Manufacturing Engineer
Vector Atomic
Pleasanton, CA · $110k–$135k a year · Posted November 6, 2026
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Where Pleasanton, CA ranks
Where Pleasanton, CA placed in our monthly rankings, month by month. Each month stays online at its own address.
November 2026
- #10Cities with the most jobs that need no experience in the West Coast1.2% · of 66
- #18Best cities for director and executive jobs in the West Coast21% · of 71
- #22Best cities for pay after cost of living in California$148k · of 32
- #23Best cities for AI-skill jobs in the West Coast12% · of 71
- #24Best cities for pay after cost of living in the West Coast$148k · of 36
- #25Best all-round cities for remote workers in the West Coast42 / 100 · of 39
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 pays about $122,500 a year. Across 417 open manufacturing engineer listings that state pay, the middle half runs $88,000 to $126,000 and the median is $102,500. That is inside the middle half of those listings, 20% above the median.
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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
...geophysical exploration, and telecommunications. Our team of engineers, scientists, software developers, and operations professionals... ...to scalable production. You will own key portions of the manufacturing process for highly sensitive photonic and opto-mechanical assemblies...