Manufacturing Engineer

The role

You will set up, maintain, and refine manufacturing lines within a low-volume production operations space. You will design production layouts, source equipment, design custom tooling, and perform process refinement and validation.

What you will do

• Design tactical layout, station flows, and line balances for custom assembly cells
• Assist with kitting strategies and author assembly procedures
• Vet, purchase, and deploy specialized line equipment
• Design and model custom nests, clamping devices, alignment blocks, and check gauges using SolidWorks
• Fabricate custom tooling using rapid prototyping resources, manual tools, and machine shop assets
• Establish and run baseline process tests to fine-tune production equipment
• Partner with product development engineers to optimize products for manufacturability, assembly, testability, reliability, serviceability, cost, and production scalability
• Lead structured root cause investigations to identify manufacturing issues and implement corrective actions
• Evaluate manufacturing processes to improve quality, throughput, ergonomics, yield, and cost

Required qualifications

• B.S. in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or a closely related field
• 3–5+ years of industry experience working in custom machinery integration, product launch, line deployment, or an initial pilot production setting
• Proficient in creating, editing and reading 2D production drawings from component to top level assembly drawings
• Proficient 3D modeling experience
• Practical, hands-on familiarity with physical shop environments
• Experience in capital equipment validation, material selection compatibility, and line debugging

Nice to have

• Knowledge of GD&T
• SolidWorks preferred
• Background navigating precision assembly parameters in high-mix or consulting environments
• Familiarity with medical devices, biotechnology automation, or working under standard quality frameworks (such as an ISO-13485 eQMS)

Benefits

• Annual bonus
• Long-term incentive compensation (LTIP)
• Competitive benefits package
• Employee ownership in the company

About the company

Re:Build Manufacturing is an advanced, end-to-end manufacturing platform that partners with industrial companies and innovators. Re:Build Fikst is a product development and engineering consulting firm located in Wilmington, MA.