Forward Deployed Manufacturing Engineer

diracinc· Engineering

📍 New York City🗓 Posted Dec 29, 2025

About this role

^{About the Company}

^{Dirac is on a mission to reindustrialize The West. American manufacturing is broken—burdened by inefficiency, bureaucracy, and outdated processes. We are pioneering Model-Based Manufacturing, where context-aware production planning informs design in real-time—eliminating the disconnect between engineering and manufacturing. Our platform automates what can be automated and captures tribal knowledge where automation falls short, creating a seamless system for building at scale. We're building the tools modern manufacturers need to move faster and build better, the pillars of a more abundant future.}

^{We are a mission-driven company of world-class engineers and operators with a culture of high trust, high agency, and high autonomy.}

Role Overview

As a Forward Deployed Manufacturing Engineer, you will work directly with manufacturing teams to translate real-world build processes into structured, scalable workflows within BuildOS. You will act as a digital manufacturing engineer, helping customers move from legacy processes to a model-based, software-driven system. You will be deeply embedded during pilots and early deployments, ensuring customers not only understand the product—but successfully adopt it.

Responsibilities

● Translate customer assembly processes into BuildOS workflows
● Create and structure work instructions from CAD and engineering data
● Lead onboarding and drive adoption during pilots and early deployments
● Act as a trusted advisor to manufacturing, engineering, and operations teams
● Identify inefficiencies in customer workflows and propose improvements
● Partner with product and engineering to surface high-impact feedback
● Support demos, technical evaluations, and customer check-ins

Qualifications

● Background in mechanical, manufacturing, or industrial engineering
● Experience working in or closely with manufacturing environments
● Strong intuition for how things are built in the real world
● Ability to break down and structure complex assembly workflows
● Excellent communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences
● High ownership and comfort working directly with customers

Technical Background

● Experience with CAD tools (NX, SolidWorks, Creo, etc.)
● Familiarity with PLM / ERP systems and manufacturing workflows
● Understanding of EBOM / MBOM concepts and production processes
● Experience creating or managing work instructions

New York Pay Range

$100,000—$140,000 USD

^{Equal Opportunity Employer}

^{Dirac is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Dirac is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.}

^{Location & Travel}

^{This role is fully in-person at our NYC office.}

^Eligibility

^{Employment is restricted to U.S. Persons as defined by ITAR (22 CFR §120.15)}

^Benefits:

^{- Health, Dental, Vision Insurance: Comprehensive coverage to ensure you and your family stay healthy.}
^{- Generous Paid Time Off: Enjoy flexible, high-trust PTO and sick leave.}
^{- Stock Options: Participate in our success with a generous stock option plan.}
^{- Commuter Benefits (NYC): Save on transportation costs with our commuter benefits program.}

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Forward Deployed Manufacturing Engineer

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