Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Company Overview Amperesand is reinventing how the world powers its most critical systems. We are facing a once-in-a-generation opportunity for infrastructure disruption. Electricity demand is skyrocketing, driven by AI factories, electric vehicles, and modern industrial growth. Energy supply is shifting to incorporate a more diverse mix of resources – including solar, gas, and batteries – at a massive scale. And yet the power infrastructure behind our latest mega-projects hasn’t meaningfully changed in nearly 100 years. Supply chains for today’s infrastructure equipment can’t match the pace and sophistication of critical energy projects. Amperesand is building hardware and software that rewrites this broken power infrastructure playbook to support a new era of energy abundance. We’ve built a new class of intelligent, software-defined power infrastructure products leveraging a decade of advanced medium voltage Solid State Transformer research that’s now ready for commercial deployment. Our products and solutions go far beyond the capabilities of traditional electrical equipment. We make power systems that are faster to deploy, dramatically smaller and more efficient, and capable of supporting modern, dynamic energy needs for tomorrow’s most demanding energy consumers. Scalable in-house advanced manufacturing capability is our foundation for meeting timeline and quality expectation to serve infrastructure customers around the world. Amperesand is led by breakthrough energy hardware development veterans and funded by top tier investors who share our vision of building a category-defining energy technology company. With hubs in San Francisco, Reno, and Singapore, our global team is laser focused on building foundational technology to solve the most pressing problems in power infrastructure at scale. Join us in building the power foundation of the future! Role Summary We are seeking a skilled and passionate Senior Manufacturing Engineer to lead the design and development of advanced automation equipment and assembly lines as we scale our hardware product portfolio. In this role, you will drive cross-functional initiatives to bring innovative hardware solutions from concept through to full-scale production. Collaborating closely with controls, mechanical and electrical design teams, you will implement robust machine and process architecture. This role presents a unique opportunity to influence product design from its earliest stages. It is a rare and valuable learning experience for manufacturing engineers to be embedded so deeply in both product and manufacturing development. Responsibilities: Lead Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for X (DFx), Assembly, Quality, Reliability Lead and implement robust manufacturing processes, including process sequencing, critical parameter development, and assembly recipes Drive quality, repeatability, and throughput in both prototype and production environments. Collaborate closely with Design Engineering, NPI, Quality, and Production teams throughout the product lifecycle Act as a technical lead to resolve quality and functional issues in production and with contract manufacturers. Develop data-driven action plans and root cause analyses to ensure timely resolution and continuous improvement. Design and validation of novel prototype tooling and assembly equipment with 3rd third-party equipment builder. Collaborate with the equipment design engineer for in-house equipment development. Oversee internal and external development of equipment and processes for new product introduction and scale-up. Support the ramp-up of production lines, resolving technical issues, optimizing process performance, and ensuring lines meet takt time, yield, and labor efficiency targets. Perform line balancing and capacity planning studies to support efficient line layout, equipment utilization, and throughput targets as production scales. Maintain comprehensive process documentation, participate in Engineering