotive (OEM or Tier 1/2 supplier), aerospace, industrial equipment, or consumer electronics
• Proven experience or strong aptitude to design and build production systems from the ground up
• Experience with implementation of MES systems (Tulip, ProPlanner, or like)
• Deep knowledge of factory layout, line design, and process flow. You’ve moved equipment around on paper (and in practice) and know how to design a build sequence that actually works
• Hands-on experience with lean manufacturing principles: standard work, poka-yoke, 5S, kaizen, value stream mapping
• Strong DFM/DFA instincts. You’re comfortable pushing back on engineering when a design will create production problems
• Experience specifying and integrating capital equipment and production tooling
• Ability to read and interpret technical drawings, GD&T, and assembly documentation
• Comfortable working directly with technicians on the floor — this role is as much floor leadership as it is engineering
• Houston-based or willing to relocate

Responsibilities

• Own factory layout and process flow design.
• Develop and document robot build sequences and work instructions.
• Select and procure capital equipment and tooling.
• Design floor metrics and visual management systems.
• Implement error-proofing and poka-yoke ideas.
• Drive continuous improvement: cycle time, yield, throughput, costs.
• Collaborate with Quality, Supply Chain, and assembly technicians.
• Lead root cause analysis using 8D, CAPA.
• Ensure ISO9001 compliance and safety readiness for humanoid robots.

Skills

Factory layout

Process development

Capital equipment

Lean manufacturing

DFM/DFA

Root cause analysis

8D & CAPA

Cross-functional collaboration

MES systems

Quality & safety standards

Tools

Tulip

ProPlanner

Job description

Persona AI Inc in Houston is looking for a Senior Process Engineer to lead the production system from the ground up. You will own factory layout, process development, station design, and scalability for complex humanoid robots.

You will partner with Quality and Supply Chain, implement MES integration, and drive continuous improvement, Kaizen, and lean practices, ensuring safety and ISO readiness as the company scales production.