Manufacturing Engineer, Motors & Actuators

The role

Manufacturing Engineers will lead the development of processes, tooling, and prototype builds for custom motors and actuators. You will work on stator processes, tooling and fixtures, or prototype manufacturing to translate engineering designs into reliable hardware.

What you will do

• Develop and validate stacking, winding, termination, and potting processes.
• Establish process parameters, work instructions, and defect controls.
• Design and deliver winding tools, assembly fixtures, inspection gauges, and bench equipment.
• Plan and execute builds of existing actuator designs.
• Resolve supplier and process issues.
• Integrate and troubleshoot equipment within your specialty.
• Resolve defects and bottlenecks through measurements and controlled trials.
• Release clear process and tooling documentation and train technicians and operators.
• Work with mechanical designers to improve manufacturability.
• Own tooling designs and drawings and coordinate product geometry and tolerance changes.

Required qualifications

• Personally developed, built, or improved manufacturing processes, tooling, or electromechanical assemblies.

Nice to have

• Stator Process / Manufacturing: stacking, winding, termination, potting or cure processes, and winding or handling tooling.
• Tooling / Fixture: fixture design, CAD and manufacturing drawings, metrology, equipment commissioning, and repeatability studies.
• Prototype Manufacturing: electromechanical assembly, build planning, parts readiness, inspection, rework, testing, and delivery of complete hardware builds.
• Motor, stator, actuator, or comparable electromechanical manufacturing experience.
• Automated assembly, inline inspection, end-of-line testing, or equipment fault recovery; familiarity with sensors, PLCs, I/O, or pneumatics.
• Process capability, measurement-system studies, and structured experiments.
• Interest in using AI to simplify repetitive engineering work, with sound review of its outputs.

About the company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity. They seek to safely deploy AI to the world through their products.