Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Aescape is a New York-based physical AI and robotics company redefining human recovery through intelligent, precision bodywork, elevating it into a consistent, outcomes-driven practice. Powered by real-time body mapping, advanced robotics, and proprietary software, Aescape delivers deeply personalized bodywork that continuously adapts to the individual. This creates a superior way for members to move with greater ease, recover more efficiently, and optimize how they feel every single day.
 Aescape is building a defining brand for recovery, shifting behavior from a sporadic experience into a progressive, measurable routine, unlocking compounding benefits that build lasting resilience and laying the groundwork for an entirely new category of proactive human health and performance.
 Aescape powers recovery across leading fitness, hospitality, and wellness environments, including Equinox, Life Time, Marriott, Hilton, Four Seasons, Pause Studios, and Remedy Place, and is backed by Valor Equity Partners, BroadLight Capital, and Mecha Ventures. Aescape is looking for a Senior Manufacturing Engineer who will own the manufacturing engineering effort that brings Aescape’s products to life. You will develop repeatable, high-yield manufacturing and assembly processes, drive their implementation at our contract manufacturer and key component suppliers, and be hands-on supporting the build. You will ensure suppliers are tracking the right metrics through the NPI phases and into production, giving us process stability and clear visibility into cycle times and any throughput issues. You will support the resolution of process-related issues across suppliers. You will sit within the Operations team, providing direct support to Quality and Reliability Testing and working closely with Mechanical, Electrical and Software Engineering. If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you! This role is hybrid, based out of our NYC office in Chelsea, three days a week. WHAT YOU’LL DO  - Manufacturing Process Development: Develop repeatable, high-yield manufacturing and assembly processes for components, assemblies, and subassemblies. Drive continuous improvement, cost reduction, and production optimization across the supply chain, running trials to validate improvements and ensure high yield. - Production Line Setup: Work hands-on with suppliers to set up and ramp the production line, optimizing layout, line balancing, and material flow to meet target cycle times and throughput. - Design for Manufacturability: Participate in new product design and development to ensure manufacturability and production efficiency. - Assembly & Build Support: Support the assembly and build of parts and subassemblies hands-on; develop and validate assembly processes, work instructions, and fixtures for repeatable production. Support the bring-up of new contract manufacturers and suppliers, and installation and service procedures as required. - Factory & Supplier Implementation: Define and deploy manufacturing processes, workstation layouts, fixtures, and gauges at our contract manufacturer and key suppliers. Lead PFMEA and Control Plan development to control process risks prior to production. - Documentation & Data Management: Maintain process documentation, updating SOPs and work instructions with the manufacturer. Ensure manufacturing and inspection data is captured, uploaded, and reviewed promptly, and build reports and dashboards that surface and prioritize the highest-impact issues. Establish a closed-loop process for issue resolution, tracking issues to closure in Jira and managing document release in Arena. - First Article Validation: Assemble and validate first-article components through the NPI phases, hands-on in the office or on-site at the manufacturer, and support approval of FAI data covering dimensional, cosmetic, and assembly inspection. - Issue Resolution & Root Cause: Lead failure analysis with our suppliers, Quality, Mechanical, Electrical, and Software Engineering to drive issues to root cause and verify corrective actions are effective. Support resolution of quality issues across components, assemblies, and suppliers — including containment, audits, and corrective actions. - Testing Support: Support the reliability and manufacturing test program as needed, including deploying test stations and rigs at suppliers, setting up data collection and analysis, reviewing and reporting results. WHAT YOU’LL BRING - Hands-On Manufacturing Engineering: Strong mechanical aptitude; comfortable developing and deploying manufacturing and assembly processes, building fixtures, and getting hands-on with the product on the line. - Supplier / CM Management: Direct experience driving performance and building relationships at contract manufacturers and key suppliers. - Process & Yield Focus: A track record of implementing highly repeatable, high-yield processes across plastics molding, metal fabrication, welding, and mechanical assembly with a continuous improvement mindset that drives production optimization and cost reduction. - NPI / Production Ramp: Experience taking products through EVT/DVT/PVT or a similar phase-gate process and into volume production. - Problem-Solving & Data-Driven Decisions: Experience resolving supplier process, component, and assembly issues with a structured approach to root-cause analysis and corrective action. Solid grasp of statistical analysis (SPC, Cpk, Gauge R&R) to ground process and acceptance decisions in data. - Communication & Collaboration: Strong verbal and written skills for presenting findings and clear documentation, and for partnering across engineering teams and suppliers. Able to influence decisions and drive alignment across stakeholders. - 3D Modelling: Experience with SolidWorks or an equivalent CAD tool for fixture and process tooling design. - GD&T & Drawing Fluency: Able to read and interpret engineering drawings and GD&T, and resolve dimensional and tolerance issues with suppliers. - Ownership & Adaptability: Comfortable taking the lead on problems and working them end-to-end to resolution, with strong attention to detail. Comfortable with ambiguity and able to pivot as priorities shift in a fast-moving startup; willing to take on tasks outside your core role when needed. - Qualifications: BS in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Mechatronics, or a related engineering discipline, with 8+ years of manufacturing engineering experience in a hardware product environment (robotics, consumer electronics, medical devices, or similar). - Travel: Ability to travel domestically and internationally. WHAT’S IN IT FOR YOU  - Join a trailblazing robotics and AI company building the future of recovery - The chance to make a difference with a product that empowers healthier and happier living - Team culture driven by passion, ambition, empowerment, inclusion, curiosity, and fun! - We’ll grow together – your personal and professional growth are equally important - An environment that empowers individuals, emboldens teams, and rewards achievement - Complimentary massages in our NY HQ and our Partner locations! - Medical, vision, and dental insurance covered by us - 401k with 4% company match - Annual professional development stipend - Flexible paid time off and a generous parental leave policy Compensation: Base salary range of $120,000 - $170,000 annually, plus discretionary annual bonus, plus equity grant commensurate with the role and company stage. Full-time employees are also eligible for our comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, and vision coverage, 401(k), paid time off, and paid parental leave.   EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER Aescape is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. The salary range listed above is a good-faith estimate provided in accordance with New York City's pay transparency law.   BEGIN YOUR AESCAPE CAREER JOURNEY At Aescape, we're on a mission to redefine self-care for a better world, and we're seeking trailblazers to join us on this journey. We're inspired by individuals who are passionate, driven, and eager to learn. We value diverse perspectives and resourceful, determined individuals who are committed to making a difference. At Aescape, we empower people to reach their full potential, just as our product empowers better living. If you're ready to innovate, create, and make a meaningful impact, we want you on our team. YOUR JOURNEY. YOUR AESCAPE.