Staff Manufacturing Engineer, Production Systems (Robotics)

Collaborative Robotics; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 205,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Relocation stipend

Medical/dental/vision plans

401(k) plan

Unlimited vacation

Job summary

Collaborative Robotics in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Staff Manufacturing Engineer, Production Systems to design and launch the in-house production system for our robots. You will own the production line from concept to stable operation, defining processes, fixtures, and controls while collaborating with hardware design and build technicians.

You will drive process FMEA, establish line metrics, and pursue rapid iteration to improve yield and cycle time in a fast-paced startup environment.

Qualifications

• 9+ years in manufacturing/process/production engineering for electromechanical hardware.
• Direct experience standing up a new production line or NPI process.
• Demonstrated fixture/jig design judgment, knowing what to design and what to buy.
• Fluency with DFM/DFA principles and influencing engineering design decisions.
• Experience with data analysis and metrics for production lines.
• Highly motivated teammate with excellent oral and written communication skills.
• Enjoy working in a fast paced, collaborative and dynamic start-up environment as part of a small team.
• Willing to occasionally travel.
• Must have and maintain US work authorization.

Responsibilities

• Architect the end-to-end build sequence and work instructions for the production line, starting from a hardware design with no prior production history.
• Define the fixture design philosophy for the line.
• Serve as the primary link between the build floor and hardware design, flagging hard-to-build decisions and driving specific alternatives to closure.
• Run process FMEA on new and changed build steps to get ahead of likely failure modes before they become chronic.
• Build the root-cause and defect-closure system, instrument how issues get discovered, root-caused and closed.
• Define the metrics infrastructure, run time studies, identify bottleneck stations, and instrument the line to produce real cycle time, first-pass yield, and scrap data.

Skills

9+ years manufacturing

NPI/production line

Fixture/Jig design

DFM/DFA principles

Data analysis & metrics

Strong communication

Startup environment

Willing to travel

US work authorization

Tools

CAD

3D printing

Job description

Collaborative Robotics in Santa Clara, CA is seeking a Staff Manufacturing Engineer, Production Systems to design and launch the in-house production system for our robots. You will own the production line from concept to stable operation, defining processes, fixtures, and controls while collaborating with hardware design and build technicians.

You will drive process FMEA, establish line metrics, and pursue rapid iteration to improve yield and cycle time in a fast-paced startup environment.