Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer
On-site/ Remote/ Hybrid: Onsite
Location: Houston, TX
Job Type: Permanent
Salary: TBD

We are establishing our US manufacturing operations in Houston, Texas. We are seeking Manufacturing Engineers to industrialize our products in the US — transferring proven process from our Swiss operations, standing up manual stack assembly, commissioning our roll-to-roll production equipment, and working alongside the packaging partners who will integrate our systems. This is a hands-on, build-it role for engineers who want to put a factory on the ground rather than inherit one.

Responsibilities:

Serve as the on-site engineering presence at packaging and integration partner facilities — reviewing build plans against our design, resolving producibility issues in real time, and supporting first-article builds
Own design-for-manufacture feedback between partner sites, US operations and the engineering team in Nyon, Switzerland
Develop, validate and mature work instructions, process documentation and routings for US operations, in line with the internal quality management system
Lead the transfer of the process of record from Nyon to Houston — including tooling, fixtures, layouts, cycle-time balancing and operator training material
Deploy and commission the manual stack assembly line in the US, building on proven Swiss process and learning
Deploy and commission roll-to-roll production equipment in the US, working alongside the equipment supplier through installation, acceptance testing and process qualification
Establish process windows, capability studies and control plans; qualify processes to the point of repeatable, conforming output
Specify tooling, fixtures, jigs and automation equipment with suppliers
Troubleshoot production, quality and equipment issues on the floor; drive root cause and corrective action
Support supplier quality and certification activities with the necessary process data and documentation
Drive OEE, throughput, yield and cost-reduction improvements using Lean methods
Support safe working practice and EHS compliance in all process and equipment design
The opportunity to build a manufacturing operation from the ground up, rather than optimize an existing one
Direct ownership of process and equipment decisions, with access to the engineering team that designed the product
A small, fast-moving team where the work you do is visible in the product

Requirements:

BSc/MSc in manufacturing, mechanical, mechatronic or industrial engineering is mandatory
Minimum 5–8 years of manufacturing engineering experience in an assembly or automation environment
Demonstrated experience installing, commissioning and qualifying production equipment — not only specifying it
Experience writing work instructions and process documentation in a controlled quality system (ISO 9001 or equivalent)
Experience working at or with external manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers or system integrators
Working knowledge of Lean manufacturing, line balancing, process validation and statistical process control
Proficiency with CAD and ERP systems
Comfortable operating with ambiguity in a start-up environment; able to work autonomously with internal and external experts
Willing to travel frequently to partner sites within the US, and to Switzerland for extended periods during process transfer (expect 30–50% travel in the first year)
Excellent spoken and written English is mandatory
Must have existing authorization to work in the United States

Desirable

Experience with web handling, coating, converting or other roll-to-roll processes
Experience in fuel cell, battery, electrolyzer or comparable electrochemical manufacturing
Experience taking a product from prototype through first production at a new site
Exposure to UL, CSA or CE certification processes
French or German language ability