Senior NPI Manufacturing Engineer

About Spin Spin is a fast-growing micromobility company committed to a world with clean air, liveable cities, safe streets, and widespread access to convenient, affordable transportation. If you’re searching for a top-tier career where you can make a difference and dynamically collaborate within a creative, lively environment—Spin welcomes you!

We’re passionate about transportation and technology. The work we accomplish fulfills a sense of meaning and purpose, which goes beyond the traditional dimensions of a workplace. Our products and initiatives directly influence people’s lives, which is proven by our customers' feedback.

Founded in 2017, and now a subsidiary of Ford Motor Company, we have worked together with cities, campuses, community groups, and businesses to expand internationally. Even as we expand, we maintain the close feeling of a small business, with “fireside chats” chats led by our company’s founders, weekly OKR pop-up videos, music-infused presentations at our All Hands meetings, and more. During this time of working remotely, our creativity and shared goals have kept us united and bonded within our virtual community.

We are a diverse team of artists, engineers, designers, urban planners, policymakers, marketers, and operators. We believe in inclusivity and build powerful alliances to fulfill our goals and move our mission forward. Above all, we at Spin are connected by our values and #BeOrange spirit, which represents unity, purpose, passion, and creativity.

Responsibilities

• Interface cross-functionally with Product Design teams and provide DFM feedback throughout the product development cycle. Influence the design process to improve manufacturability for yield, reliability, and ease of assembly
• Provide high-quality engineering solutions in both process development and mechanical fixture design to ensure timely and successful product manufacturing ramps
• Work with contract manufacturers and suppliers to understand assembly and finished good manufacturing processes and act as the technical expert to ensure repeatable and reproducible quality/reliability during the life of the products
• Identify and capitalize on opportunities to improve manufacturing flow, throughput, and yield at contract manufacturing partners
• Provide daily support to manufacturing operations to solve manufacturing process or quality issues as they arise and have a constant presence at our manufacturing facilities
• Establish processes for monitoring and reporting manufacturing performance

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years of relevant experience in an electro-mechanical manufacturing environment with demonstrated success leading resolution of challenging production issues
• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related field
• Ability to travel internationally (10%)
• Experience in multiple consumer electronics product launches in a fast-paced production ramping environment
• Knowledge of Manufacturing Monitoring Systems (MES, SPC, etc) and how to apply manufacturing statistics and design of experiments
• Experience working with overseas contract manufacturing partners
• Experience with 3D CAD modeling tools and comfortable with modifying 2D drawings

Nice to Haves

• Knowledge of Surface Mount Technology (SMT) manufacturing processes and ability to conduct failure analysis
• Electric vehicle manufacturing experience