Senior Advanced Manufacturing Manager

Join our team as a Senior Advanced Manufacturing Engineering Manager at our global headquarters in Boston. In this role, you will lead a team of manufacturing engineering professionals, support global manufacturing and supply chain efforts, and drive collaboration across projects. You will also own manufacturing technical readiness, manage the transition into manufacturing, and ensure industry-leading reliability, quality, and yield. This is a fast-paced, hands-on role that requires a strong engineering background and experience in manufacturing engineering roles for complex electro-mechanical products.

Lead and manage a team of manufacturing engineering professionals to support global manufacturing, supply chain, and quality initiatives.

Travel to vendors, suppliers, and production facilities (mostly in China) from time to time (~10-20%)

About Formlabs

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Responsibilities

• Oversee the sustainment of manufacturing lines at contract manufacturers, including transition into production and support, and drive continuous improvement efforts.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure manufacturing technical readiness, resolve first article inspections, and secure mass production capacity.
• Proficient in methods for statistical analysis (e.g. DOE, comparison testing, Gage R&R), structured problem solving (e.g. A3, 8D, DMAIC), fault-tree), and process control (e.g. statistical process control, process capability Cp/Cpk)

Requirements

• Willing to work onsite, in a fast paced environment, and occasionally coordinate with colleagues in different time zones during late evening local hours
• B.S. degree in engineering; mechanical, manufacturing engineering, aerospace, industrial, or related/equivalent field
• Expertise in production quality metrics, GD&T, and process/equipment qualification procedures
• 3+ years experience in an engineering management or engineering team leadership role
• 5+ years of technical skills, preferably experience in manufacturing engineering roles for complex electro-mechanical product industrialization at scale, including machined, sheet metal, injection molded, PCBA, linear motors, LCD, cables, and plastic components
• Experience with remotely managed NPI and contract manufacturers, including transitioning high accuracy products from prototype to mass production

On Shape of Solidworks CAD modeling skills

• A Six Sigma Black Green/Black Belt certified professional who can still apply and teach the problem solving and statistical body of knowledge
• Experience with Proto, EVT, DVT, PVT, and MP product development process & life cycle
• Have experience with data analysis tools (JMP, Minitab) and data visualization tool (Tableau, Power Bi, SQL, etc.)

Pay

USD 120,000 - 225,000