RETHINK MANUFACTURING The only way to ignite change is to build the best team. At Bright Machines®, we’re innovators and experts in our craft who have joined together to create a new category of manufacturing that will help transform the industry. We believe software and data are the answer, thoughtfully applied to solve our customers’ unique challenges. Through intelligent automation, we give factories newfound flexibility, scalability, and resilience. We deliver products to meet the demands of today while building a platform to take advantage of what comes next.

Working with us means you’ll have the opportunity to make lasting, impactful changes for our company and our customers. If you’re ready to apply your exceptional skills to create the factory of the future, we’d love to speak with you.

About The Role Bright Machines is on a mission to transform how electronics are made—bringing intelligence, scalability, and flexibility to the factory floor. We combine the best of automation, machine learning, and software to modernize manufacturing from the ground up.

We are seeking a results-driven Senior or Lead Manufacturing Engineering to manage end-to-end engineering activities related to production readiness, continuous improvement, and product industrialization at our electronics manufacturing site. This role integrates responsibilities across Process Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Product Engineering support, and New Product Introduction (NPI) for complex server and rack-level systems.

The ideal candidate will have a strong technical background, leadership capability, and experience scaling high-complexity electronics manufacturing operations, including automation.

What You Will Be Doing

What We Want To See

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in Mechanical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering (or related).
• 7+ years of experience in electronics or server manufacturing.
• Proven success in high-mix, high-complexity production environments (server, networking, or similar).
• Hands-on experience with NPI programs, lean manufacturing tools, process validation, and DfM/DfA implementation.
• Working knowledge of BOM management, ECNs, MES systems, and manufacturing documentation.
• Strong communication skills to work across technical, operational, and customer teams

$150,000 - $170,000 a year

BE EMPOWERED TO CHANGE AN INDUSTRY Bright Machines is a next-generation, AI-enabled manufacturer focused on data center infrastructure assembly operations. Bright Machines uses its proprietary AI-based robotics and software to assemble AI infrastructure hardware products (i.e., data center servers) for hyperscalers and leading Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs). With its new AI factory, Bright Machines addresses increasing market demands for computing power due to the surge of AI and the U.S. national mandate to reshore manufacturing by building data center infrastructure at scale with higher quality and shorter time-to-market.

Bright Machines is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an integration center in Guadalajara, Mexico. The company has been recognized as one of Forbes’ AI 50, awarded “Best AI-based Solution for Manufacturing” by AI Breakthrough, named a “Technology Pioneer” by the World Economic Forum, and highlighted by several other leading technology and innovation organizations.