Manager of Factory Integration Engineering
$133,900–$184,100 year
On-siteDevens, Massachusetts, United States
Job Summary
Lead a specialized engineering team guiding intentional factory design for VulcanForms' production sites, integrating digital and physical architecture to support scalable "lights-out" manufacturing. Act as the primary authority for factory integration, identifying operational constraints and maintaining accurate OEE tracking across all facilities. Drive strategic planning to align factories with company goals, ensuring capacity constraints are addressed proactively and new product readiness is maintained. Establish organizational and technical process improvements through feedback loops and forward-looking architectural changes. Serve as the key integration partner to executives, program management, and customer teams to translate automation concepts into seamless factory realities. Manage performance loops and career development for your team while defining functional requirements for complex engineering projects.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of hands-on experience in manufacturing engineering, strategic planning, or industrial systems development within a high-stakes, high-precision production environment
- Proven experience successfully leading complex engineering projects, defining functional requirements, or directly managing engineering personnel
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, Robotics Engineering, or a related technical field
- Expert-level knowledge of automation, discrete event simulation, python scripting, material flow planning, 2D and 3D factory CAD systems
Desired Qualifications
- Direct experience managing or driving highly automated, high-throughput 'lights-out' manufacturing initiatives in an industrial setting
- Hands-on familiarity with metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) and the unique automation challenges of powder-bed fusion or advanced post-processing operations
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