Remote Manufacturing Systems Engineer Jobs
Remote manufacturing systems engineer jobs are actively hiring across the U.S., with remote-first firms and distributed engineering teams bringing on talent from any location. Industries including automation, industrial technology, and advanced manufacturing are driving steady demand for engineers who can design, optimize, and support production systems without being on-site. Employers hiring remotely right now include Saint-Gobain, FormFactor, and RTX. Scan the live roles below and apply to whichever ones fit.
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Who are we looking for…?
We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Manufacturing Systems Improvement Engineer to improve the safety, reliability, throughput, maintainability, and operational consistency of medical waste treatment facilities across the United States.
This is a field-oriented engineering role. The successful candidate will spend more than 50% of their working time in operating facilities, partnering directly with operations and maintenance personnel to understand equipment limitations, identify improvement opportunities, develop practical solutions, and verify results after implementation.
The ideal candidate combines mechanical design, industrial equipment knowledge, process improvement, electrical and controls awareness, and strong project-execution skills. They are comfortable working on the plant floor, translating operational issues into engineered solutions, coordinating vendors and internal stakeholders, and traveling to support deployment of successful improvements across multiple facilities.
Travel within the United States is required to support site assessments, equipment installations, commissioning, troubleshooting, training, and network-wide rollout of standardized improvements.
Role Overview:
The Manufacturing Systems Improvement Engineer owns the development and execution of engineered improvements to plant equipment, material flow, operating processes, and supporting facility systems.
The role is responsible for turning frontline operational observations, downtime data, maintenance feedback, safety concerns, and capacity constraints into practical, scalable solutions. These solutions may include equipment redesigns, new equipment additions, modifications to material-handling systems, improved controls and automation, plant-layout changes, process standardization, and upgrades to utilities or supporting infrastructure.
This position works from concept through implementation: observing operations in the field; defining requirements; developing designs and business cases; coordinating fabrication, vendors, contractors, and internal teams; supporting installation and commissioning; and measuring sustained performance after deployment.
Success in this role is measured by demonstrable, site-level improvements in equipment reliability, safety, capacity, labor efficiency, operating consistency, and reduction of recurring maintenance or process issues.
What you will do:
- Spend more than 50% of working time in operating facilities, observing processes, engaging with operators and maintenance personnel, assessing equipment condition, identifying and implementing improvement opportunities.
- Identify and prioritize opportunities to improve equipment reliability, safety, throughput, ergonomics, maintainability, material flow, labor efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
- Develop practical equipment redesigns, retrofits, fixtures, guarding, material-handling improvements, automation concepts, and equipment additions to address recurring operational challenges.
- Lead engineering work from concept through field implementation, including site assessments, requirements development, preliminary design, detailed design, cost estimates, vendor coordination, installation support, commissioning, and post-implementation verification.
- Analyze production constraints, operating practices, and process data to identify root causes and develop permanent corrective actions.
- Partner closely with operations, maintenance, and safety teams to ensure proposed solutions are safe, practical to operate, maintainable, and aligned with site needs.
- Support improvements to autoclaves, boilers, shredders, conveyors, compactors, utility systems, controls, and other medical waste treatment equipment.
- Develop scopes of work, technical specifications, equipment-selection criteria, drawings, and supporting documentation for internally executed work and outside vendors or contractors.
- Coordinate and oversee vendors, fabricators, contractors, and equipment suppliers during design, installation, startup, and troubleshooting activities.
Requirements/Skills & Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
Experience:
- 5+ years in in industrial manufacturing, automation, equipment design, maintenance engineering, or capital-project environments.
- Demonstrated experience taking equipment or process improvements from concept through installation, startup, and sustained operation in an active industrial facility.
- Experience working directly with plant operations, maintenance teams, equipment vendors, fabricators, contractors, and external service providers.
- Knowledge of: Autoclave, pressure vessel systems, and industrial steam boiler operations preferred
Technical Skills:
- Ability to evaluate industrial equipment and processes and develop practical mechanical, electrical, controls, layout, or operational improvements.
- Proficiency with CAD tools such as AutoCAD, SolidWorks, or similar software for layouts, equipment modifications, fabrication drawings, and design concepts.
- Working knowledge of mechanical design, fabrication methods, machine safety, guarding, industrial utilities, material handling, and maintainability principles.
- Working knowledge of industrial electrical systems, motors, drives, sensors, instrumentation, PLCs, HMIs, and industrial control systems.
- Ability to develop equipment specifications, scopes of work, cost estimates, and capital-improvement justifications.
- Familiarity with root-cause analysis, reliability improvement, failure-mode thinking, and continuous-improvement methods.
- Experience with PLC/HMI programming, data acquisition, industrial IoT, and industrial networking protocols, including EtherNet/IP, Modbus, and OPC, is preferred
Character Competencies:
- Field Engagement & Practical Problem Solving — Learns how work is actually performed, respects operations input, and develops solutions that work in real operating conditions.
- Engineering Innovation & Design Ownership — Generates practical ideas, evaluates alternatives, and develops equipment or process improvements from concept through implementation.
- Execution & Results Orientation — Drives projects to completion, removes obstacles, validates results, and ensures improvements deliver sustained operational value.
- Systems Thinking — Understands the interaction among equipment, operators, maintenance practices, controls, utilities, safety, material flow, and facility constraints.
- Collaboration & Influence — Builds credibility with site teams, communicates technical concepts clearly, and aligns stakeholders around workable solutions.
- Standardization & Scalability — Documents successful improvements and adapts them for effective use across multiple facilities.
Special Requirements:
Must be available for travel in the USA to support all sites, as needed.
Who are we looking for…?
We are seeking an experienced, hands-on Manufacturing Systems Improvement Engineer to improve the safety, reliability, throughput, maintainability, and operational consistency of medical waste treatment facilities across the United States.
This is a field-oriented engineering role. The successful candidate will spend more than 50% of their working time in operating facilities, partnering directly with operations and maintenance personnel to understand equipment limitations, identify improvement opportunities, develop practical solutions, and verify results after implementation.
The ideal candidate combines mechanical design, industrial equipment knowledge, process improvement, electrical and controls awareness, and strong project-execution skills. They are comfortable working on the plant floor, translating operational issues into engineered solutions, coordinating vendors and internal stakeholders, and traveling to support deployment of successful improvements across multiple facilities.
Travel within the United States is required to support site assessments, equipment installations, commissioning, troubleshooting, training, and network-wide rollout of standardized improvements.
Role Overview:
The Manufacturing Systems Improvement Engineer owns the development and execution of engineered improvements to plant equipment, material flow, operating processes, and supporting facility systems.
The role is responsible for turning frontline operational observations, downtime data, maintenance feedback, safety concerns, and capacity constraints into practical, scalable solutions. These solutions may include equipment redesigns, new equipment additions, modifications to material-handling systems, improved controls and automation, plant-layout changes, process standardization, and upgrades to utilities or supporting infrastructure.
This position works from concept through implementation: observing operations in the field; defining requirements; developing designs and business cases; coordinating fabrication, vendors, contractors, and internal teams; supporting installation and commissioning; and measuring sustained performance after deployment.
Success in this role is measured by demonstrable, site-level improvements in equipment reliability, safety, capacity, labor efficiency, operating consistency, and reduction of recurring maintenance or process issues.
What you will do:
- Spend more than 50% of working time in operating facilities, observing processes, engaging with operators and maintenance personnel, assessing equipment condition, identifying and implementing improvement opportunities.
- Identify and prioritize opportunities to improve equipment reliability, safety, throughput, ergonomics, maintainability, material flow, labor efficiency, and regulatory compliance.
- Develop practical equipment redesigns, retrofits, fixtures, guarding, material-handling improvements, automation concepts, and equipment additions to address recurring operational challenges.
- Lead engineering work from concept through field implementation, including site assessments, requirements development, preliminary design, detailed design, cost estimates, vendor coordination, installation support, commissioning, and post-implementation verification.
- Analyze production constraints, operating practices, and process data to identify root causes and develop permanent corrective actions.
- Partner closely with operations, maintenance, and safety teams to ensure proposed solutions are safe, practical to operate, maintainable, and aligned with site needs.
- Support improvements to autoclaves, boilers, shredders, conveyors, compactors, utility systems, controls, and other medical waste treatment equipment.
- Develop scopes of work, technical specifications, equipment-selection criteria, drawings, and supporting documentation for internally executed work and outside vendors or contractors.
- Coordinate and oversee vendors, fabricators, contractors, and equipment suppliers during design, installation, startup, and troubleshooting activities.
Requirements/Skills & Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor's degree in engineering or related field.
Experience:
- 5+ years in in industrial manufacturing, automation, equipment design, maintenance engineering, or capital-project environments.
- Demonstrated experience taking equipment or process improvements from concept through installation, startup, and sustained operation in an active industrial facility.
- Experience working directly with plant operations, maintenance teams, equipment vendors, fabricators, contractors, and external service providers.
- Knowledge of: Autoclave, pressure vessel systems, and industrial steam boiler operations preferred
Technical Skills:
- Ability to evaluate industrial equipment and processes and develop practical mechanical, electrical, controls, layout, or operational improvements.
- Proficiency with CAD tools such as AutoCAD, SolidWorks, or similar software for layouts, equipment modifications, fabrication drawings, and design concepts.
- Working knowledge of mechanical design, fabrication methods, machine safety, guarding, industrial utilities, material handling, and maintainability principles.
- Working knowledge of industrial electrical systems, motors, drives, sensors, instrumentation, PLCs, HMIs, and industrial control systems.
- Ability to develop equipment specifications, scopes of work, cost estimates, and capital-improvement justifications.
- Familiarity with root-cause analysis, reliability improvement, failure-mode thinking, and continuous-improvement methods.
- Experience with PLC/HMI programming, data acquisition, industrial IoT, and industrial networking protocols, including EtherNet/IP, Modbus, and OPC, is preferred
Character Competencies:
- Field Engagement & Practical Problem Solving — Learns how work is actually performed, respects operations input, and develops solutions that work in real operating conditions.
- Engineering Innovation & Design Ownership — Generates practical ideas, evaluates alternatives, and develops equipment or process improvements from concept through implementation.
- Execution & Results Orientation — Drives projects to completion, removes obstacles, validates results, and ensures improvements deliver sustained operational value.
- Systems Thinking — Understands the interaction among equipment, operators, maintenance practices, controls, utilities, safety, material flow, and facility constraints.
- Collaboration & Influence — Builds credibility with site teams, communicates technical concepts clearly, and aligns stakeholders around workable solutions.
- Standardization & Scalability — Documents successful improvements and adapts them for effective use across multiple facilities.
Special Requirements:
Must be available for travel in the USA to support all sites, as needed.
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Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Electronics & Hardware
What Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in remote manufacturing systems engineer jobs.
- Bachelor's degree in mechanical, electrical, industrial, or systems engineering
- Proficiency in PLC programming using platforms such as Allen-Bradley or Siemens
- Experience with MES, SCADA, or industrial automation systems integration
- Familiarity with lean manufacturing principles and continuous improvement methodologies
- Knowledge of CAD tools and process simulation software for systems design
- Three to five years of hands-on experience in a manufacturing or production environment
Tips for Your Remote Manufacturing Systems Engineer Job Search
Apply early to remote roles that fit
Migrate Mate lists remote manufacturing systems engineer openings from across the U.S. in one place, so you can find roles that match your skills and apply directly without sorting through unrelated postings.
Show your async communication skills upfront
Remote manufacturing systems engineer teams rely on written handoffs, documented decisions, and clear status updates in tools like Confluence or Notion. Include examples of technical documentation, process specs, or change management write-ups in your application materials to prove you can communicate without being in the room.
Highlight remote-compatible technical tools
Employers hiring remotely prioritize engineers who already work in cloud-based PLM platforms, digital twin environments, or remote SCADA monitoring tools. Name the specific software versions you've used, such as Siemens Opcenter, PTC Windchill, or Rockwell FactoryTalk, so hiring managers can assess fit without an in-person skills test.
Prepare for a remote technical interview format
Remote manufacturing systems engineer interviews often include a live problem-solving session over screenshare rather than a whiteboard. Practice walking through a process optimization scenario or a systems integration challenge out loud while sharing your screen, so the format doesn't slow you down on the day.
Remote Manufacturing Systems Engineer Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a remote manufacturing systems engineer job?
Target companies that run distributed engineering teams or operate multiple facilities without centralizing all technical staff in one location. Remote employers in this field screen heavily for self-direction, clear written communication, and proficiency with collaboration tools like Jira, Confluence, and PLM software. Candidates who can demonstrate experience with remote commissioning, digital twin tools, or virtual factory modeling stand out from applicants who only have on-site credentials.
Which companies hire remote manufacturing systems engineers?
Companies hiring remote manufacturing systems engineers right now include Saint-Gobain, FormFactor, and RTX, based on current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Remote-first industrial technology firms, automation software companies, and large manufacturers with geographically distributed facilities are the most consistent sources of remote openings in this field.
Can you get a remote manufacturing systems engineer job with no experience?
Yes, but remote entry-level roles in this field are harder to land because employers expect you to troubleshoot and make decisions independently from day one. Automation software companies and industrial IoT startups are more likely than traditional manufacturers to hire entry-level candidates remotely. A portfolio of simulation projects, PLC programming work, or coursework in MES or SCADA systems can substitute for direct professional experience and open those doors.
Do you need a degree for remote manufacturing systems engineer jobs?
Usually, but demonstrated skills and real project results carry significant weight alongside a degree. Most remote postings request a bachelor's in industrial engineering, mechanical engineering, or a related field, but employers also evaluate hands-on proficiency with automation platforms, systems integration, and process improvement tools. Certifications in lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, or specific PLC vendors can reinforce a non-traditional educational background.
Which industries hire the most remote manufacturing systems engineers?
Most remote manufacturing systems engineer openings sit in Electronics & Hardware, per current remote listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors hire manufacturing systems engineers remotely because their engineering work centers on software configuration, data analysis, and cross-site system integration rather than continuous hands-on floor presence.
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