Updated August 1, 2026

20 open positions

Manufacturing Jobs with a Great Work-Life Balance

Browse 20+ manufacturing jobs at companies offering 9-day fortnights and generous PTO—full pay and a better work-life balance. 13 new this week. Hiring companies include Helion, L3Harris Technologies, and Arista Networks.

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Head of Hardware

VotingWorks

RemoteUSA

86 · Excellent4 day week80% pay

Lead, Large Form Factor Modular Data Center

1mo

Armada

RemoteUSA

58 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$163k – $204k

Production Operations Leader

United Launch Alliance

HybridDecatur, USA

70 · Great9 day fortnight

Manufacturing Engineer

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteSalt Lake City, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Associate, Manufacturing Engineering

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteRochester, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight$56k – $104k

Manufacturing Process Engineer, Cable Harness

14h

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteSalt Lake City, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Mechanical Design Engineer - Data Center Hardware

Arista Networks

OnsiteSanta Clara, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$120k – $180k

Senior Director of Build

Helion

OnsiteEverett, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$249k – $291k

Manufacturing Engineer

Helion

OnsiteEverett, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$138k – $182k

Capacitor R&D Supervisor

Helion

OnsiteEverett, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$111k – $140k

Vice President, Operations - Autonomous Systems

OnsiteSimi Valley, USA

61 · Good9 day fortnight

Mechanical Process Engineer

1mo

Oak Ridge National Laboratory

HybridOak Ridge, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Senior Prototype Engineer

11d

Panthalassa

OnsitePortland, USA

54 · Decent5 day weekUnlimited PTO$125k – $165k

Supplier Quality Engineer

1mo

CHAOS Industries

OnsiteEl Segundo, USA

57 · Good5 day weekUnlimited PTO$120k – $170k

Senior Mechanical Engineer

1mo

Arista Networks

OnsiteNashua, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work

Mechanical NPI Engineer

1mo

Arista Networks

OnsiteSanta Clara, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$110k – $175k

Staff Product Design Engineer

2mo

Samsara

HybridSan Francisco, USA

57 · Good5 day weekBest Place to Work$220k – $275k

Assembler B

14h

L3Harris Technologies

OnsiteCamden, USA

63 · Good9 day fortnight

Build Engineer

Helion

OnsiteEverett, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$138k – $182k

Senior Supplier Development Engineer, Electrical

Helion

OnsiteEverett, USA

59 · Good5 day weekGenerous PTO$200k – $240k

Every role is a genuine reduced-hours position, manually curated and refreshed daily. How we curate

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Everything you need to know about 4-day week jobs

Employers hiring for Manufacturing on this page include Helion, L3Harris Technologies, and Arista Networks. 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 20 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.