Production Engineer - Manufacturing Process and ECO Implementation

Tutor is a robotics research and deployment company building generally capable robot hardware and artificial intelligence. The Role: You own how engineering changes get from an approved design onto the factory floor: a clean cut-in, updated procedures, trained technicians, the right parts on the shelf, and robots that build right the first time after the change. This role sits on the Production Engineering team within Operations and reports to the Head of Manufacturing. This is an individual contributor role with real authority: if a change isn't ready for the floor, it doesn't go to the floor.

Responsibilities

ECO implementation, end to end: take approved ECOs from Hardware Engineering and carry them to completion, including effectivity and cut-in planning, MBOM updates in MES (ION), redlines, and verification on the first builds after cut-in; Change Review Board: represent Manufacturing at CRB, assess every change for build impact, cost, inventory, scrap and schedule, and push back when it isn't ready; Cut-in planning with Supply Chain and Materials: decide what to buy, what to stop buying, and how to disposition existing inventory (use as is, rework, return or scrap); Write and maintain clear, visual work instructions and error-proof the process; Train the floor on every change before it hits the line, then confirm it's being built right; Partner with Field Service to plan and document retrofits for deployed robots at customer sites; Own process performance on the line (first-pass yield, cycle time, scrap and rework) and drive it with data; Give Hardware Engineering early, specific DFM feedback; Help shape in-house ECO and PLM tooling connecting Onshape, ION and the factory floor, and use AI tools to write procedures, analyze data and move faster

Requirements

BS in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechatronics, Electrical or a related engineering discipline; 3+ years as a manufacturing, production or process engineer building electromechanical hardware (robotics, automation, automotive, aerospace, medical devices or similar); Hands-on experience implementing engineering changes on a production line: ECOs/ECNs, effectivity, BOM changes, cut-ins and material disposition; A track record of writing work instructions that technicians actually use, and training them on the floor; Comfortable in CAD (Onshape, SolidWorks or similar) and reading drawings, GD&T, schematics and wiring diagrams; Experience working in an MES, ERP or PLM system (ION, Arena, SAP, Oracle or similar); You do your best work where the systems are still being built, and you help build them

Nice to have

Scaling a new product from prototype to production rate; Lean and Six Sigma tools: PFMEA, control plans, poka-yoke, SPC; Cable harness or electromechanical assembly experience; SQL, Python or scripting to build tools and automate data work; Experience at a startup or fast-scaling hardware company