Staff NPI Manufacturing Engineer

Staff NPI Manufacturing Engineer

Onsite- Salem, OR

Agility's commercially deployed humanoids operate alongside teams in warehouses, manufacturing facilities, and distribution centers—tackling physically demanding and repetitive tasks while enabling workers to focus on higher-value work. With industry-leading safety standards and years of proven deployment data, we're pioneering a new era of automation that enhances human potential.

About the Role

We're looking for a Staff NPI Manufacturing Engineer to lead the transition of innovative, electromechanical designs from prototype through pilot builds into scaled production. This role focuses on new product introduction (NPI) and is critical in ensuring manufacturability, quality, and testability across electromechanical subsystems and sub-assemblies including hardware, sensors, actuators, cables, and integration modules.

This is a highly cross-functional role, partnering with electrical and mechanical design, test engineering, quality, and supply chain—along with EMS and mechanical suppliers—to ensure rapid, repeatable, and high-quality production launches.

About the Work

• Lead NPI activities across multiple product lines, managing the transition from design to production for various electromechanical subassemblies.
• Own DFM/DFA/DFT efforts during early design phases to influence product architecture and ensure manufacturing scalability.
• Develop and release work instructions, BOMs, process flows, test procedures, and fixture/tooling designs across prototype and pilot builds.
• Drive build readiness, supporting Proto/EVT/DVT/PVT activities including line bring-up, process validation, and pilot build execution.
• Troubleshoot and resolve issues at the sub-system and system level, conducting structured root cause analysis for mechanical or electrical issues.
• Partner with EMS providers and component suppliers to drive first-pass yield, throughput, and process capability.
• Support yield improvements and cost reduction through data analysis and process optimization using SPC, lean, and 6 sigma tools.
• Contribute to environmental, reliability, and lifecycle testing plans and setups (e.g., burn-in, thermal cycling, HALT).
• Develop, review, and release manufacturing specifications, drawings, BOMs, processes, SOPs, equipment, workflows, and tools/fixtures for new products to support high-quality production.
• Collaborate with suppliers and contract manufacturers to ensure effective qualification, process capabilities, and material disposition.
• Document processes clearly and communicate effectively and timely across teams to facilitate seamless collaboration.

About You

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field, with 7+ years of relevant experience.
• 5+ years in manufacturing assembly for electromechanical or embedded systems products; experience in NPI environments directly working on the manufacturing floor, on-site, day to day, is highly preferred.
• Hands-on experience in supporting and troubleshooting the design, assembly, and testing of electro-mechanical systems utilizing data analysis and lean methods.
• Experience in transitioning products and processes from development to production (NPI), including into Production Validation Testing (PVT) through to end of life (EOL).
• Familiarity with creating manufacturing test requirements, test stand equipment development, validation testing, Engineering Change Order (ECO) production release, and training engineers, production staff, and suppliers/CMs.
• Proficiency with Altium and/or Creo is a significant plus, along with mechanical design knowledge to create and release test fixtures.
• Experience supporting EMS/CM partners and driving supply chain readiness.
• Working knowledge of FMEA, ECO processes, PLM systems, and design validation best practices.
• Excellent communication, technical documentation, and collaboration skills.

Location

• This is an onsite position at our Salem, OR office.

The final salary offered to a successful candidate will be dependent on several factors that may include but are not limited to: job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Agility Robotics is a multi-state employer and this salary range may not reflect positions who work in other locations. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Anticipated Base Salary Range

$144,000 - $186,000 USD

In addition to base pay, our competitive total rewards package consists of the following for full-time employees:

• 401(k) Plan: Includes a 6% company match.
• Equity: Company stock options.
• Insurance Coverage: 100% company-paid medical, dental, vision, and short/long-term disability insurance for employees.
• Benefit Start Date: Eligible for benefits on your first day of employment.
• Well-Being Support: Employee Assistance Program (EAP).
• Time Off:
• Exempt Employees: Flexible, unlimited PTO and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown.
• Non-Exempt Employees: 10 vacation days, paid sick leave, and 12 company holidays, including a winter shutdown, annually.
• On-Site Perks: Catered lunches four times a week and a variety of healthy snacks and refreshments at our Salem and Pittsburgh locations.
• Parental Leave: Generous paid parental leave programs.
• Work Environment: A culture that supports flexible work arrangements.
• Growth Opportunities: Professional development and tuition reimbursement programs.
• Relocation Assistance: Provided for eligible roles.
• Annual Discretionary Bonus: Provided for eligible roles.

All of our roles are U.S.-based. Applicants must have current authorization to work in the United States.

Agility Robotics is committed to a work environment in which all individuals are treated with respect and dignity. Each individual has the right to work in a professional atmosphere that promotes equal employment opportunities and prohibits unlawful discriminatory practices, including harassment. Therefore, it is the policy of Agility Robotics to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital status, citizenship, national origin, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by law. Agility Robotics prohibits any such discrimination or harassment.