Senior Advanced Manufacturing Manager
Somerville · USD 120,000-225,000 / year · 3+ years experience · Full-time · Remote · Posted Oct 19, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 3+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Remote
- Location
- Somerville
- Salary
- USD 120,000-225,000 / year · Base salary
About the role
- Lead the activities of a team of manufacturing engineering professionals responsible for supporting an extended team of global manufacturing, supply chain, and quality professionals.
- Solve production line challenges, scale manufacturing capacity, and transition new hardware products into steady-state production.
- Own manufacturing technical readiness as a critical member of cross-functional NPI teams.
Responsibilities
- Lead the activities of a team of manufacturing engineering professionals responsible for supporting an extended team of global manufacturing, supply chain, quality professionals.
- Perform ongoing sustainment of manufacturing lines at contract manufacturers plus transition into production and support.
- Characterize process and product failures on the manufacturing line, conduct root cause investigations, corrective actions, and mistake-proofing at suppliers and contract manufacturers for component, module, and product new builds and refurbishments.
- Own manufacturing process control and issue prevention by implementing tools, equipment, and process methods to ensure reliability, quality, and yield.
- Drive team collaboration and support across projects and programs as a player coach on complex engineering and operational challenges.
- Own manufacturing technical readiness as a critical member of cross-functional NPI teams, with emphasis on manufacturing return of experience, producibility, cost effectiveness, and industrialization.
- Negotiate conflicting requirements, identify lessons-learned and DFM/DFA/DFSS opportunities, and share or escalate to upstream design engineers and downstream sustaining engineers.
- Manage the details of transition into manufacturing or industrialization, including resolution of first article inspections and product and fixture assembly issues.
- Drive maturity of manufacturing readiness and secure mass production capacity, throughput, yield, and process capability.
- Travel to vendors, suppliers, and production facilities from time to time (~10-20%).
Requirements
- B.S. degree in engineering; mechanical, manufacturing engineering, aerospace, industrial, or related/equivalent field.
- 3+ years experience in an engineering management or engineering team leadership role.
- 5+ years of technical skills, preferably experience in manufacturing engineering roles for complex electro-mechanical product industrialization at scale.
- Experience with remotely managed NPI and contract manufacturers, including transitioning high accuracy products from prototype to mass production.
- Expertise in production quality metrics, GD&T, and process/equipment qualification procedures.
- Proficient in methods for statistical analysis, structured problem solving, and process control.
- Willing to work onsite, in a fast paced environment, and occasionally coordinate with colleagues in different time zones during late evening local hours.
Preferred qualifications
- Experience with Proto, EVT, DVT, PVT, and MP product development process and life cycle.
- A Six Sigma Black Green/Black Belt certified professional who can still apply and teach the problem solving and statistical body of knowledge.
- Experience with data analysis tools such as JMP and Minitab.
- Experience with data visualization tools such as Tableau, Power Bi, and SQL.
- On Shape or Solidworks CAD modeling skills.
Benefits
- Robust equity program to build future wealth through RSUs
- Comprehensive healthcare coverage (Medical, Dental, Vision)
- 401K matching and access to financial advisors
- Generous paid Parental Leave (up to 16 weeks)
- Tenure-based paid Sabbatical Leave (up to 6 weeks)
- Flexible Out of Office Plan
- Ample on-site parking and pre-tax commuter benefits
- Healthy on-site lunches, snacks, beverages, and treats
- Regular sponsored professional development opportunities
- Unlimited 3D prints
Workplace
- Willing to work onsite, in a fast-paced environment.
- Occasionally coordinate with colleagues in different time zones during late evening local hours.
- Travel to vendors, suppliers, and production facilities (mostly in China) from time to time (~10-20%).
Skills
- GD&T
- DOE
- Gage R&R
- A3
- 8D
- DMAIC
- Fault-tree
- Statistical Process Control
- JMP
- Minitab
- Tableau
- Power Bi
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- SQL
- On Shape
- Solidworks
