Manufacturing Engineering Manager

The role

You will own the transition of electromechanical robotics hardware from prototype into repeatable production. You will lead a team of assembly technicians and manufacturing engineers to run, improve, and scale core infrastructure.

What you will do

• Deliver units against schedule
• Lead and develop assembly technicians and manufacturing engineers
• Bring build hours down through process design, fixturing, and improved documentation
• Take new hardware platforms from engineering release into producible builds
• Run pilot builds and feed manufacturability issues back to design
• Stand up the processes and fixtures each new platform needs
• Own the controlled work instructions and build documentation
• May own the BOM and production data layer

Required qualifications

• 7+ years in manufacturing or NPI engineering for complex electromechanical hardware
• Meaningful time in low-volume, high-complexity production
• Direct experience taking a product from prototype into repeatable production
• Experience leading technicians and engineers
• Fluency with PLM and BOM systems
• Hands-on process development: fixture design, assembly method development, tooling selection
• Demonstrated ownership of work instructions and build documentation under revision control
• Comfort working closely with mechanical and electrical engineers

Nice to have

• Scripting for manufacturing data — Python, Apps Script, or REST integration work
• Wire harness fabrication and cable assembly experience
• Exposure to MES, serialization, or traceability systems
• Experience standing up manufacturing processes at a company doing it for the first time

About the company

Skild AI is building the world's first general purpose robotic intelligence that is robust and adapts to unseen scenarios without failing. The team consists of individuals with varying levels of experience and backgrounds.