Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Remote)

The Senior Manufacturing Engineer role is a senior-level, hands-on manufacturing engineering position responsible for defining how custom parts are built and priced, reviewing manufacturability, generating competitive quotes, and providing design feedback that brings products to market faster. The role serves as a technical authority who helps raise the bar for costing and DFM quality across regions.

Responsibilities

Release package review: analyze models, drawings, parts lists, and other data to determine scope of work, manufacturing feasibility, requirements, and minimum lead time; Quoting: combine engineering analysis with platform recommendations to generate quotes for builders or collaborate with external suppliers; Cost calculator generation: build cost calculators that bring quoting in-house for new service offerings; DFx feedback: provide design-for-manufacturability and design-for-assembly feedback to builders; Automation feedback: feed insights back to the quoting software team; Drawing generation: produce high-quality 2D drawings per ANSI/ASME Y14.5 standards; Coaching & mentorship: coach and mentor engineers on the US and GCC Costing and DFM teams; Best practices & peer review: help establish and document costing and DFM best practices and review work; Cross-functional leadership: lead through influence across engineering, sourcing, sales, quality, and software; Dotted-line coordination: guide and coordinate the technical work of engineers who do not report to this role; All employees are expected to maintain and contribute to the QMS

Requirements

4-year Mechanical Engineering degree or equivalent technical training; 5–10 years of relevant experience in manufacturing engineering, costing/DFM, or related custom mechanical hardware work; Hands-on experience across multiple custom mechanical manufacturing processes (sheet metal, urethane casting, injection molding, etc.); CNC machining and 3D printing experience is a must; Strong understanding of GD&T and conventional (coordinate) tolerancing; Deep knowledge of the manufacturability and limitations of common metals and plastics; Experience mentoring or coaching other engineers and acting as a technical resource; Proven ability to lead through influence and coordinate cross-functional or dotted-line teams without direct reporting authority; Thrives with a high degree of autonomy and drives decisions to closure in a remote environment with minimal oversight; Excellent written and verbal communication in English; comfortable working across multicultural, cross-functional teams; Meticulous and detail-oriented, with a documentation mindset

Nice to have

Experience with APQP/PPAP, IQ/OQ/PQ, EV/DV/PV, or NPI processes; PMP certification; Experience in AS9100, ISO 13485, or other highly regulated industries; Collaboration with offshore/GCC teams

Benefits

Comprehensive medical and dental coverage; 401(k) plan; Generous PTO and leave programs