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Manufacturing Engineering Manager

Skild AI· Engineering
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San Mateo$100k - $300kfull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Manufacturing Engineering Manager responsible for transitioning electromechanical robotics hardware from prototype to repeatable production. Leads assembly technicians and manufacturing engineers, owns build execution against schedule, and scales production with established infrastructure (assembly stations, Kanban, BOM architecture, controlled work instructions).

Responsibilities

  • Deliver units against schedule, owning sequencing around actual part availability, daily floor priorities, and escalation path when a build stalls
  • Lead and develop the assembly technicians and manufacturing engineers, setting standards for quality and growth
  • Bring build hours down through process design, fixturing, and improved documentation across high-mix, high-complexity assembly
  • Take new hardware platforms from engineering release into producible builds, running pilot builds and feeding manufacturability issues back to design with actionable specificity
  • Stand up the processes and fixtures each new platform needs
  • Own the controlled work instructions and build documentation the floor works from, keeping them current as designs change
  • Depending on strengths, may own the BOM and production data layer — part numbering discipline, MBOM accuracy, and automation connecting engineering data to operations

Qualifications

  • 7+ years in manufacturing or NPI engineering for complex electromechanical hardware, with meaningful time in low-volume, high-complexity production rather than high-volume line manufacturing
  • Direct experience taking a product from prototype into repeatable production
  • Experience leading technicians and engineers — formally or as a lead
  • Fluency with PLM and BOM systems, and the judgment to keep BOM data trustworthy as designs move
  • Hands-on process development: fixture design, assembly method development, tooling selection
  • Demonstrated ownership of work instructions and build documentation under revision control
  • Comfort working closely with mechanical and electrical engineers, including holding a position on manufacturability when it is inconvenient
  • Scripting for manufacturing data — Python, Apps Script, or REST integration work between engineering and operations systems — is a plus
  • Wire harness fabrication and cable assembly experience is a plus
  • Exposure to MES, serialization, or traceability systems is a plus
  • Experience standing up manufacturing processes at a company doing it for the first time is a plus

Skills

Required:Manufacturing leadershipPLM and BOM managementProcess development

Benefits

  • Base Salary Range: $100,000—$300,000 USD
Last updated Sep 13, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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