Associate Manufacturing Engineer (Contract)
Mountain View, CAContract / Full-time$25/hrPosted 1 day agoStill listed today
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Job overview
Willow Innovations seeks an Associate Manufacturing Engineer for an 8-week contract supporting commercialization and global launch of new products. The role focuses on building and managing bills of materials and product specifications, including packaging and labeling, and accelerating documentation releases for manufacturing schedules. The engineer will optimize release workflows, coordinate with Manufacturing, Product, and Quality teams, and support product testing and competitor tear-downs.
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Full job description
Willow is a platform for products that help improve the lives and health of women. We are a mission-driven team of experienced inventors, mothers, and fathers dedicated to making a difference in women’s lives. The Willow™ Wearable Breast Pump, selected as one of TIME's 25 Best Inventions in 2017 and 2018 CES Innovation Award for Wearable Technologies, is the first solution in our platform.
Role Summary
Willow Innovations is seeking an Associate Manufacturing Engineer to help support the commercialization and global launch of new products in retail and through insurance channels. This opportunity is an 8-week contract to help build, structure, and launch complex Bills of Materials (BOMs) and specifications including packaging and labeling.
Key Responsibilities
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Specification & BOM Management: Build, input, and manage technical product specifications, custom packaging and labeling documentation, and complex BOMs for new product lines.
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System Release Execution: Facilitate and expedite product documentation releases to meet active manufacturing schedules.
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Process Optimization: Analyze release workflows to eliminate bottlenecks and standardize processes for large-volume releases.
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Cross-Functional Coordination: Partner with Manufacturing, Product, and Quality teams to refine parameters and resolve documentation discrepancies.
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Product & Quality Testing: Collaborate with test engineers to support product testing and competitor tear-downs.
Qualifications & Key Skills
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Software & Documentation: Proficient in spreadsheet and document processing software (Microsoft Word, Google Docs). QMS experience is a plus.
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Process Improvement: Proven ability to analyze technical workflows and implement structured improvements.
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Attention to Detail: Precision in managing technical data, part numbers, revision levels, and change histories.
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Communication & Execution: Strong communication skills with a track record of immediate impact in fast-paced environments.
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AI & Automation Integration: Experience or interest in leveraging AI tools to streamline spec creation and document workflows.
Opportunity Details
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Target Duration: ~8 weeks
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Location: Willow Innovations HQ / Remote
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Core Objective: Accelerate product launch readiness while establishing scalable manufacturing processes.
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Compensation: $25/hr full time
Willow is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We are committed to equal employment opportunities regardless of gender, race, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, marital status, disability, or Veteran status.
How this job compares
Set against the 5,320 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 12, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$25/hr
- California median$40–55/hr36 hourly ranges
- US median$40–48/hr322 hourly ranges
This rate, $25/hr, is 47% below the California median midpoint ($47/hr) — in the lowest quarter of Manufacturing Engineer hourly ranges in California.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 984 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs in California and 5,320 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in California
- Anduril119 open
- SpaceX66 open
- Relativity Space54 open
- Experience
- Manufacturing Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 2 to 5 years (4,220 postings).
- Education
- 2,916 of the 5,320 open Manufacturing Engineer jobs (55%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 12, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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