Vital Lyfe

Vital Lyfe

Manufacturing Engineer

Los Angeles - Greater Area

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 20 days ago
Process ImprovementProcurementSolidWorksRoboticsProblem SolvingLean Manufacturing

About the role

  • About Vital Lyfe Vital Lyfe is a tech company redefining water autonomy through innovation - creating a new category of personal water-making technology built to scale where infrastructure can't.

Responsibilities

  • Design, develop and optimize manufacturing processes and production lines for our desalination systems-from first builds through high-rate production.
  • Lead DFM/DFA initiatives: tooling, fixtures, robot end-effectors, conveyors, automation programming, control systems.
  • Develop work instructions, process flows, layout designs
  • implement and validate manufacturing methods for new systems.
  • Own continuous-improvement efforts: reduce cost, increase throughput, improve reliability and uptime in a fast-moving hardware startup environment.
  • Collaborate with procurement, quality, test, integration teams and external vendors/suppliers to ensure smooth scale-up & ramp-out of manufacturing.
  • Strong CAD (SolidWorks / other) experience and familiarity with manufacturing automation, tooling & fixture design.
  • Hands-on mindset: comfortable designing the process and also working with operators & equipment to validate and refine.
  • Develop work instructions, process flows, layout designs; implement and validate manufacturing methods for new systems.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's in Engineering (Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial or equivalent).
  • 2+ years professional experience in manufacturing engineering, process development or production optimization (including internships).
  • Strong problem-solving skills, ability to operate in ambiguous/higher-growth environment, clear communicator across teams.
  • Experience in consumer hardware production, or systems with high-volume manufacturing.
  • Knowledge of pumps, valves, pressure vessels, fluid systems or broadly mechanical-hardware manufacturing.
  • Experience with automation programming, conveyors, robotics, fluid/pressure equipment.
  • Familiarity with Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, statistical process control (SPC).
  • Experience in a hardware startup or mission-driven organization.

Benefits

  • Build long-term career equity as we grow

Company info

  • About Vital Lyfe
  • Vital Lyfe is a tech company redefining water autonomy through innovation - creating a new category of personal water-making technology built to scale where infrastructure can't.
  • What We're Looking For

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