Manufacturing Engineer
Detroit, MI / Los Angeles, CA$115k - $127kFull-timePosted 1w ago
About the role
Manufacturing Engineer role at Nox Metals, a metal supply tech company. Focus on making factories safer, faster, and more repeatable by improving processes, tooling, layouts, and operator workflows on the factory floor in Detroit, MI or Los Angeles, CA.
Responsibilities
- Improve safety, quality, throughput, uptime, and material flow
- Study production constraints and turn observations into measurable improvements
- Design tooling, fixtures, layouts, and operator workstations
- Create and maintain clear work instructions and standard processes
- Support equipment selection, installation, commissioning, and ramp-up
- Investigate defects, downtime, and missed targets through structured root-cause analysis
- Build useful production metrics and verify that improvements deliver results
- Partner with operators, maintenance, quality, software, and leadership
- Train teams on new processes and incorporate floor feedback
- Support production directly when an urgent issue threatens safety or delivery
Qualifications
- Hands-on and happiest solving problems on the factory floor
- Committed to safety and unwilling to trade it for speed
- Analytical, observant, and disciplined about root causes
- Comfortable with drawings, process data, and technical documentation
- Able to explain technical changes clearly to operators and leaders
- Practical about cost, timing, and implementation
- Respectful of operator knowledge and willing to test your assumptions
- Organized, dependable, and accountable for results
Skills
Required:Safety and risk managementRoot cause analysisProcess and tool designDocumentationCross-functional collaboration
Benefits
- Equity in Nox Metals
- Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance
Last updated Oct 14, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Nox Metals
The modern factory for fast, low-cost metals.
Nox Metals is building the fastest metals processing factories in North America. Our software runs quoting, scheduling, and operations to streamline production and reduce cost. We supply America's industrial base with custom-cut material at unmatched speed and efficiency.
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