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Nox Metals is a technology-enabled metals supplier serving aerospace and defense manufacturers. The company operates factories in Metro Detroit and Los Angeles, using software and automation to deliver aluminum plate, bar, and rounds faster than traditional industry practices.
As a Manufacturing Engineer, you will drive continuous improvement across production systems—equipment, tooling, layouts, work instructions, data collection, and operator workflows. This is a floor-first role requiring hands-on engagement with production constraints and practical testing of improvements.
Key responsibilities:
- Improve safety, quality, throughput, uptime, and material flow
- Study production constraints and translate observations into measurable improvements
- Design tooling, fixtures, layouts, and operator workstations
- Create and maintain clear work instructions and standard processes
- Support equipment selection, installation, commissioning, and ramp-up
- Investigate defects, downtime, and missed targets through structured root-cause analysis
- Build useful production metrics and verify that improvements deliver results
- Partner with operators, maintenance, quality, software, and leadership teams
- Train teams on new processes and incorporate floor feedback
- Support production directly when urgent issues threaten safety or delivery
You are hands-on and thrive solving problems on the factory floor. You are committed to safety and unwilling to compromise it for speed. You are analytical, observant, and disciplined about root causes. You are comfortable with drawings, process data, and technical documentation, and can explain technical changes clearly to both operators and leaders. You are practical about cost, timing, and implementation, respectful of operator knowledge, and willing to test your assumptions. You are organized, dependable, and accountable for results.
Nice-to-have experience includes metals, cutting equipment, CNC machinery, material handling, CAD, fixtures, controls, equipment commissioning, Lean methods, statistical process control, preventive maintenance, and connecting production equipment to software systems.
The role offers equity in Nox Metals and company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance. This is a full-time, in-person position in either Detroit, Michigan, or Los Angeles.
