Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Assembly

The role

The Manufacturing Engineer develops, validates, and launches manufacturing processes for new hardware products. You will define equipment, tooling, and process parameters to ensure designs can be built at scale.

What you will do

• Partner with Engineering during early builds for assembly and failure-analysis support.
• Develop and maintain MBOMs, Bills of Process, operation sequences, and Work Instructions.
• Ensure alignment with EBOM and successful transfer into ERP/MES systems.
• Develop and qualify manufacturing processes, fixtures, jigs, and tooling.
• Lead manufacturability reviews, PFMEA, and technical readiness activities.
• Support pilot builds, production ramp, CM transfer, and ECO/MCO implementation.
• Own manufacturing performance including first-pass yield, defects, and rework.
• Use production and test data to lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions.

Required qualifications

• Strong background in complex hardware assembly, manufacturing process development, tooling, and NPI.
• Experience with DFM/DFA, PFMEA, SPC, DOE, and structured root-cause analysis.
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline.
• 5+ years in Manufacturing Engineering, process development, NPI, or complex hardware industrialization.
• Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
• Must be able to lift 15 pounds at times
• Vision to read printed materials and a computer screen
• Hearing and speech to communicate

Nice to have

• Proficiency in CAD (NX preferred)
• Experience manufacturing high degree-of-freedom electromechanical assemblies, robotic systems, precision mechanisms, or actuation systems
• Experience with cable/tendon-driven mechanisms, precision assembly, sensor integration, tolerance-sensitive assemblies, or calibration

About the company

Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity. Their flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate with people in industries such as manufacturing and logistics.