Manufacturing Engineer
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Mid-level
- Experience
- 2+ years
- Education
- Bachelor's degree
- Listed
- 30 days ago
Skills & highlights for this role
- SolidWorks
- manufacturing automation
- tooling and fixture design
Also useful
- Lean manufacturing
- Six Sigma
- statistical process control
What You'll Do
- Design, develop and optimize manufacturing processes and production lines for our desalination systems-from first builds through high-rate production.
- Lead DFM/DFA initiatives: tooling, fixtures, robot end-effectors, conveyors, automation programming, control systems.
- Work cross-functionally to select equipment, define cycle-times, yield targets, cost-per-unit, quality metrics.
- Develop work instructions, process flows, layout designs; implement and validate manufacturing methods for new systems.
- Own continuous-improvement efforts: reduce cost, increase throughput, improve reliability and uptime in a fast-moving hardware startup environment.
- Collaborate with procurement, quality, test, integration teams and external vendors/suppliers to ensure smooth scale-up & ramp-out of manufacturing.
What We’re Looking For
Required
- Bachelor’s in Engineering (Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial or equivalent).
- 2+ years professional experience in manufacturing engineering, process development or production optimization (including internships).
- Strong CAD (SolidWorks / other) experience and familiarity with manufacturing automation, tooling & fixture design.
- Hands-on mindset: comfortable designing the process and also working with operators & equipment to validate and refine.
- Strong problem-solving skills, ability to operate in ambiguous/higher-growth environment, clear communicator across teams.
Preferred
- Experience in consumer hardware production, or systems with high-volume manufacturing.
- Knowledge of pumps, valves, pressure vessels, fluid systems or broadly mechanical-hardware manufacturing.
- Experience with automation programming, conveyors, robotics, fluid/pressure equipment.
- Familiarity with Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, statistical process control (SPC).
- Experience in a hardware startup or mission-driven organization.
Physical Job Requirements - Essential Functions
- Hands on work on development hardware.
- Long periods of standing, crouching, walking.
- Lifting up to 50 lbs.
Location Requirement
Ability to work 100% onsite in Torrance, CA (remote or hybrid work will not be considered)
About Vital Lyfe
Vital Lyfe is a tech company redefining water autonomy through innovation - creating a new category of personal water-making technology built to scale where infrastructure can’t.
Why Join Vital Lyfe?
- Work on high-impact problems with global relevance
- Help scale breakthrough technology in water security and climate resilience
- Early ownership in a high-growth, engineering-led startup
- Join a tight-knit, mission-driven team in a fast-paced environment
- Build long-term career equity as we grow
Equal opportunity and legal notices
Vital Lyfe is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Vital Lyfe is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.
From Vital Lyfe's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on October 10, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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