Role: Manufacturing Engineer
Job Details :
Job Title:Manufacturing Engineer
Type: Full-time
Location: On-Site (Bengaluru, India)
Number of Openings: 1
About us:
At upliance.ai, we believe in Real Food. Zero Fuss. We're building India's first Smart Cooking Companions - Upliance 1.0 and 2.0 that make everyday cooking simpler, faster, and healthier with the power of hardware and software combined.
Powered by our patented upAI technology, Upliance.ai products don't just cook; they guide, learn, and evolve with you. And we're only getting started. With new smart products in the pipeline, we're pushing the boundaries of what home appliances can do for young India.
If you're excited about creating technology that blends design, intelligence, and everyday impact you'll feel right at home here.
Responsibility:
1) Operations Execution
- Manage day-to-day operations across supply chain, inventory, procurement, warehouse, and service workflows.
- Maintain and update operational trackers, documentation, and data systems for purchase orders, stock movement, dispatches, returns, service issues, and open actions.
- Support procurement activities including vendor sourcing, quotations, sample coordination, cost comparison, and follow-ups.
- Work with internal teams and external vendors to ensure timely execution of operational tasks.
- Visit warehouses, service hubs, vendor sites, and logistics partners when required.
- Own and deliver assigned projects with defined timelines, stakeholders, and outcomes.
2) Mechanical and Product Problem Solving
- Inspect parts, accessories, packaging, assemblies, and service returns to identify likely product or process failure modes.
- Interpret basic mechanical specifications, drawings, BOMs, tolerances, materials, packaging requirements, and inspection criteria.
- Analyze recurring product, assembly, service, or customer issues and help identify root causes.
- Suggest practical design, material, packaging, handling, assembly, or process improvements based on observed problems.
- Work with mechanical engineering, quality, service, and vendor teams to validate proposed fixes.
- Convert field, warehouse, vendor, or service observations into structured engineering inputs with photos, measurements, defect counts, and clear problem statements.
3) Process, Quality, and Vendor Improvements
- Map and analyze operational and assembly processes; create flow diagrams, SOPs, checklists, and work instructions to improve repeatability.
- Collaborate with engineering and cross-functional teams to develop and refine SOPs for handling, inspection, packing, rework, and service workflows.
- Support incoming quality checks by defining practical pass/fail criteria with quality and engineering teams.
- Track defects, rework, vendor issues, service returns, and corrective actions to closure.
- Participate in root-cause analysis using practical tools such as 5 Why, fishbone analysis, CAPA, and basic failure analysis.
- Identify bottlenecks, quality escapes, handling damage, assembly errors, and documentation gaps; recommend fixes that can be implemented on the ground.
- Help improve vendor quality by sharing clear defect reports, inspection feedback, corrective action requests, and verification results.
Qualifications:
- 1-3 years of experience in operations, mechanical engineering support, manufacturing, production, quality, service operations, procurement, or a related role.
- Bachelor's degree or diploma in Mechanical Engineering, Production Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical field.
- Strong organizational and problem-solving skills with the ability to manage multiple open tasks.
- Hands-on comfort with physical products, parts, tools, samples, packaging, and on-ground operations.
- Ability to read and understand basic drawings, specifications, BOMs, tolerances, inspection criteria, and technical documentation.
- Basic understanding of mechanical parts, materials, manufacturing processes, assembly methods, fitment, and failure modes.
- Ability to analyze data, defect patterns, serviceissues, and operational bottlenecks.
- Proficiency in spreadsheets and operational tools.
- Clear communication with internal teams, vendors, warehouse operators, serviceteams, and engineering stakeholders.
- Willingness to travel for warehouse, service, vendor, and on-ground operational work as needed.
Why upliance.ai
At upliance.ai, we believe that home cooking should be more of everything - more convenient, more fun, more nutritious, and of course more smart! Our vision is to bring smart technology to every inch of every home, across the world.
- Ownership: Work on end-to-end product development, not just isolated features
- Fast-Paced Startup Culture: Rapid iteration, learning, and experimentation
- Growth Opportunities: Expand your skills across hardware, firmware, and system design
- Collaborative Team: Work alongside experienced engineers across disciplines
If you love building things from scratch and shipping and learning rapidly, this is the perfect opportunity for you.
