Machina Labs

Forward Deployed Engineer

We captured this posting once, on 2026-08-05, and did not track it afterwards — so we cannot tell you whether it is still open.

Employer
Machina Labs
Location
Dayton, OH
Seniority
Mid level
Experience asked for
5+ years
Pay band
$115K – $145K

When we saw it

  • Posted 2026-08-01 — the date the employer published it
  • Archived 2026-08-05 — when we saved this copy

Found via LinkedIn — US keyword pulls.

Skills the posting named

technical leadhardware/software troubleshootingsystem performance validationcontinuous improvementcad modelingCAD modelingdata analysisexperiment designautonomous workinformed decision makingprocess documentationcell performance

From the posting

About Machina Labs Engineering moves at software speed. Manufacturing doesn't. Yet. Machina Labs is changing that. We build intelligent, software-defined factories that produce complex metal structures directly from digital design. By integrating advanced metal forming, robotics, and automated production inside a flexible factory architecture, we enable customers to move from prototype to production in weeks, not years. Backed by Lockheed Martin, Toyota, and NVIDIA, we're building the manufacturing infrastructure that defense, aerospace, and advanced mobility programs will run on. If you want to work on hard problems that matter and see them fly, drive, and defend, this is the place. …

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