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Manufacturing Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 48+ manufacturing jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 6 new this week. Hiring companies include Helion, United Launch Alliance, and Graphcore.

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4-day weeks 3
9-day fortnights 14
generous PTO 10
unlimited PTO 9
best places to work 6

Updated August 15, 2026

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Head of Hardware

17d

VotingWorks · Remote · USA

86 · Excellent4 Day Work Week (80%)

Strategic Account Executive

10d

Augury · Remote · UK

77 · GreatRotating 4 Day Week

Strategic Account Executive

2mo

Augury · Remote · USA

77 · GreatRotating 4 Day Week

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Professional Services Consultant

2mo

Nulogy · Remote · USA +2 more

61 · GoodSummer Fridays

Professional Services Consultant

4mo

Nulogy · Remote · North America

61 · GoodSummer Fridays

Manufacturing Mechanical Engineer

1mo

Sesame · Remote · USA

59 · GoodUnlimited PTO$175k – $280k

Senior Mechanical Design Engineer – Liquid Cooling Systems

1mo

Armada · Remote · USA

58 · GoodUnlimited PTO

Assembler B

NEW

L3Harris Technologies · Onsite · Camden, USA

63 · Good9 Day FortnightPro · early access

Senior Enterprise Application Analyst Fusion Supply Chain (Manufacturing)

NEW

AV · Onsite · San Diego or Simi Valley

61 · Good9 Day FortnightPro · early access

Senior Lab Technician Chemistry

NEW

Merck · Hybrid · Boxmeer, Netherlands

59 · GoodGenerous PTO

Team Assembler

DiamondBack Covers · Onsite · Philipsburg, USA

71 · Great4 Day Work Week

Sr Associate QA - Nights

NEW

Amgen · Hybrid · West Greenwich, USA

59 · GoodGenerous PTO$82k – $111k

Senior Specialist, Mechanical Engineer (Tool Design)

L3Harris Technologies · Onsite · Huntsville, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

Senior Associate, Mechanical Engineer

L3Harris Technologies · Onsite · Tempe, USA

63 · Good9 Day Fortnight

SENIOR MANUFACTURING DISCOVERY SPECIALIST

1mo

Brightbeam · Hybrid · Waterford, Ireland

83 · Great4 Day Work Week

ENGAGEMENT LEAD – MANUFACTURING

3mo

Brightbeam · Hybrid · Waterford, Ireland

83 · Great4 Day Work Week€100k – €130k

Spacecraft Integration and Test Engineer

2mo

Boeing · Onsite · El Segundo, USA

71 · Great9 Day Fortnight$120k – $215k

Spacecraft Integration and Test Engineer

2mo

Boeing · Onsite · El Segundo, USA

71 · Great9 Day Fortnight$79k – $134k

Production Operations Leader

15d

United Launch Alliance · Hybrid · Decatur, USA

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight

Mechanical Engineer

21d

United Launch Alliance · Hybrid · Decatur, USA

70 · Great9 Day Fortnight

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Manufacturing on this page include Helion, United Launch Alliance, and Graphcore. 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 Manufacturing is a primary requirement or one of several preferred skills — expand any role above to see the full stack and responsibilities.

Manufacturing roles span the full seniority range — we list 48 open roles requiring 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 — 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. 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 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 Manufacturing on current listings.

Manufacturing Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 48+ manufacturing jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and generous PTO—for a better work-life balance. 6 new this week. Hiring companies include Helion, United Launch Alliance, and Graphcore.

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