Manufacturing Engineer

Title : Manufacturing Engineer

Location : Elkhart, Indiana (On-site preferred)

Reporting Structure: Ben Clark - Co Founder and VP of Hardware

The Company

Throne is a high-growth Series B startup on a mission to meaningfully expand access to clean and delightful bathrooms, and they're growing fast. With flagship customers like the District of Columbia, Caltrain, and LA Metro, they're on track to more than 2x ARR this year, making this a pivotal moment for the brand.

Role Summary

Throne Labs is seeking a hands-on Manufacturing Engineer to help scale and optimize our in-house production operations in Elkhart, Indiana. This is a highly collaborative, high-impact role focused on improving manufacturing processes, solving production challenges in real time, and helping lead the transition toward more vertically integrated manufacturing over the next 6-12 months.

This position is ideal for someone who thrives in fast-paced environments, enjoys solving ambiguous problems, and wants to play a foundational role in building scalable production systems from the ground up. You'll partner closely with production leadership, technicians, and company founders to improve quality, efficiency, documentation, tooling, and manufacturability across our products.

Core Responsibilities

Mechanical Design & Product Development

• Design and improve tooling, fixtures, and manufacturing processes that enable consistent, repeatable builds across production lines
• Create and maintain clear production documentation, assembly instructions, SOPs, and process workflows for technicians
• Partner closely with production, purchasing, and engineering teams to troubleshoot manufacturing issues and keep production moving efficiently
• Drive hands-on problem solving when parts, vendors, or assemblies do not perform as expected
• Support R&D-style initiatives focused on manufacturability, scalability, and product improvement
• Evaluate new designs and processes with a "design for manufacturing" mindset to ensure solutions can scale efficiently
• Identify opportunities to improve production quality, throughput, reliability, and operational efficiency
• Collaborate daily with technicians and production leadership to implement continuous improvements across the facility
• Serve as a key engineering presence within the manufacturing organization as the company continues bringing manufacturing operations further in-house

Ideal Candidate Profile

• 3+ years of experience in Manufacturing Engineering, Production Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Plant Engineering, R&D Engineering, or a related function
• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related engineering discipline preferred
• Strong mechanical aptitude and hands-on troubleshooting capabilities
• Experience working in manufacturing, production, hardware, automotive, RV, industrial equipment, electronics, or similar physical product environments
• Ability to balance creative problem solving with practical, scalable manufacturing solutions
• Comfortable operating in startup-style environments with evolving priorities and limited structure
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work cross-functionally across production, purchasing, and engineering teams
• Highly motivated, quality-focused, and willing to take ownership of operational challenges from identification through resolution
• Comfortable spending significant time on the production floor and working directly alongside technicians and operations teams