Vital Lyfe is redefining water access with aerospace-grade purification technology. Freedom from infrastructure, built for movement, built for life without limits. Backed by General Catalyst.
About the role
Design, develop and optimize manufacturing processes and production lines for our desalination systems—from first builds through high-rate production. Lead DFM/DFA initiatives: tooling, fixtures, robot end-effectors, conveyors, automation programming, control systems.
What they're looking for
- Bachelor’s in Engineering (Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial or equivalent)
- 2+ years professional experience in manufacturing engineering, process development or production optimization (including internships)
- Strong CAD (SolidWorks / other) experience and familiarity with manufacturing automation, tooling & fixture design
- Hands-on mindset: comfortable designing the process and also working with operators & equipment to validate and refine
- Strong problem-solving skills, ability to operate in ambiguous/higher-growth environment, clear communicator across teams
- Hands on work on development hardware
More about this role
Vital Lyfe is a tech company redefining water autonomy through innovation — creating a new category of personal water-making technology built to scale where infrastructure can’t.
Design, develop and optimize manufacturing processes and production lines for our desalination systems—from first builds through high-rate production.
Lead DFM/DFA initiatives: tooling, fixtures, robot end-effectors, conveyors, automation programming, control systems.
Work cross-functionally to select equipment, define cycle-times, yield targets, cost-per-unit, quality metrics.
Develop work instructions, process flows, layout designs; implement and validate manufacturing methods for new systems.
Own continuous-improvement efforts: reduce cost, increase throughput, improve reliability and uptime in a fast-moving hardware startup environment.
Collaborate with procurement, quality, test, integration teams and external vendors/suppliers to ensure smooth scale-up & ramp-out of manufacturing.
What We’re Looking For
Bachelor’s in Engineering (Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial or equivalent).
2+ years professional experience in manufacturing engineering, process development or production optimization...
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