Manufacturing Engineer
Job Location:
Lexington, KY - USA
Weekly Salary:
$ 100000 - 150000
Posted:
18 October 2026 (2 days ago)
Application Deadline:
15 January 2027
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Large Manufacturing company is seeking an Manufacturing Engineer in the Lexington KY area.
What youll be doing
- Collaborate cross-functionally with robotics engineers controls engineers and plant manufacturing teams to integrate AI into production systems.
- Identify evaluate and implement emerging Physical AI technologies through benchmarking supplier engagement and industry events.
- Ensure solutions meet safety reliability and manufacturability requirements including alignment with applicable standards and internal risk assessments.
- Present technical concepts results and recommendations to stakeholders management and executive leadership.
- Manage contractors to design and construct testing cells.
- Produce clear detailed documentation to support future scaling and customer enablement.
Qualifications
What you bring
- Bachelors or masters degree in Robotics Computer Science Data Science Electrical Engineering Mechanical Engineering or related technical field (or equivalent experience).
- Demonstrated experience with manufacturing automation deployments.
- Experience in robotics AI/ML or advanced automation development.
- Having a full-stack mindset while working in team environments building complete solutions not just independent AI algorithms demonstrations and experiments.
- Strong hands-on experience in at least two of the following:
- Computer vision (e.g. detection segmentation 3D perception)
- Machine learning / deep learning
- Robotics
- Proficiency in Python C ROS-based systems; strong software engineering fundamentals.
- Deep understanding of different sensor types (RGBD cameras LiDAR Time-of-Flight sensors etc.) and the ability to tune for image quality accuracy and performance.
Benefits
- Health Care Plan (Medical Dental & Vision)
- Retirement Plan (401k IRA)
- Life Insurance (Basic Voluntary & AD&D)
- Paid Time Off (Vacation Sick & Public Holidays)
- Family Leave (Maternity Paternity)
- Short Term & Long Term Disability
- Training & Development