Zoo
Lead Manufacturing Engineer
$145K–$195K
Los Angeles, California, United States · Full-time · Posted May 19, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in manufacturing engineering, machining, precision manufacturing, or hardware production environments.
About the job
Leads Zoo’s machine shop and manufacturing operations, developing scalable processes to produce prototypes, tooling, and hardware from engineering designs.
What you'll do
- Lead daily shop operations and develop manufacturing processes, tooling, and quality standards.
- Program, set up, and operate CNC and manual machines; inspect parts and troubleshoot production issues.
- Partner with engineering on manufacturability and support production scaling, facilities, and team development.
What they ask for
- Hands-on CNC machining experience, including mills, lathes, setups, tooling, feeds, speeds, offsets, and process optimization.
- Experience programming with CAM software and editing machine code at the controller.
- Experience developing manufacturing processes and building and scaling manufacturing teams.
- Strong understanding of machining, materials, tolerances, GD&T, and engineering drawings.
Pay
$145,000 — $195,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
CNC mills, CNC lathes, CAM software, GD&T, CAD
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