AgZen
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Somerville, MA · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 16 days ago
Computer VisionProduct ManagementProcess ImprovementProcurementSolidWorksCATIAGD&TPCB DesignRoboticsElectrical EngineeringResearchLeadershipCommunicationCollaborationProblem SolvingPrecision AgricultureLean Manufacturing
About the role
- This role will be an essential resource for AgZen's contact manufacturer, component suppliers, operations department and dealer network.
Responsibilities
- Own RealCoverage manufacturing documentation including bill of materials, drawings, PCB files, packing list, and test procedures
- Develop and execute manufacturing test plans including subsystem end-of-line tests, ICT/FCT of PCBs, and quality sampling
- Optimize project bill of materials, using DFM/DFA principles to ensure product quality while minimizing cost and labor hours
- Manage NRE projects and relationships with key AgZen component suppliers/partners, spearheading development of AgZen hardware for future production runs
- Track system reliability through growing season, working with field team and dealer network to identify fleetwide issues and incorporate them into engineering action items, change orders, and future product designs
- Own manufacturing requirements definition, scheduling, FMEA, build execution and tracking, and build after action reports across the company
- If you want to build technology with measurable impact on how the world grows food, this is the place to do it.
- Demonstrated experience applying Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and root cause analysis methodologies to drive process improvement
- Experience developing manufacturing tests for high-volume consumer products
- Experience working in a research-to-product transition environment, where designs and processes evolve rapidly each season
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
- Excellent problem-solving skills with the ability to troubleshoot complex mechanical and electromechanical assemblies quickly in a manufacturing environment
- Expert in CAD software (SolidWorks, CATIA, or similar) for tool/fixture design and review of engineering drawings and strong understanding of GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing)
- Experience with creating and approving change orders associated with products, procedures, and BOMs
- Experience writing clear, concise, and detailed work instructions, SOPs, and training materials for assembly technicians
- Experience working on products that require high reliability at scale, where field failures have real operational consequences
- Experience with agricultural, industrial, or other ruggedized hardware designed to operate in harsh environments
- Translate confirmed sales into build kits by assigning serial numbers, managing system shipping order and required configurations
- Experience with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems for engineering change control and manufacturing documentation management
- Experience with Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES)/Platforms
Compensation
- The opportunity to make an immediate and visible impact in a fast-growing company, competitive salary, early-employee equity, 401(k) with employer matching, 6 weeks of PTO, paid holidays and health insurance.
Benefits
- The opportunity to make an immediate and visible impact in a fast-growing company, competitive salary, early-employee equity, 401(k) with employer matching, 6 weeks of PTO, paid holidays and health insurance.
- We are a small, technically deep team working at the intersection of fluid mechanics, computer vision, AI, and real agricultural environments.
- Design relevant hardware test stands, software interfaces, and vision calibration stages to validate unit build quality during manufacturing
Company info
- AgZen is a fast-growing precision agriculture company headquartered in
- We are looking for a sharp, tenacious, and thorough Senior Manufacturing Engineer to join our team and lead AgZen's external manufacturing operations.
- Lead AgZen production runs in deep partnership with our contract manufacturer, ensuring high quality and on time unit delivery to customers
- Track build status and quality transparently for all stakeholders including engineering, operations, dealers, and customers
- Interface with operations team and dealers to ensure on time and complete delivery to customers
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