Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Third Shift

Commonwealth Fusion Systems

Devens, Massachusetts

Full Time

Posted April 24, 2026

$100k - $160k

Nuclear Energy

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Job Description

A hands-on Manufacturing Engineer responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing manufacturing processes in a fast-paced, first-of-a-kind environment to ensure efficient and high-quality production of superconducting magnets, with a focus on weekend shift leadership and process standardization.

Key Responsibilities

Design, implement, and optimize manufacturing processes to improve productivity, efficiency, and quality.
Hold overall accountability for weekend shift operations, ensuring safe and efficient production of high-temperature superconducting magnets.
Lead and influence the weekend production team, maintaining focus and engagement while managing first-time manufacturing challenges.
Standardize and turn first encounters with novel problems into scalable, repeatable processes in a First-of-a-Kind environment.

Requirements

Experience designing, implementing, and optimizing manufacturing processes to improve productivity, efficiency, and quality across the production line.
Ability to lead and coordinate manufacturing operations in a First-of-a-Kind (FOAK) manufacturing environment, including turning first-time challenges into standardized, repeatable processes.
Proven hands-on experience in a fast-paced, high-technology manufacturing setting, preferably involving complex or novel products such as high-temperature superconducting magnets.
Strong leadership skills to set the tone for the weekend team, keep technicians focused and engaged, and operate effectively when the weekday engineering team is offline.
Ability to make sound decisions under pressure and bring clarity to ambiguity in a dynamic environment.
Experience working closely with design engineers, production staff, quality assurance, and supply chain teams to ensure manufacturing success.
Physical ability to work onsite during scheduled shifts (Friday through Sunday, 6:00 am - 6:00 pm or Monday through Friday, 10:00 pm - 6:30 am).
Compliance with U.S. export control laws concerning the export of controlled or protected technologies or information, with employment contingent upon such compliance.