Manufacturing Applications Engineer

The role

This person will bridge customer needs with factory capabilities by turning drawings and BOMs into DFM reviews, process flows, and cost models. They will lead discovery calls, scope design-services, and act as the technical point of contact through pilot delivery.

What you will do

• Lead discovery calls and customer visits
• Own technical intake including drawings, BOM, volumes, materials, tolerances, test and certification requirements, and export-control status
• Run DFM and DFA reviews and deliver written findings
• Provide technical inputs for quotes including process steps, labor, cycle-time, tooling, supplier quotes, lead times, and NRE
• Scope design-services engagements with deliverables, milestones, and engineering-hour estimates
• Define build standards with the customer before PO
• Hand off a complete technical package at PO
• Remain the customer's technical point of contact through first-article and pilot delivery
• Build reusable technical intake forms, process-estimate templates, and cost models

Required qualifications

• 5 to 10 years in manufacturing engineering, NPI, or applications engineering
• 2+ years customer-facing at a contract manufacturer, EMS provider, or hardware supplier
• Experience estimating real programs from drawing packages and BOM to process flow, labor estimate, and cost model
• Hands-on familiarity with mechanical and electromechanical assembly, wire harness build, and associated test and inspection
• Working proficiency in 3D CAD (SolidWorks, Onshape, or equivalent)
• Comfortable in front of customers at the engineering-manager and VP level
• Clear, fast writer
• Experience within a formal quality system (AS9100, ISO 9001, or IATF 16949)
• U.S. person (citizen, permanent resident, or protected individual) as defined by ITAR and EAR
• Willing to travel to customer sites 30 to 40% of the time

Nice to have

• Tier 1 or EMS supplier experience serving robotics, aerospace, defense, automotive, or EV customers
• A vehicle or robot program you took from prototype to volume production
• Experience with MES or ERP systems and an interest in automating estimation

Benefits

• base salary
• equity
• comprehensive health, dental and vision coverage
• generous PTO

About the company

Foundry Robotics is building an AI-native robotics manufacturing company focused on deploying advanced assembly and production capability for leading robotics companies and national-security-critical hardware.