Manufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing Engineer | Nox Metals | Detroit, MI or Los Angeles, CA

The role. We’re hiring Manufacturing Engineers to make our factories safer, faster, and more repeatable. You will improve the systems that turn incoming aluminum into accurate, on-time customer shipments: equipment, tooling, layouts, work instructions, data collection, and operator workflows.

This is a floor-first engineering role. You will spend time where the work happens, understand the constraint, test practical improvements, and make sure the new process holds.

You will:

· Improve safety, quality, throughput, uptime, and material flow

· Study production constraints and turn observations into measurable improvements

· Design tooling, fixtures, layouts, and operator workstations

· Create and maintain clear work instructions and standard processes

· Support equipment selection, installation, commissioning, and ramp-up

· Investigate defects, downtime, and missed targets through structured root-cause analysis

· Build useful production metrics and verify that improvements deliver results

· Partner with operators, maintenance, quality, software, and leadership

· Train teams on new processes and incorporate floor feedback

· Support production directly when an urgent issue threatens safety or delivery

You are:

· Hands-on and happiest solving problems on the factory floor

· Committed to safety and unwilling to trade it for speed

· Analytical, observant, and disciplined about root causes

· Comfortable with drawings, process data, and technical documentation

· Able to explain technical changes clearly to operators and leaders

· Practical about cost, timing, and implementation

· Respectful of operator knowledge and willing to test your assumptions

· Organized, dependable, and accountable for results

Nice to have:

· Experience with metals, cutting equipment, CNC machinery, or material handling

· Experience with CAD, fixtures, controls, or equipment commissioning

· Familiarity with Lean methods, statistical process control, or preventive maintenance

· Experience connecting production equipment and software systems

Benefits:

· Equity in Nox Metals

· Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance

This role is full time, in person in either Detroit, Michigan, or Los Angeles.