Windborne Systems Senior Manufacturing Engineer at Windborne Systems owns manufacturing engineering for parts and designs stable production processes. They develop tooling, test fixtures, and assembly aids to support scalable hardware production.
Responsibilities
This is a hands-on individual contributor role reporting to the Head of Manufacturing.
Production processes that are designed, documented, and stable enough for the floor to run without the design engineer standing next to them
DFM feedback delivered early and often, so manufacturability is settled before a design hardens — and design changes that reach the floor without breaking it
Clean design-to-manufacturing handoffs, including for parts not yet at full design lock, with judgment applied to what gets systematized and what stays flexible
Functional, end-to-end test fixtures and protocols that catch defects at the electronics assembly stage rather than at final build
Jigs, fixtures, and assembly aids that raise throughput and repeatability across electronics integration and mechanical assembly
Equipment and workstations owned from first request through ramp — specification, sourcing, vendor buy-off, installation, and handoff to production
Station layout, line balance, and capacity modeled ahead of demand, so the floor is ready for the next doubling before it arrives
A manufacturing backbone built from the ground up — work instructions, revision and change practices, production documentation — extending the lightweight in-house system already in place
Cycle time and first-pass yield that hold as volume doubles
Core Responsibilities
Production processes that are designed, documented, and stable enough for the floor to run without the design engineer standing next to them
Qualification
Have worked in high-mixHave specifiedHave stood up quality
Preferred
Have run electronics assembly integration and in-line functional test
Have worked in high-mix, rapid-iteration environments where the design was still moving
Know standard process documentation practice — PFMEA, control plans, DOE, SPC
Are strong on GD&T and tolerance analysis for mechanical parts
Have specified, sourced, and bought off production equipment with outside vendors
Have managed suppliers and incoming quality for outsourced parts (3D-printed, laser-cut, PCB/PCBA)
Have stood up quality, yield, inspection, or documentation systems from scratch
Have applied Lean or structured continuous improvement to a real line