Heron Power
Senior/Staff Manufacturing Engineer
$130K–$180K
Scotts Valley · On-site · Staff · Full-time · Posted Oct 9, 2026
- Experience
- 7+ years.
- Education
- Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing/Industrial/Mechanical/Electrical/Chemical Engineering.
About the job
Develops and scales manufacturing processes, inline inspection, and automated electrical testing for high-volume transformer assembly lines, from concept through production ramp.
What you'll do
- Lead development and deployment of inline inspection, process monitoring, and automated electrical tests, including equipment selection, commissioning, validation, and ramp.
- Develop inspection methods for potted assemblies and surface treatments, and collaborate on potting, dispensing, and plastic-welding processes.
- Validate test and inspection systems and apply process-control and problem-solving methods to maintain process capability.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing/Industrial/Mechanical/Electrical/Chemical Engineering.
- 7+ years of experience in high-volume manufacturing focused on process engineering, inline inspection, production test, or automation for electromechanical, power electronics, magnetics, or battery products.
- Hands-on experience deploying automated non-destructive inspection and developing and validating automated electrical testing for high-volume production.
- Experience with high-viscosity potting and dispense systems, surface preparation and measurement, plastic welding, statistical analysis, DoE, PFMEA/control plans, and automation, robotics, PLCs, and vision systems.
Nice to have
- Experience with injection molding processes and tooling.
Pay
$130,000 to $180,000 per year (base salary)
Tools
inline X-ray/CT, ultrasonic, thermography, machine vision, Minitab/JMP, SPC, PLCs, robots
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