Engineering Manager, Production Engineering

Job overview

The Engineering Manager, Production Engineering role is onsite in Watertown, MA. Base salary is $175,000–$225,000 per year, and the role also includes equity. Tutor Intelligence builds robot hardware and artificial intelligence, with a mission to bring robots into more workplaces and improve physical work. This player-coach leads the team and builds the production systems that move robot designs from prototype through volume production. By developing processes, tooling, test systems, and change control while remaining hands-on with debugging, the manager helps ensure robots are built and tested reliably as designs evolve.

What you'll do

• Set priorities and assign work across production engineers, test and bring-up engineers, technicians, and contract engineers
• hire, mentor, and develop the team
• own processes, work instructions, tooling, fixtures, and station design for production
• lead test strategy from subassembly tests through final acceptance
• represent Manufacturing in design-change reviews
• partner with hardware engineering on design for manufacturing
• drive recurring failures to root cause and permanent fixes
• debug electrical, mechanical, and system-level issues.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

engineering manager

production engineering

watertown ma

full-time

$175k–$225k

tutor intelligence

robotics

manufacturing engineering

production test

hardware

team leadership

equity

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Fully employer-covered health insurance
• managed 401(k)
• unlimited PTO and federal holidays off for full-time salaried employees
• regular in-office meals and team social events
• equity.

Why this role

Player-coach role combining team leadership with hands-on hardware work. The role leads prototype-to-production transitions, production test systems, and engineering change on an active production line.

About the employer

Tutor Intelligence is hiring for this role. Industry: Research and Development in the Physical, Engineering, and Life Sciences (except Nanotechnology and Biotechnology). Sector: 54.