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Salary: USD 140,000 - 180,000 / annual
Mendaera is developing a platform combining real-time imaging, robotics, and AI to enable healthcare providers to deliver precise interventions more accessibly and cost-effectively. As Staff Manufacturing Engineer, you will lead manufacturing engineering for complex electromechanical assemblies, owning both internal production and the technical relationships with external contract manufacturers.
You will drive the identification, qualification, and onboarding of new manufacturing partners while managing performance across the existing network. Key responsibilities include developing and transferring robust, scalable manufacturing processes for capital equipment; partnering with R&D early in product development to optimize design for manufacturability and assembly (DFM/DFA); and creating comprehensive manufacturing packages including process flows, work instructions, routings, and inspection plans.
You will lead pilot builds, process characterization, validation activities (IQ/OQ/PQ), production readiness reviews, and manufacturing ramp activities. You'll establish clear transfer plans with defined schedules, risks, deliverables, and acceptance criteria to ensure supply continuity. The role requires driving continuous improvements in quality, yield, delivery, capacity, cycle time, and cost across the manufacturing network, while defining and monitoring performance metrics and escalating emerging risks.
Collaboration is central: you'll work across R&D, Operations, Quality, Supply Chain, and external partners to align technical requirements and drive manufacturing decisions. This is a company-wide technical leadership role for someone with 8+ years in manufacturing engineering, NPI, or industrialization, with demonstrated experience transferring complex electromechanical assemblies and qualifying contract manufacturers. Ideal candidates have strong knowledge of assembly, tooling, fixtures, test equipment, inspection methods, and process controls; experience with DFM/DFA, root-cause analysis, and statistical process control; and ideally FDA-regulated medical device manufacturing experience. The role is based on-site in San Mateo with domestic and international supplier travel required.
