# Manufacturing Engineer at Vital Lyfe

Manufacturing Engineer at Vital Lyfe in Los Angeles - Greater Area. On-site, full-time, paying $125k–$145k. Posted July 2, 2026.

- Company: Vital Lyfe
- Location: Los Angeles - Greater Area
- Workplace: On-site
- Job type: Full-time
- Pay: $125k–$145k
- Experience: 1+ year
- Posted: 2026-07-02
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/vital-lyfe/3c408be4-8830-427e-b20a-722402408df2/application
- Source: https://jobmagic.ai/jobs/manufacturing-engineer-vital-lyfe-xysz6q

## Requirements

- Bachelor’s in Engineering (Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial or equivalent).
- 1-3+ 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.

## Description

**About Vital Lyfe**
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.
**What You'll Do**

- 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 ForRequired:**

- Bachelor’s in Engineering (Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial or equivalent).

- 1-3+ 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.

**Preferred:**

- Experience in consumer hardware production, or systems with high-volume manufacturing.

- Knowledge of pumps, valves, pressure vessels, fluid systems or broadly mechanical-hardware manufacturing.

- Experience with automation programming, conveyors, robotics, fluid/pressure equipment.

- Familiarity with Lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, statistical process control (SPC).

- Experience in a hardware startup or mission-driven organization.

**Physical Job Requirements - Essential Functions**

- Hands on work on development hardware.

- Long periods of standing, crouching, walking.

- Lifting up to 50 lbs.

**Why Join Vital Lyfe?**

- Work on high-impact problems with global relevance

- Help scale breakthrough technology in water security and climate resilience

- Early ownership in a high-growth, engineering-led startup

- Join a tight-knit, mission-driven team in a fast-paced environment

- Build long-term career equity as we grow

Location Requirement: Ability to work 100% onsite in Torrance, CA (remote or hybrid work will not be considered)

Vital Lyfe is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Vital Lyfe is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.