Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

About Us :

Guardian Agriculture develops large multicopters for applying agricultural chemicals to high-value crops. Our systems radically improve precision and safety relative to existing plane- and helicopter-based crop spraying solutions, while reducing chemical use, reducing impact on pollinating insects, and minimizing opportunities for organisms to acquire chemical resistance.

Guardian is a small, multi-disciplinary team of talented engineers, technicians, and operators who are passionate about making an impact by connecting technology to solve critical customer needs.

We value collaboration, candor, thoughtful design, and a growth mindset as we scale the organization and build an autonomous system that farmers can trust.

Guardian Agriculture's Autonomous Electric Drone Sprayer

Guardian Agriculture Reaps $20 Million In New Funding

Summary :

Guardian Agriculture is developing the next generation of agricultural spray drones to help our farmers increase yields with precision spraying.

As our team continues to quickly grow, we are looking for motivated candidates that are inspired to work within an extremely energetic, creative, and innovative team that is passionate about drones and robotics.

We work in a highly dynamic environment where collaboration and idea sharing are a way of life.

Guardian Agriculture is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to play a key role in helping to launch our new product leading and executing manufacturing readiness activities with the internal manufacturing team and outside suppliers, to be responsible for rapidly iterating and building cutting-edge Autonomous Vehicles.

You will be responsible for ensuring that designs are optimized for mass production through DfX (Design for Excellence).

You will continually improve released products to achieve cost reduction and volume growth goals. Your expertise in new product introduction, commodity knowledge, quality improvement, and production scaling will be essential to success in this position, which spans the entire product lifecycle.

This is an onsite, 5 days per week, role in our Woburn, MA office.

Responsibilities

• Execute manufacturing readiness with internal and external teams for new products and processes.
• Collaborate with product design teams to ensure manufacturability of new products and provide input on design for manufacturability (DFM) principles.
• Create and drive production schedule and manage the production team to execute on time and at quality
• Manage technicians and other engineers in a hands-on fashion building prototype hardware.
• Develop novel fixtures and tooling solutions for fabrication and assembly of structural parts.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing documentation, including work instructions, process flowcharts, and standard operating procedures, required for successfully manufacturing hardware at scale.
• Develop process flows, breaking down large, complex assemblies into a logical part flow of subassemblies and sub-processes.
• Design and implement process improvements to enhance product quality, reduce costs, and increase efficiency.
• Work with contract manufacturers across various disciplines (printed circuit board fabrication (PCB), metal / plastic manufacturing, assembly, etc.

to develop repeatable, sustained processes for quick-turn development as well as at-scale production

• Conduct research and feasibility studies related to manufacturing methods, materials, and equipment.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives to drive productivity improvements.
• Provide technical support to internal and external production teams.
• Conduct root cause analysis and implement corrective actions for manufacturing defects and field non-conformities.
• This role is full-time and on-site.

Qualifications

• Degree in Mechanical / Manufacturing / other Engineering, Math, or a hard Science, and / or applicable technical experience.
• 10+ years of experience in mechatronics production design and execution or equivalent field supporting production and / or electromechanical hardware design.
• Demonstrated leadership and project management skills in areas of new product introduction, continuous improvement, and cost reduction programs.
• Experience managing production in early product
• Proficiency in CAD software (e.g., Onshape, SolidWorks).
• Broad knowledge of lifecycle management through Arena / Omnify PLM, or equivalent.
• Experience working with product development teams, suppliers, vendors, and contract manufacturers.
• Experience in taking a design and creating a controlled manufacturing process from that design for rate.
• Experience with large-scale low-volume / high-mix manufacturing.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver electromechanical hardware to spec (ideally in a start-up environment).
• Personal experience physically manufacturing hardware via any means (machining, fabrication, soldering, assembly, etc.).
• Effective verbal and written communication skills with the ability to collaborate across cross-functional teams.
• Must be able to work at Guardian offices in MA. Up to 10% travel, for example to contract manufacturing suppliers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior experience working with Jira / Confluence is a plus.
• Hands-on experience qualifying parts for production is a plus.
• Experience with Carbon Fiber, Composites, and Adhesives is a plus.
• Experience working with electrical systems up to 400Vdc is a plus.
• Work on personal or extracurricular projects is a plus.

Benefits :

Flexible time off, competitive salary, stock options, free company lunch every day, comprehensive benefits package, lots of tools, and the opportunity to build and play with flying machines that will have an environmental impact.

We offer three months paid Maternity and Paternity Leave for new parents and encourage all parents to take it.

Guardian AG stands firmly against racial discrimination and social injustice. Everyone has a voice in our company, and we are committed to equality, inclusiveness, respect, and kindness.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender perception or identity, national origin, disability status, age, marital status, protected veteran status, or other characteristics protected by law.

Guardian AG is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to individuals with physical and mental disabilities.

If you need special assistance or an accommodation while seeking employment, please send an email to : [email protected]"

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