Updated July 22, 2026

21 open positions

Design for Manufacturing Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 21+ design for manufacturing jobs at companies offering unlimited PTO and 9-day fortnights—full pay and a better work-life balance. 5 new this week. Hiring companies include AV, Arista Networks, and Panthalassa.

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10+

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Sr. Mechanical Integration Engineer - Space Technologies

OnsiteAlbuquerque, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Sr. Mechanical Integration Engineer - Space Technologies

OnsiteAlbuquerque, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Specialist, Mechanical Engineer

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteTulsa, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Programme Manager

Graphcore

HybridBristol, UK

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Sourcing Engineer, Fabrication

Panthalassa

OnsitePortland, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Manufacturing Engineer III

OnsiteSimi Valley, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Aircraft Structures Design Engineer

General Atomics

HybridPoway, USA

58 · Good9 day fortnight

Structures Design Engineer

1mo

Boeing

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

71 · Great9 day fortnight

Advanced Manufacturing Program Manager

16d

Sesame

OnsiteTaipei, Taiwan

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Eyewear Designer

2mo

Sesame

OnsiteSan Francisco, USA

59 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Mechanical Lead

14d

Waabi

OnsitePittsburgh, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer – Liquid Cooling Systems

28d

Armada

HybridCalifornia, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Mechanical Engineer

28d

Waabi

OnsitePittsburgh, USA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

MCAD Application Engineer

26d

Arista Networks

OnsiteSanta Clara, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$119k – $180k

Supply Chain Engineer

1mo

CHAOS Industries

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Electrical Manufacturing NPI Engineer

1mo

Arista Networks

OnsiteSanta Clara, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Sr. Propulsion Engineer

1mo

Venus Aerospace

OnsiteHouston, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Sr. Structures Engineer

2mo

Venus Aerospace

OnsiteHouston, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Integrated Subsystems

2mo

Panthalassa

OnsitePortland, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

2mo

JetZero

OnsiteGreensboro, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO

Manufacturing Engineer II

1mo

OnsiteWest Valley City, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

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Employers hiring for Design For Manufacturing on this page include AV, Arista Networks, and Panthalassa. Design For Manufacturing roles appear most frequently in engineering, data, and platform teams at companies that have adopted a reduced-hours schedule. Each listing indicates the seniority level and whether Design For Manufacturing is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Design For Manufacturing roles span the full seniority range — we list 21 open roles requiring Design For Manufacturing across entry-level, mid-level, senior, lead, and staff/principal positions. Senior and above tend to dominate because employers offering reduced-hours schedules often lean toward experienced individual contributors who can deliver consistently in fewer hours. Filter by level in the sidebar to narrow the list above.

Lead with measurable outcomes over time spent — Design For Manufacturing hiring managers at reduced-hours companies care about delivered value, not hours worked. Highlight projects where you shipped at a steady cadence, collaborated asynchronously, or reduced engineering toil through automation or tooling. Include concrete metrics (latency improvements, adoption numbers, cost reductions) rather than vague duty descriptions. Expand listings above to see the exact framing each employer uses in their job descriptions.

For the full-pay schedules here — 4-day weeks and 9-day fortnights — yes: you keep a full-time salary for a shorter week. Part-time and pro-rata roles instead scale pay to hours, and each listing makes the arrangement clear. Design For Manufacturing roles in tech and data typically command premium rates at both reduced-hours and traditional employers; specific ranges depend on seniority, location, and sub-specialty (e.g. backend vs frontend, infra vs ML). Individual listings above show exact bands where the employer publishes them.

Depends on the role, but Design For Manufacturing candidates who also demonstrate async communication, clean documentation, and cross-functional collaboration are typically strong fits for reduced-hours employers — those companies rely on written-first communication and high-context handoffs to operate on a compressed schedule. Technical-adjacent skills vary by stack. Browse the top skills shown in the sidebar to see which tags co-occur most often with Design For Manufacturing on current listings.