Manufacturing Systems Engineer

General Matter•Los Angeles, CA

18h

About The Position

General Matter is enriching uranium in America. Our goal is to design, build, and operate the world’s lowest-cost enrichment services in the United States. Our mission is to restore America’s ability to produce nuclear fuel—fuel that will power AI, advanced manufacturing, critical industries, and the next generation of nuclear reactors. Ultimately, our work will help power national ambitions and enable a high-energy society. We were incubated by Founders Fund, like Anduril and Palantir before us, and are backed by top-tier investors. Our lean, world-class team of engineers and operators is applying a first-principles approach to solving the problem of nuclear fuel production. We are a mission-driven company with a culture of urgency, accountability, and transparency. Help us build a high-energy society by making the cleanest, safest form of baseload energy the most affordable. As a Manufacturing Systems Engineer, you will be the critical bridge between our engineering, manufacturing operations, and software systems. You'll own the deployment, configuration, and optimization of our manufacturing execution system (MES), ensuring it accurately reflects and enables our production reality while translating between what engineering designs and what manufacturing can build. You'll be responsible for the full-system view of how our MES supports production - from work center configuration to demand planning to real-time visibility dashboards. This role requires someone with mechanical engineering training, who is equally excited to dive into software configuration and spend time on the production floor.

Requirements

Evidence of exceptional ability (prior projects, portfolio of work, completed products, etc).
Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals.
Ability to perform trade studies and make clear recommendations using first principles and engineering fundamentals even with partial information.
B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Systems Engineering, or related technical field.
2+ years of experience in manufacturing operations, production engineering, manufacturing systems, or roles bridging engineering and production.
Demonstrated technical aptitude with software systems; ability to build dashboards, configure applications, write scripts, or work with databases (SQL, Python, JavaScript, or similar).
Experience with manufacturing execution systems (MES), ERP systems, or production management software; familiarity with work orders, routings, BOMs, inventory transactions, and manufacturing workflows.

Nice To Haves

Experience in a fast-paced engineering or highly technical environment, with a resourceful approach to delivering under tight timelines or budget constraints.
Proven ability to understand complex physical production systems and translate them into digital workflows and system configurations.
Strong analytical skills and comfort working with data, building reports, and identifying trends or issues from production metrics.
Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot system issues, workflow breakdowns, or data inconsistencies.
Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively with manufacturing operators, engineers, software developers, and executive leadership

Responsibilities

Own the deployment and configuration of the MES across General Matter's manufacturing operations, including work center setup, inventory locations, routing definitions, transaction workflows, and system architecture from a production deployment perspective.
Serve as a key interface between engineering and manufacturing teams; translate design intent into manufacturable workflows, identify producibility issues early, and ensure BOMs, routings, and work instructions reflect production reality.
Build and maintain dashboards that provide real-time visibility into manufacturing operations, including work-in-progress tracking by work center, work order status, cycle time analysis, bottleneck identification, and production throughput metrics.
Ensure manufacturing data integrity and accuracy across the system; monitor parts transactions, work order closures, inventory movements, and material flows; identify and resolve data quality issues or stagnant work orders.
Configure and manage demand planning workflows; work with engineering and program management to translate production schedules into accurate system forecasts, material requirements, and capacity planning inputs.
Design and implement new manufacturing workflows as production scales; create new work centers, inventory locations, routing steps, and transaction processes to support evolving product lines and production strategies.