Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Foundry Robotics•San Francisco, CA

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Foundry Robotics is building an AI-native robotics manufacturing company focused on deploying advanced assembly and production capability for leading robotics companies and national-security-critical hardware. Basically, we’re building robots that build robots. Factory OS is building software that runs factories. Our platform spans cloud backends, on-prem services, and edge devices deployed on the factory floor. The operators, supervisors, and managers who use our tools need interfaces that are fast, reliable, and intuitive—even when network conditions aren’t perfect and the environment is demanding.

Requirements

5 to 8 years in manufacturing engineering with a track record of taking production equipment from RFQ through FAT, SAT, and SOP in a mass production environment
Proven experience taking products from low-rate prototype builds to high-volume production
Direct experience with robotic or automated assembly systems, either as the product being built or as the production method on the floor
Strong vendor management skills, with experience holding external line builders and tooling suppliers accountable to cost, schedule, and performance
Working proficiency with 3D CAD (SolidWorks, CATIA, or equivalent) sufficient to evaluate vendor designs and provide DFM and DFA input in cross-functional product development
Experience defining and hitting OEE, cycle time, and yield targets
Comfortable building business cases and ROI analyses to justify capital equipment decisions to senior leadership
Bias toward action and scrappy problem solving without sacrificing rigor

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, or similar methodologies
Experience working within a formal quality management system (AS9100, ISO 9001, or IATF 16949), including participation in PFMEAs, control plans, and PPAP or FAI submissions

Responsibilities

Own equipment introduction projects end-to-end, from requirements definition and RFQ through vendor selection, FAT, SAT, and ramp to SOP
Benchmark, select, and manage external line builders and tooling suppliers, holding them accountable to cost, schedule, and performance
Define and hit OEE, throughput, and cycle time targets on every project, using data to identify and close performance gaps
Provide DFM and DFA input on product, process, and tooling designs to ensure manufacturability is engineered in, not bolted on
Build business cases and ROI analyses to justify capital equipment decisions to senior leadership
Transfer ownership cleanly to production and maintenance after SOP, including process sheets, work instructions, maintenance instructions, and manufacturing BOM
Collaborate with mechanical, electrical, robotics, and software teammates to ensure equipment integrates into the broader production system