Manufacturing Operations Engineer

Manufacturing Operations Engineer – electric grid systems

Santa Clara, CA – onsite only

Full-time employee – not a contract

Relocation assistance available

Salary Range: $140k to $150k 

Our client is developing and commercializing a modular nano grid system designed to provide reliable, resilient power for large homes, small commercial facilities, and mission-critical applications. Their product integrates solar, battery storage, grid power, generator input, and advanced power electronics into a scalable system that can serve as a primary power platform for customers who need dependable energy.

Our client is entering into a commercial execution and scale-up phase and is seeking a Manufacturing / Production Engineer who can strengthen production processes, manage build readiness, support inventory planning, and help ensure that customer systems are manufactured and installed on schedule.  This role will sit onsite in the San Jose area.

The ideal candidate will have a background in electrical engineering and production management; a huge plus is battery or electric grid storage system manufacturing experience. 

POSITION SUMMARY

The Manufacturing Operations Engineer will support the transition from engineering design to reliable, repeatable production. This person will help improve manufacturing processes, assembly workflows, quality controls, work instructions, production documentation, inventory planning, and supply chain coordination.

This role is responsible not only for how systems are built, but also for ensuring that the required parts, materials, tools, and documentation are available before each system build and installation. The ideal candidate is hands-on, highly organized, detail-oriented, and comfortable working across engineering, production, operations, inventory, suppliers, and installation scheduling.

This is an important role for a growing hardware company where production quality, inventory accuracy, supplier lead times, and customer installation schedules must be tightly coordinated.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, supply chain, operations, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

• Experience in production, manufacturing, assembly, process engineering, manufacturing operations, materials planning, inventory control, supply chain coordination, or a related hardware environment.

• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, bills of materials, assembly instructions, and technical documentation.

• Strong understanding of how BOMs, inventory, purchasing, production schedules, and build readiness connect in a manufacturing environment.

• Strong attention to detail and commitment to production quality. Experience creating or improving work instructions, checklists, production procedures, inventory processes, or manufacturing documentation.
• Strong spreadsheet skills and comfort working with inventory trackers, build plans, BOMs, lead-time tables, and purchasing data.
• Ability to track multiple parts, suppliers, deadlines, and build requirements at the same time.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to troubleshoot production or material-availability issues systematically.
• Comfortable working hands-on with technicians, engineers, tools, parts, physical assemblies, and inventory.
• Ability to organize complex information and turn it into clear, repeatable processes.
• Comfortable working in a startup or fast-changing production environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with battery systems, energy storage systems, solar equipment, power electronics, electrical cabinets, control panels, industrial equipment, or other electromechanical systems.
• Experience with low-volume, high-complexity hardware manufacturing.
• Experience with inventory management, materials planning, purchasing coordination, supplier follow-up, production planning, or build-readiness reviews.
• Familiarity with BOM management, part numbering, revision control, receiving processes, cycle counts, reorder points, safety stock, lead times, and minimum order quantities.
• Familiarity with ERP, MRP, inventory, or BOM tools such as OpenBOM, NetSuite, QuickBooks, Fishbowl, Katana, Odoo, Google Sheets, Excel, or similar systems.
• Experience supporting UL, electrical, safety, or product-certification-related documentation is a plus.
• Experience improving production layout, tooling, fixture design, assembly flow, warehouse organization, kitting, or technician training.
• Experience working with vendors, contract manufacturers, distributors, electrical component suppliers, or fabrication suppliers.