Application Engineer - Manufacturing

Aro Homes

$88K — $105K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in manufacturing engineering or related field, with production floor experience as a plus.
  • Fluent in reading architectural, structural, and MEP construction documents.
  • Demonstrated ability to drive projects to closure and seek out answers proactively.
  • Strong skills in Bluebeam, BOMs, and structured documentation systems; Onshape/Revit/ERP experience is a plus.
  • Effective communicator with production leads and engineering teams.
  • Experience in wood-frame construction or modular building is advantageous; lean manufacturing knowledge is a bonus.
  • Flexible and willing to assist outside of core responsibilities.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the primary engineering support for production leads and stations, ensuring timely issue resolution.
  • Diagnose and resolve build issues in various engineering scopes to maintain production flow.
  • Update shop documentation, including BOMs and work orders, to correct discrepancies and improve quality.
  • Identify document defects and collaborate with engineering to prevent recurrence.
  • Triage complex issues to the appropriate discipline owners while providing context for resolution.
  • Document recurring issues to inform engineering's design decisions and improve manufacturability.
  • Coordinate with QA and process engineering to verify changes and prepare for new product introductions.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to join a dynamic startup environment and contribute to its growth.
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Company equity offering for all employees.
Full Job Description
What you will be responsible for:

We are looking for an experienced, hands-on engineer to be engineering's presence on the factory floor. Aro homes are built as precision modules in our Sacramento facility, and the plant runs on documentation: drawings, BOMs, cut lists, and work orders. When a station hits a discrepancy, a part that doesn't match the drawing, or a build question, you are the person who answers it, fixes it, and makes sure the fix reaches every home it touches.

This is a problem-solver role that cuts across disciplines. You need to read architectural, structural, and MEPF documentation fluently, trace an issue from the station back to its source in the model or the BOM, and know when to make the edit yourself versus when to pull in a discipline owner. You will make real changes with your own hands: Bluebeam redlines on released sets, BOM and work order corrections, cut list fixes, and part number cleanup. Every document defect you catch and correct makes the next home build faster, and you will be the plant's advocate inside engineering for exactly that.

This position is on-site at our Sacramento, CA manufacturing facility, with periodic visits to our Mountain View office and active job sites.

What You'll Do:
  • Own the plant's questions: Serve as first-line engineering response for production leads and stations, with a committed same-week answer standard so the line never waits on engineering.
  • Solve problems at the station: Diagnose build issues across architectural, structural, and MEPF scopes, determine the fix, and get the station moving.
  • Make the edits: Execute redlines in Bluebeam, correct BOMs, work orders, and cut lists, and update shop documentation, then propagate those changes to every affected home in the pipeline.
  • Guard document quality: Capture document defects found on the floor, trace them to root cause, and feed the patterns back into engineering's release process so the same defect doesn't ship twice.
  • Route what you shouldn't decide: Triage issues that need a discipline owner or an engineering judgment call, hand them off with full floor context, and stay on them until they close.
  • Feed the product: Convert recurring plant issues into well-documented change requests, and represent manufacturability in engineering's design and release decisions.
  • Partner with QA and process engineering: Support station-level verification of implemented changes and coordinate documentation for new product introductions as they hit the line.


What You'll Bring:
  • 5+ years in manufacturing engineering, plant engineering, field engineering, or a closely related role; time on a production floor or a job site is a huge plus.
  • Fluency reading architectural, structural, and MEP construction documents, and the judgment to work across all three.
  • A track record of closing things out. You chase answers, you don't wait for them.
  • Strong Bluebeam skills and comfort working in BOMs, work orders, and structured documentation systems; Onshape, Revit, or ERP exposure a plus.
  • Clear, fast, written and verbal communication with production leads, engineers, and procurement alike.
  • Wood-frame construction, offsite, or modular experience a plus. Lean manufacturing exposure a plus.
  • Willingness to jump in and provide support across the company outside of domain expertise.


What we offer:
  • Opportunity to join an outstanding start-up team and grow a purpose -driven company from the ground up.
  • Competitive salary package.
  • Medical/dental/vision benefits.
  • Equity in the company.


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