As Purism grows the need for an experienced Manufacturing Engineer on-site in Carlsbad, California is ever more important. We are looking for a team member with experience and a passion for manufacturing. This position may be part-time or full-time depending on skills, availability, and need.

Learn more about Purism.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years experience as a manufacturing engineer or similar role
• Knowledge of manufacturing process for consumer electronics
• Proven history of optimizing manufacturing at volume
• Root cause analysis and problem solving skills
• Experience reading and understanding electrical schematics
• Strong initiative and leadership skills
• Good communication skills
• Ability to take basic measurements with a DMM or oscilloscope

Preferred Experience:

• Bachelors degree in engineering or better
• Experience soldering SMD components under a microscope
• Experience using CAD software
• Experience using GNU/Linux is a plus

Objectives:

• Communicate with both Engineering and Manufacturing to ensure all information & knowledge is shared between the departments
• Document each step of the manufacturing process in clear, easy to understand, step-by-step instructions
• Strong focus on improving efficiency and yield throughout all product lines
• Find the bottlenecks in the manufacturing throughput and work with Manufacturing and Engineering to improve productivity / output
• Improve upon the existing inventory management system, making sure all of inventory is properly tracked, using the ERP system where applicable
• Find and correct any issues or shortcomings in the manufacturing process, informing and instructing those who would execute your improvements
• Report manufacturability deficiencies or design-related issues to Engineering
• Work with procurement to obtain materials necessary for Manufacturing to do their job
• Frequent use of instant messaging chat (Matrix), video chat (Jitsi), and email for communication with Engineering is required

Some details for applying

Please use this template as your email:

• Subject line: “Manufacturing Engineer – your_name_here”
• List what you’re good at, or what you would like to help us with.
• Tell us how you got good at it, or how you’d like to help us.
• Let us know why would you like to be involved with Purism?

Please note that it will take some weeks for us to review applicants and get back to you.