Apptronik
Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Assembly
Austin, TX · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Experience
- 5+ years in Manufacturing Engineering, process development, NPI, or complex hardware industrialization.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline.
About the job
Develops, validates, and launches assembly processes and tooling to bring hardware products from design through production at scale.
What you'll do
- Support prototype and NPI builds, translating design intent into scalable manufacturing processes.
- Define manufacturing documentation and qualify assembly processes, fixtures, and tooling; support production readiness and ramp.
- Track yield and defects, lead root-cause analysis, and implement corrective actions.
What they ask for
- Strong background in complex hardware assembly, manufacturing process development, tooling, and NPI.
- Proficiency in CAD; NX preferred.
- Experience with DFM/DFA, PFMEA, SPC, DOE, and structured root-cause analysis.
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Electrical Engineering, or related discipline.
Nice to have
- Experience with high degree-of-freedom electromechanical assemblies, robotic systems, precision mechanisms, or actuation systems.
- Cable/tendon-driven mechanisms, precision assembly, sensor integration, tolerance-sensitive assemblies, or calibration experience.
Tools
CAD (NX preferred), MBOMs, ERP/MES, PFMEA, SPC, DOE
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