Manufacturing / Production Transition Engineer

About Marcurius U.S. Inc.

Marcurius Multi-Mission Solutions is a fast-growing Defense technology company headquartered in Clearwater, Florida. Founded by US and UK veterans, Marcurius brings decades of frontline experience across Special Operations and Intelligence missions, with deep expertise in asymmetric warfare and the real-world employment of unmanned systems.

Marcurius is building a new kind of unmanned systems company- multi-domain, multi-platform, and mission-driven . We fuse battle-proven technologies, resilient command-and-control architectures, and operator-led doctrine to deliver capabilities that work in contested environments. Our initial focus is the rapid fielding of advanced Unmanned Surface Vessels (USVs) for modern maritime operations.

Role Overview

The Manufacturing / Production Transition Engineer helps ensure advanced autonomous platforms can transition from successful prototypes into scalable, manufacturable, supportable, and repeatable production systems.

This role provides manufacturing-readiness and design-for-manufacturability input throughout development, ensuring systems can be efficiently manufactured, assembled, inspected, integrated, maintained, and deployed at scale.

Working closely with engineering teams, the Manufacturing / Production Transition Engineer contributes to technical decisions throughout the development lifecycle, identifying production, integration, and manufacturing risks early and helping prevent costly downstream redesigns, delays, and operational challenges.

Key Responsibilities

• Validate manufacturing and production concepts for advanced autonomous platforms and supporting systems

• Provide design-for-manufacturability (DFM) input during engineering development and design reviews

• Develop scalable approaches for fabrication, assembly, integration, inspection, transport, and production flow

• Evaluate how structural design, interfaces, tolerances, assembly methods, and integration approaches impact manufacturability and production scalability

• Review drawings, design packages, supplier inputs, manufacturing concepts, and engineering change proposals from a manufacturing-readiness perspective

• Evaluate producibility, tolerances, tooling approaches, inspection methods, assembly sequence, material flow, maintainability, and long-term production scalability

• Participate in cross-functional engineering reviews to ensure manufacturing constraints and production realities are considered during system development

• Work closely with multidisciplinary engineering teams to ensure systems are producible, maintainable, supportable, and scalable

• Identify manufacturing and production risks early and drive corrective recommendations before design freeze

• Develop prototype-to-production transition strategies, assembly workflows, facility considerations, and production support concepts

• Define production process requirements including tooling, inspection strategy, material flow, quality checkpoints, integration sequencing, and production readiness considerations

• Coordinate with Test & Evaluation and engineering teams to ensure manufacturing lessons learned are captured and fed back into engineering improvements

• Support vendor engagement and contribute to long-term scalable production strategy for multi-platform unmanned systems

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Marine Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related discipline

• 5+ years of experience in advanced manufacturing, defense production, aerospace, marine manufacturing, additive manufacturing, or large-structure fabrication environments

• Experience developing or validating production processes for complex systems, vehicles, autonomous systems, or integrated platforms

• Strong understanding of design-for-manufacturing principles and production scalability considerations

• Experience supporting prototype-to-production transitions

• Ability to work directly with multidisciplinary engineering teams during fast-paced development programs

• Familiarity with structural inspection methods, production tolerances, manufacturing quality considerations, and production readiness assessments

• Strong practical engineering judgment and problem-solving capability

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with large-format additive manufacturing systems

• Marine composites, aerospace structures, or defense vehicle fabrication experience

• Experience supporting unmanned or autonomous systems programs

• Familiarity with bonded structural assemblies and environmental durability considerations

• Knowledge of DoD manufacturing programs, NSWC, ManTech, or related defense manufacturing initiatives

• Startup or early-stage product development experience

• Experience designing production workflows or facility concepts for large integrated systems

Why This Role Matters

Production validation is not deferred at Marcurius.

The company must validate how its systems will actually be built while prototypes are still being designed. If systems are developed in a way that cannot realistically scale into production, the program risks major redesign effort, schedule impact, manufacturing delays, and operational disruption at the worst possible stage of development.

This role ensures manufacturing reality, production scalability, and integration practicality are incorporated into engineering decisions from the beginning.

Physical Requirements

This role is hands-on and field-oriented. The physical demands described here are representative of those required to successfully perform the essential functions of the position:

• Ability to work onsite in shipyard, fabrication, manufacturing, and marine testing environments

• Ability to board vessels and work in confined mechanical spaces

• Ability to stand, walk, bend, kneel, climb ladders, and lift up to 50 lbs

• Ability to work outdoors in varying weather conditions during testing and sea trials

• Willingness and ability to travel as required for supplier visits, testing, integration activities, and operational support

• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions

Why Marcurius

Marcurius is a people-first, execution-focused organization assembling a high-impact team of Engineers and Operators. This role offers the opportunity to directly shape real-world systems, support strategic national security priorities, and help build the foundations of a next-generation defense technology company.

Equal Opportunity Employment

Marcurius U.S. Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to building a diverse, mission-driven team and do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic under applicable federal, state, or local law.

We strongly encourage applications from veterans and individuals with experience in maritime, defense, and advanced technology sectors.