Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Actuators
About The Position
The Senior Manufacturing Engineer will make 1X actuators producible at scale, reliably, repeatably, and at a cost that supports bringing NEO robots into homes. The role owns critical actuator manufacturing processes from prototype through production, including machining, assembly, inspection, and validation. It requires hands-on development and troubleshooting on the production floor, rapid experimentation, and translating successful methods into dependable production systems. The engineer partners with design engineering as the manufacturing voice in design reviews, and works across quality, controls, supply chain, and production. They build and qualify production equipment and processes, establish end-of-line functional testing and traceability, and improve cost, cycle time, scrap, yield, quality, safety, and throughput.
Requirements
- Bachelor's or master's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Mechatronics, or Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 5 years of manufacturing, process, or test engineering experience on electromechanical products with a bachelor's degree, or at least 3 years with a master's degree.
- Experience developing and improving assembly processes for motors, actuators, or other tight-tolerance electromechanical systems.
- Experience taking a process or equipment from concept through commissioning, validation, and production release.
- Experience with CAD, engineering drawings, GD&T, and tolerance stack-ups for precision mechanical interfaces.
- Demonstrated ability to qualify processes and lead root-cause analysis using DOE, MSA/GR&R, SPC, and process capability.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with vacuum potting.
- Experience with electric motor manufacturing processes such as coil winding, lamination stack assembly, magnet installation, welding, molding, impregnation, or resin and adhesive dispense.
- Experience with automated or semi-automated equipment, PLC-controlled systems, and machine vision inspection.
- Exposure to high-volume automation, robotic material handling, and precision gauging.
Responsibilities
- Own actuator manufacturing processes from prototype builds through production release, with accountability for safety, first-pass yield, quality, and throughput.
- Provide DFM, DFA, and DFT feedback during design reviews; assess tolerances against demonstrated process capability and drive design changes that enable volume production.
- Build and qualify equipment, fixtures, tooling, gauging, and automated workstations for actuator assembly.
- Use DOE, MSA/GR&R, SPC, and capability studies to qualify processes before release.
- Deliver end-of-line functional testing and traceability, linking station-level pass/fail data to each actuator's process history.
- Reduce cost, cycle time, and scrap through automation, line balancing, and root-cause corrective action.
- Develop PFMEAs, control plans, and work instructions that support production-floor operations.
- Develop methods alongside technicians and troubleshoot processes directly on the production floor.
- Lead structured root-cause analysis and implement controls that sustain improvements.
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Generous paid time off, company holidays, and parental leave.
- 401(k) plan with company match: 100% on the first 3% of contributions and 50% on the next 2%.
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA) and Health Savings Accounts (HSA) options.
- Commuter benefits for transit and parking.
- Short-term and long-term disability and life insurance.
- Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for mental health, financial, and personal support.
- Onsite snacks and catered lunches.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
