Manufacturing Engineer
Kirkhill
Brea, CA · Posted November 3, 2026
Just laid off? Start here: a plan for the first weeks
See every open role at Kirkhill
More in California job market · All Manufacturing Engineer jobs (1,123) · Engineering jobs
Similar jobs
- Sr. Associate, Manufacturing Quality Engineer · L3Harris Technologies · Canoga Park, CA
- Senior Engineer, Manufacturing Quality · QuantumScape · CA
- Engineer II, Conjugation Development and Manufacturing · Vaxcyte · San Carlos, CA
- Manufacturing Equipment Engineer - Metrology - Semiconductor Operations · Keysight Technologies · Santa Rosa, CA
- Manufacturing Engineer · Keysight Technologies · Santa Clara, CA
- Senior Staff Engineer, Foundry · Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd./ADR · San Diego, CA
Where Brea, CA ranks
Where Brea, CA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #5Best cities for junior jobs in California37% · of 54
- #7Best cities for junior jobs in the West Coast37% · of 71
- #23Best cities for director and executive jobs in the West Coast20% · of 71
Rankings about engineering jobs
- Best cities for software and engineering jobs #1 San Francisco (3,412 openings)
- Best cities for engineering pay after cost of living #1 San Mateo ($216k)
- Most requested AI skills in engineering jobs #1 AI tools in daily work (6.1%)
- AI tools named most often in engineering jobs #1 Claude (1.7%)
- Employers with the most engineering jobs #1 Amazon (2,992 roles)
Pay compared with the market
This listing does not state pay. Across 397 open manufacturing engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $88,000 to $126,000 and the median is $102,000.
Listed pay is what employers advertise, not what people are paid.
Manufacturing Engineer salaries by state · Check your own pay
How AI is used in this kind of work
AI use among industrial engineers is little observed so far. Measured exposure for industrial engineers: 4% (little observed).
Share of this job’s tasks that AI is already used for at work, from real usage. It is not a forecast of job loss, and a low number means no use seen yet. Source: Anthropic Economic Index.
About the job
...Job Summary Optimize all aspects of manufacturing process by identifying opportunities and applying
simpler, faster, more... ...Train other employees as required. Provide guidance to Engineering, planning and cost estimating on routers and tooling. Execute...