Apptronik
Manager, Manufacturing Engineering
Austin, TX · Senior
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About the role
- We operate at the cutting edge of Applied AI, applying our expertise across the full robotics stack to solve some of society's most important problems.
- You will join a team dedicated to bringing Apollo to market at scale, tackling the complex challenges like safety, commercialization, and mass production to change the world for the better.
- Escalate risks that threaten quality, schedule, or production readiness.
Responsibilities
- Apptronik is a human-centered robotics company developing AI-powered robots to support humanity in every facet of life.
- The Manager, Manufacturing Engineering will play a key leadership role in scaling complex hardware from early engineering builds into repeatable production.
- This role owns the technical foundation of production-including process development, tooling, manufacturing definition, production readiness, and yield improvement.
Requirements
- Ability to safely lift and/or move approximately 15 pounds at times.
- Ability to communicate effectively with team members during normal operations and when responding to safety or operational concern
Nice to have
- Strong background in complex hardware manufacturing, NPI, process development, tooling, and production industrialization.
- Experience with MBOMs, BOPs, PLM, ERP, MES, and engineering change management.
- Strong knowledge of DFM/DFA, PFMEA, SPC, DOE, process validation, and root-cause analysis.
- Experience prioritizing work, delegating effectively, and balancing team capacity with business needs
- Experience with high degree-of-freedom electromechanical assemblies, robotics, precision mechanisms, or actuation systems is a plus.
- Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Electrical Engineering, or a related discipline.
- 7+ years of Manufacturing Engineering experience, including 2+ years of technical or people leadership.
Compensation
- Ability to travel domestically and internationally, averaging 15% per year
Benefits
- Our flagship humanoid robot, Apollo, is built to collaborate thoughtfully with people, starting with critical industries such as manufacturing and logistics, with future applications in healthcare, the home, and beyond.
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