Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Amperesand · Reno, NV
- Level
- Senior
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Travel
- 20%
- Degree
- Required
- Industry
- Industrial
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A senior manufacturing role at Amperesand (industrial) in Reno, NV. In this role, you will drive cross-functional initiatives to bring innovative hardware solutions from concept through to full-scale production.
- They ask for
- degree required
- Tools it names
- OEE, Root cause, SPC, FMEA, GD&T, DOE
- Day to day
- about 20% travel
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Manufacturing Engineer roles in the US: typical posted base $98k–$143k.
Median of the low and high ends of 502 live postings that list pay, out of 1495 manufacturing engineer openings in the US, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 11 other live manufacturing postings in Nevada.
- Experience asked
- Not stated
Similar roles usually ask 3+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Automation 42%
- ✓ SolidWorks 42%
- ✓ New product launch 33%
- ✓ Tooling 33%
- AutoCAD 33%
- ✓ CATIA / NX 33%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
Stands out: this posting asks for FMEA, GD&T, DOE, Injection molding, which few similar roles mention. If you have it, lead with it.
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This plant: Amperesand in Reno
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Full description from AmperesandAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
About the Role
We are seeking a skilled and passionate Senior Manufacturing Engineer to lead the design and development of advanced automation equipment and assembly lines as we scale our hardware product portfolio. In this role, you will drive cross-functional initiatives to bring innovative hardware solutions from concept through to full-scale production. Collaborating closely with controls, mechanical and electrical design teams, you will implement robust machine and process architecture.
This role presents a unique opportunity to influence product design from its earliest stages. It is a rare and valuable learning experience for manufacturing engineers to be embedded so deeply in both product and manufacturing development.
What You'll Do
- ◆Lead Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for X (DFx), Assembly, Quality, Reliability
- ◆Lead and implement robust manufacturing processes, including process sequencing, critical parameter development, and assembly recipes
- ◆Drive quality, repeatability, and throughput in both prototype and production environments.
- ◆Collaborate closely with Design Engineering, NPI, Quality, and Production teams throughout the product lifecycle
- ◆Act as a technical lead to resolve quality and functional issues in production and with contract manufacturers.
- ◆Develop data-driven action plans and root cause analyses to ensure timely resolution and continuous improvement.
- ◆Design and validation of novel prototype tooling and assembly equipment with 3rd third-party equipment builder.
- ◆Collaborate with the equipment design engineer for in-house equipment development.
- ◆Oversee internal and external development of equipment and processes for new product introduction and scale-up.
- ◆Support the ramp-up of production lines, resolving technical issues, optimizing process performance, and ensuring lines meet takt time, yield, and labor efficiency targets.
- ◆Perform line balancing and capacity planning studies to support efficient line layout, equipment utilization, and throughput targets as production scales.
- ◆Maintain comprehensive process documentation, participate in Engineering Change Management
- ◆Drive continuous improvement efforts through data collection, analysis, and feedback loops
- ◆Mentor technicians and production associates as needed
Qualifications
- ✓Proficiency in CAD software (3D EXPERIENCE (3DX), CATIA, NX, SolidWorks, Creo etc.) for designing mechanical assemblies.
- ✓Experience with DFM/DFA (Design for Manufacturing/Assembly) methodologies.
- ✓GD&T and its impact on manufacturability.
- ✓Knowledge of motion control, pneumatics, hydraulics, and sensors.
- ✓Knowledge of mechanical, electrical and electronic schematics.
- ✓Power Electronics Assembly experience is highly valued from energy, automotive, aerospace, semiconductor, or consumer electronics manufactur
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Company Overview
Amperesand is reinventing how the world powers its most critical systems.
We are facing a once-in-a-generation opportunity for infrastructure disruption. Electricity demand is skyrocketing, driven by AI factories, electric vehicles, and modern industrial growth. Energy supply is shifting to incorporate a more diverse mix of resources – including solar, gas, and batteries – at a massive scale.
And yet the power infrastructure behind our latest mega-projects hasn’t meaningfully changed in nearly 100 years. Supply chains for today’s infrastructure equipment can’t match the pace and sophistication of critical energy projects. Amperesand is building hardware and software that rewrites this broken power infrastructure playbook to support a new era of energy abundance.
We’ve built a new class of intelligent, software-defined power infrastructure products leveraging a decade of advanced medium voltage Solid State Transformer research that’s now ready for commercial deployment.
Our products and solutions go far beyond the capabilities of traditional electrical equipment. We make power systems that are faster to deploy, dramatically smaller and more efficient, and capable of supporting modern, dynamic energy needs for tomorrow’s most demanding energy consumers.
Scalable in-house advanced manufacturing capability is our foundation for meeting timeline and quality expectation to serve infrastructure customers around the world.
Amperesand is led by breakthrough energy hardware development veterans and funded by top tier investors who share our vision of building a category-defining energy technology company.
With hubs in San Francisco, Reno, and Singapore, our global team is laser focused on building foundational technology to solve the most pressing problems in power infrastructure at scale.
Join us in building the power foundation of the future!
What You'll Bring
- •Bachelor’s or master’s degree in mechanical, Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering (or related field)
- •5+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, with background in DFM, process development, and high-mix or low-to-high-volume production
- •Hands-on experience in any of the following manufacturing processes: injection molding, die casting, machining, assembly automation, potting, wilding, soldering, laser, adhesion.
- •Experience in participating in large-scale capital equipment design projects. From Request from quotation to FAT, SAT or SOP.
- •Background in concept-to-production equipment development.
- •Experience in data collection and analysis for process development or applicable process engineering expertise
- •Willing to lead cross-functional projects and vendor engagements
- •Experience in problem-solving and a data-driven mindset
- •Familiarity with tools such as OEE, CP, CPK, PFMEA, DOE, root cause analysis, and SPC
- •Written and verbal communication skills
- •Experience working in Agile development environments, including task management and sprint planning using Scrum methodologies and tools like Jira.
- •Ability to travel up to 20% - 25% including internationally
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