WindBorne

Hardware

SeniorManufacturingEngineer

$130–180k Redwood Shores, California, United States FULL TIME
The Brief

“Senior Manufacturing Engineer at WindBorne. Skills: Manufacturing engineering, Process automation, Team leadership. Own manufacturing engineering for parts. Take on tooling responsibility”

What You'll Achieve.

Improve speed of processes; Improve reliability of processes; Make assembly faster; Make assembly safer; Make assembly more consistent

Industry & Context.

Hardware
Problems you'll solve

Root cause analysis

Eligibility Requirements

In person required

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

~5+ years in engineering, Track record in NPI, Track record in assembly, Hands-on experience designing functional test fixtures, Hands-on experience designing test protocols, Mechanical fixturing design, Pneumatic fixturing design, Assembly-aid design, Comfort with ambiguity, Sound judgment, Flexibility, Ability to explain process decisions

Nice to Have

Experience with soft goods, Experience with heat sealing, Experience with web handling, Experience with delicate materials, Controls background, Mechatronics background, Prior people management experience, Prior team-building experience, Supplier/vendor management, Incoming quality experience, Experience standing up quality systems, Experience standing up documentation systems

What You'll Do.

Own manufacturing engineering for parts

Take on tooling responsibility

Take on process responsibility

Take on production responsibility

Build clean design-to-manufacturing handoffs

Use judgment for systematizing designs

Develop functional test fixtures

Develop end-to-end test protocols

Identify semi-automations

Build semi-automations

Build manufacturing backbone

Create work instructions

Establish revision practices

Establish change practices

Extend in-house system

Partner with design engineers

Hire manufacturing engineers

Mentor manufacturing engineers

Lead manufacturing engineers

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Cross-functional teams; Design engineering leaders; Operations team

Communication Scope

Explain process decisions

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