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Manufacturing engineer: a person in this job designs how a product is built in the factory: the steps, tools, lines and checks, and keeps improving them. Anduril Industries, SpaceX, Relativity Space, Lumilens and Rocket Lab have the most open roles with “Manufacturing engineer” or a close variant in the title right now.

1,078 open roles · 61 posted in the last 7 days · 3% remote · 227 companies hiring · $158K median advertised salary · checked Nov 15 against employer career pages

What these jobs pay682 of them state a yearly range in US dollars (bands in thousands). The dark column holds the median, $158K.
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$75K to $100K17
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$125K to $150K138
$150K to $175K234
$175K to $200K89
$200K to $250K63
$250K to $300K21
$300K and more4
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Can be done from home3%30 of 1,078 jobs
State the pay64%695 of 1,078 jobs
Are for beginners6%61 of 1,078 jobs
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Skills asked for in manufacturing engineer roles

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Newest manufacturing engineer jobs

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Where manufacturing engineer roles are

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What manufacturing engineer roles pay, by level

Level in the titleMedian advertised salaryRoles counted
No level in the title$135K329
Senior$170K223
Lead and above$188K124

Medians of the midpoints of advertised yearly US-dollar ranges; a level needs at least 15 such roles. Advertised, not verified pay.

Kinds of work close to this one

Roles where employers ask for the same skills. The bar shows how much the skill lists overlap; the text names the shared skills and, where 30 postings state pay, the median advertised pay there.

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Questions about manufacturing engineer jobs

What is a manufacturing engineer job?
In a manufacturing engineer job, a person designs how a product is built in the factory: the steps, tools, lines and checks, and keeps improving them. 1,078 such roles are open on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026.
How many manufacturing engineer jobs are open right now?
There are 1,078 open manufacturing engineer jobs at 227 companies on Jobs Every Hour as of Nov 15, 2026. 61 of them were posted in the last seven days. The list is rebuilt every hour from the employers' own careers pages.
Which companies have the most manufacturing engineer jobs?
Right now the most openings are at Anduril Industries (215), SpaceX (72), Relativity Space (41), Lumilens (35) and Rocket Lab (29). The ranking changes as companies open and close roles.
Are there remote manufacturing engineer jobs?
30 of the 1,078 open manufacturing engineer jobs (3%) are listed as remote. Remote roles are often limited to certain countries or time zones, so check the location line of each job.
What do manufacturing engineer jobs pay?
The median advertised salary is $158K, based on 682 open roles that publish a yearly US-dollar range. The middle half of those roles advertise between $130K and $175K. These are advertised ranges, not verified pay. Most employers here are technology companies, so the figures run above the wider market for the same work.
Is it hard to get a manufacturing engineer job?
61 of the 1,078 open manufacturing engineer jobs (6%) are for beginners: junior roles and internships. Of the 769 postings that state experience, the median asks for 5 years. 227 companies are hiring and 61 roles were posted in the last seven days. Matching your resume to the skills each posting names helps most; the free resume builder shows the match.
How is AI changing manufacturing engineer jobs?
266 of the 1,078 open manufacturing engineer jobs (25%) ask for AI or machine-learning skills, most often Computer Vision, Machine Learning, LLM. Employers still list 1,078 such roles today at 227 companies. Counted from the postings' own text on Nov 15, 2026.
What skills do manufacturing engineer jobs ask for?
Most often CAD (24%), Python (20%), Computer Vision (20%), Sensor fusion (20%), Root cause analysis (19%) of the 1,078 open postings, counted from their own text on Nov 15, 2026.
Which job titles come up most in manufacturing engineer jobs?
Manufacturing Engineer (140), Senior Manufacturing Engineer (91), Process Engineer (38), Manufacturing Engineer II (28), Senior Supplier Industrialization Engineer (28): the most common titles among the 1,078 open roles, without the level and place notes in brackets.
Are manufacturing engineer jobs in demand in 2026?
1,078 manufacturing engineer jobs are open on Jobs Every Hour today at 227 companies, 0.7% of all 148,162 open jobs here; 61 were posted in the last seven days. The median advertised salary is $158K. 30 (3%) can be done remotely.
How do I apply for manufacturing engineer jobs?
Open a job and press “Apply on company site”. You go straight to the employer's own careers page and apply there. Jobs Every Hour needs no account and charges nothing for applying.