Manufacturing Operations Engineer

People Connect Staffing•San Jose, CA

6d•$140,000 - $150,000•Onsite

About The Position

The Manufacturing Operations Engineer will support the transition from engineering design to reliable, repeatable production for a modular nano grid system. The role focuses on improving manufacturing processes, assembly workflows, quality controls, work instructions, production documentation, inventory planning, and supply chain coordination. The engineer will help ensure that required parts, materials, tools, and documentation are available before each system build and installation, and will help coordinate production readiness with customer installation schedules. This hands-on role works across engineering, production, operations, inventory, suppliers, and installation scheduling in a growing hardware company entering commercial execution and scale-up.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, supply chain, operations, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
Experience in production, manufacturing, assembly, process engineering, manufacturing operations, materials planning, inventory control, supply chain coordination, or a related hardware environment.
Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, bills of materials, assembly instructions, and technical documentation.
Strong understanding of how BOMs, inventory, purchasing, production schedules, and build readiness connect in a manufacturing environment.
Strong attention to detail and commitment to production quality.
Experience creating or improving work instructions, checklists, production procedures, inventory processes, or manufacturing documentation.
Strong spreadsheet skills and comfort working with inventory trackers, build plans, BOMs, lead-time tables, and purchasing data.
Ability to track multiple parts, suppliers, deadlines, and build requirements simultaneously.
Strong problem-solving skills and ability to systematically troubleshoot production or material-availability issues.
Comfort working hands-on with technicians, engineers, tools, parts, physical assemblies, and inventory.
Ability to organize complex information and turn it into clear, repeatable processes.
Comfort working in a startup or fast-changing production environment.

Nice To Haves

Experience with battery systems, energy storage systems, solar equipment, power electronics, electrical cabinets, control panels, industrial equipment, or other electromechanical systems.
Experience with low-volume, high-complexity hardware manufacturing.
Experience with inventory management, materials planning, purchasing coordination, supplier follow-up, production planning, or build-readiness reviews.
Familiarity with BOM management, part numbering, revision control, receiving processes, cycle counts, reorder points, safety stock, lead times, and minimum order quantities.
Familiarity with ERP, MRP, inventory, or BOM tools such as OpenBOM, NetSuite, QuickBooks, Fishbowl, Katana, Odoo, Google Sheets, Excel, or similar systems.
Experience supporting UL, electrical, safety, or product-certification-related documentation.
Experience improving production layout, tooling, fixture design, assembly flow, warehouse organization, kitting, or technician training.
Experience working with vendors, contract manufacturers, distributors, electrical component suppliers, or fabrication suppliers.
Background in electrical engineering and production management; battery or electric grid storage system manufacturing experience is a plus.

Responsibilities

Improve manufacturing processes and assembly workflows.
Support quality controls, work instructions, checklists, production procedures, and manufacturing documentation.
Support inventory planning and supply chain coordination.
Ensure required parts, materials, tools, and documentation are available before system builds and installations.
Coordinate build readiness, production schedules, supplier lead times, and customer installation schedules.
Track parts, suppliers, deadlines, and build requirements.
Troubleshoot production and material-availability issues.
Work hands-on with technicians, engineers, tools, parts, physical assemblies, and inventory.