Sr. NPI Engineer

Antora is scaling production while preparing the newest generation of our product and a new gigafactory to build it in. We are looking for an engineer who can take a product concept and carry it all the way to a running process: define the build sequence, design the process and the custom tooling that enables it, and integrate it on the floor. Someone who takes full ownership of that arc, starts to finish, working closely with design engineering, production, and the technicians who will build with what they create. This is a hands-on design role: you will personally design, analyze, and release the fixtures, work cells, and safety-critical lifting and handling equipment that production runs on. The tooling and processes you design will set production rates, enable new product launches, and shape the next-generation build process before the factory around it is committed.

Develop the next-generation production process, tooling, and equipment

• Partner with design engineering to define the build sequence from the product concept
• Review product designs early, from concept reviews onward, and drive manufacturability into them before designs harden
• Lead process, tooling, and workcell design for your subsystems, carrying designs from concept through analysis, detailed design, and release
• Develop the associated work instructions and PFMEAs

Support the new gigafactory launch

• Translate the production process into facility requirements: layout, material flow, workstation footprints, and tooling and equipment needs
• Partner with factory planning and capital equipment owners through launch

Own station scope and strengthen the current line

• Own your stations through production support and as products evolve through new versions
• Develop and integrate production test processes and rigs: implement design-defined test requirements on the line while maintaining takt, line balance, and rework access
• Share in the team's standing work: EVT build support, process plan and work instruction releases, change incorporation, issue triage and root cause, tooling upkeep, and equipment commissioning
• Improve safety through partnership with production and EH&S

Contribute to Antora's culture

• • Put team and mission first
  • Invite critique early and treat feedback as material that strengthens the work
  • Be someone technicians and engineers want building next to them

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering, or equivalent practical experience 

• 5+ years in manufacturing or NPI engineering, including personally designing tooling and equipment for a production environment
• Proven ability to take products from concept to build sequence to running process, with designs carried through detailed design, GD&T, and formal change control
• Structural analysis capability: FEA and hand calculations applied to real hardware, with sound judgment on loads, factors of safety, and safety-critical equipment
• Grounded in DFM, lean manufacturing principles, and PFMEA and work instruction development
• Strong cross-functional collaborator, decisive with incomplete information, and comfortable in a fast-moving startup environment
• Ability to travel domestically as needed, up to approximately 25% during factory launch periods, with typical travel expected to be significantly lower

• Experience launching a new factory or production line from the ground up, including capital equipment specification and vendor-built tooling
• Experience developing production test systems and validation methods
• Experience with MES/PLM systems, BOM structuring, and formal change management in a production environment
• Experience with battery, energy storage, or other thermally or electrically demanding hardware products

Work Location:  Onsite - San Jose, CA

Salary Range:  $121,000 USD - $170,000 USD

Salary Basis:  Annual

Please note that the salary range listed above reflects Antora Energy's estimated pay for this position. The actual salary offered will be within the posted range and determined based on several factors including but not limited to a candidate's experiences, credentials and expertise, as they pertain to the position's requirements.

In addition to a competitive base salary, Antora Energy’s Total Rewards program includes equity compensation in the form of stock options, a premium health benefits package with life and disability insurance, a 401K plan with employer contributions, flexible spending accounts, and an industry leading paid-time-off policy that features flexible and inclusive holiday observance, as well as paid volunteer time off.

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