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You will connect R&D, systems engineering, quality, supply chain, test, and manufacturing to establish robust production processes and deliver systems that are safe, reliable, manufacturable, serviceable, and cost-effective.\nThis role is ideal for an engineering leader experienced in robotics or complex electromechanical products, integrated assembly and test, manufacturing transfer, defect management, statistical process control, and continuous improvement.\nLead cross-functional engineering and manufacturing teams.\nTranslate customer and system requirements into quality, reliability, safety, and manufacturing-readiness plans.\nBridge R&D and manufacturing to transfer scalable robotic products and processes from prototypes through pilot production, validation, ramp-up, and sustaining operations.\nEstablish risk-management strategies using defect tracking, root-cause analysis, FMEA, control plans, verification, validation, reliability testing, and corrective action.\nDefine and monitor manufacturing metrics such as defect escape, uptime, yield, process capability, throughput, cycle time, scrap, rework, and cost.\nApply statistical process control and process-capability methods across assembly, calibration, test, suppliers, and contract manufacturers.\nDevelop and qualify assembly processes, production equipment, tooling, fixtures, gauges, calibration stations, and end-of-line test systems.\nLead system-integration investigations and resolve field, supplier, or manufacturing failures.\nQualify manufacturing sites and suppliers for process capability and quality. \nDrive manufacturability, assembly, calibration, testability, reliability, serviceability, and cost decisions across robotic subsystems.\nManage program priorities, budgets, technical risks, and stakeholder communication.\nSupport on-site work in the Seattle metro area and travel to manufacturing locations as needed.\nQUALIFICATIONS\nBachelor’s or master’s degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, Electrical, Robotics, Mechatronics, Systems, Industrial, or Quality Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.\n8+ years of experience in manufacturing, hardware quality, new product introduction, process engineering, or operations, including technical leadership.\nCasting and Injection Molding knowledge and experience.\nExperience leading multidisciplinary or distributed engineering teams and transferring robotic or complex electromechanical systems into production.\nStrong understanding of actuators, transmissions, sensors, electronics, batteries, wiring, structures, and safety systems.\nDemonstrated ability to use structured quality and problem-solving methods to improve manufacturing performance and reduce field and safety risk.\nExperience developing and qualifying assembly, calibration, tolerance analysis, integration, inspection, and end-of-line test processes and equipment.\nWorking knowledge of manufacturing processes, DFM/DFA/DFT, FMEA, control plans, traceability, configuration control, Lean manufacturing, and structured problem solving.\nStrong communication, analytical, organizational, program-management, and technical tradeoff skills.\nPositive, client-focused leadership style and a commitment to ethical conduct.\nPLUSES TO HAVE\nAbility to perform structural and thermal Finite Element Analyses (FEA)\nExperience launching a robotic product family or manufacturing platform at commercial scale.\nExperience in mobile, industrial, humanoid, warehouse, autonomous, or collaborative robotics.\nKnowledge of robotics functional safety, machinery safety, and battery safety practices.\nExperience with accelerated life testing, environmental testing, fault injection, fleet-failure analysis, or hardware-in-the-loop testing.\nPMP, ASQ, Lean Six Sigma, functional-safety, or related certification.\nConsulting experience or demonstrated ability to quickly understand unfamiliar robotic architectures and manufacturing systems.\nCOMPENSATION AND BENEFITS\nSalary range: $140K - $175K, depending on experience, skills, and qualifications\nExcellent Healthcare plan (Medical, Dental, and Vision) fully paid for by the company for the employee; partial payment for dependents \n401(k) plan with company match \nLong-term and short-term disability, AD&D and Life Insurance \nPaid maternity/new parent leave \n11 Paid holidays \n3 weeks of paid time off (PTO) per year, increasing after 2, 5, and 9 years of service \nContractors will also be considered for this role. Please indicate in your job application if you are a contractor.\nJob location is in Bellevue, WA at requires working 5 days per week in-person.\nSimplexity is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Diverse candidates are encouraged to apply.\n*** Please be advised that Simplexity Product Development will never ask you to respond to a non-SimplexityPD domain such as a gmail, ymail, hotmail, etc. If you suspect that you have been contacted by someone impersonating Simplexity Product Development who is using a fraudulent email address, please do not reply. 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