--- title: 'Forward Deployed Manufacturing Engineer at Dirac, Inc.' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/forward-deployed-manufacturing-engineer-dirac-inc-new-york-bq4j6batf2e6' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-09-12' --- # Forward Deployed Manufacturing Engineer at Dirac, Inc. - **Company:** Dirac, Inc. - **Location:** New York, NY - **Compensation:** $100k–$140k - **Posted:** 2025-12-29 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-12 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/diracinc/jobs/4089450009?gh_jid=4089450009 ## Job description ## About the Company Dirac is on a mission to reindustrialize The West. American manufacturing is broken—burdened by inefficiency, bureaucracy, and outdated processes. We are pioneering Model-Based Manufacturing, where context-aware production planning informs design in real-time—eliminating the disconnect between engineering and manufacturing. Our platform automates what can be automated and captures tribal knowledge where automation falls short, creating a seamless system for building at scale. We're building the tools modern manufacturers need to move faster and build better, the pillars of a more abundant future. We are a mission-driven company of world-class engineers and operators with a culture of high trust, high agency, and high autonomy. ## Role Overview As a Forward Deployed Manufacturing Engineer, you will work directly with manufacturing teams to translate real-world build processes into structured, scalable workflows within BuildOS. You will act as a digital manufacturing engineer, helping customers move from legacy processes to a model-based, software-driven system. You will be deeply embedded during pilots and early deployments, ensuring customers not only understand the product—but successfully adopt it. ## Responsibilities ● Translate customer assembly processes into BuildOS workflows ● Create and structure work instructions from CAD and engineering data ● Lead onboarding and drive adoption during pilots and early deployments ● Act as a trusted advisor to manufacturing, engineering, and operations teams ● Identify inefficiencies in customer workflows and propose improvements ● Partner with product and engineering to surface high-impact feedback ● Support demos, technical evaluations, and customer check-ins ## Qualifications ● Background in mechanical, manufacturing, or industrial engineering ● Experience working in or closely with manufacturing environments ● Strong intuition for how things are built in the real world ● Ability to break down and structure complex assembly workflows ● Excellent communication skills across technical and non-technical audiences ● High ownership and comfort working directly with customers Technical Background ● Experience with CAD tools (NX, SolidWorks, Creo, etc.) ● Familiarity with PLM / ERP systems and manufacturing workflows ● Understanding of EBOM / MBOM concepts and production processes ● Experience creating or managing work instructions New York Pay Range $100,000—$140,000 USD ## Equal Opportunity Employer Dirac is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Dirac is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status. Location & Travel This role is fully in-person at our NYC office. Eligibility Employment is restricted to U.S. Persons as defined by ITAR (22 CFR §120.15) Benefits: - Health, Dental, Vision Insurance: Comprehensive coverage to ensure you and your family stay healthy. - Generous Paid Time Off: Enjoy flexible, high-trust PTO and sick leave. - Stock Options: Participate in our success with a generous stock option plan. - Commuter Benefits (NYC): Save on transportation costs with our commuter benefits program. ## About Dirac, Inc. ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Dirac provides an AI-driven production orchestration platform that automatically generates model-based work instructions, MBOMs, and BOPs from CAD files to streamline manufacturing planning. - **Entity Type**: Private (Seed stage) - **Headquarters**: New York, New York, United States - **Founded**: 2023 - **Founders**: Filip Aronshtein (Founder & CEO), Peter Weiss (Co-founder & CTO) ## Core Business - **Primary industries**: Manufacturing technology, industrial automation, aerospace & defense, automotive, heavy equipment - **Target customers**: B2B – manufacturing enterprises including defense firms, Tier I–III suppliers, global automotive OEMs, and aerospace companies - **Mission**: “To bring reality back to mechanical design” and “rebuild the memory of American manufacturing” by tightening the feedback loop between design and production ## Products & Services - **BuildOS**: A SaaS platform that automatically converts CAD files and BOMs into step-by-step, animated, and interactive assembly work instructions. Includes tools for sequencing, subassembly definitions, torque specs, quality checks, and real-time updates. Integrates with ERP, PLM, and MES systems. ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed - **Key Metric**: Total funding of $10.7M (Seed round closed August 2025) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Investors include Founders Fund and Coatue (Seed round lead), along with earlier pre-seed investors Silent Ventures and Acequia Capital. Strategic partnership with Siemens. - **Growth Signals**: Headcount grew 94.7% year-over-year to approximately 24 employees; early customer wins with aerospace/defense firms (e.g., Ancra Aircraft saw 95% reduction in work instruction creation time); active job postings increased 200% quarter-over-quarter. ## Competitive Advantages - **AI-native automation**: Platform eliminates weeks of manual work by generating animated, context-aware instructions directly from CAD – a true 80/20 tool. - **Model-based approach**: Replaces static PDFs and tribal knowledge with dynamic, always‑up‑to‑date digital work instructions that capture process intent. - **Siemens partnership**: Integration with Siemens’ PLM/digital manufacturing portfolio provides a credible channel and validation across industrial customers. - **Hardware background**: Founding team and early hires come from building planes, cars, and submarines, ensuring deep domain credibility. ## Strategic Focus - **Reshoring enablement**: Help manufacturers bring production back to the West by preserving and scaling critical process knowledge. - **Expanding industry reach**: Grow beyond aerospace/defense into automotive, agriculture, shipbuilding, and heavy industrial equipment. - **Deepening platform integration**: Continue to tighten the loop between engineering (CAD/PLM) and manufacturing execution (MES/ERP) to make production planning fully automated. ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: Values include ambition, tenacity, high autonomy, high trust – described as “a vortex of competence” that executes relentlessly. - **Office policy**: Based in Manhattan, NY; likely hybrid/office-oriented given startup stage. - **Growth stage**: Small (24 employees) with rapid scaling – high impact and ownership for early team members. - **Engineering focus**: Technical roles dominate (11 out of 24 in technical departments); roles include Forward Deployed Engineer, Front End/Full Stack, Site Reliability, and GRC Engineer. - **Perks**: Not explicitly detailed, but the culture emphasizes autonomy and “assembling greatness” with a moonshot orientation. ## Sources 1. [Dirac Homepage](https://www.diracinc.com/) 2. [Dirac Careers Page](https://www.diracinc.com/careers) 3. [Dirac Mission Page](https://www.diracinc.com/mission) 4. [Dirac LinkedIn Profile](https://www.linkedin.com/company/diracinc) 5. [Dirac Announces $10.7M Funding & Siemens Partnership](https://www.diracinc.com/resources/dirac-announces-10-7m-in-funding-strategic--partnership-with-siemens) 6. 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