Manager, Sustaining Engineering

Job Description

Bevi is on a mission to disrupt the beverage supply chain and replace single-use water bottles with smart water machines. Thousands of companies use Bevi to sustainably provide their employees with pure, sparkling, and flavored water at work. As the market leader in IoT-enabled beverage machines, we’ve raised over $160M in venture capital and we have grown tremendously each year since launch. In addition to maintaining hypergrowth with our current product line, Bevi is heavily investing in new product development.

Bevi is seeking a Sustaining Engineering Manager to lead a cross-functional team focused on the ongoing improvement, support, and evolution of our existing products. In this role, you will be the technical driver behind initiatives that improve product reliability, manufacturability, and cost. You’ll work closely with teams across Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, and Product to scope problems, develop solutions, and guide changes from concept through implementation.

This is a hands-on, technical leadership role for someone who thrives in a collaborative environment, can navigate ambiguity, and is passionate about continuous improvement.

Your Day to Day

• Lead the sustaining team in working with Quality, Product, and Manufacturing teams to understand challenges, establish success criteria, and lead investigations for Bevi’s top areas of improvement
• Support product failure investigations by gathering data and using root cause analysis techniques
• Work with project managers to clearly communicate status updates, challenges, and timing impacts
• Guide the team in design reviews, ensuring opportunities, risks, and proposed next steps are clearly communicated and understood 
• Mentor the team to iterate through designs from benchtop prototypes to manufacturing ready models
• Ensure 3D CAD and 2D drawings for manufacturing are properly implemented into Bevi’s PLM system
• Work with suppliers to improve designs and initiate process changes
• Keep multiple projects moving, prioritizing resourcing and requirements accordingly
• Help the team develop and execute tests to prove performance, reduce risk, and build product reliability
• Provide guidance to the new product development team on new designs to ensure reliability and cost targets are met

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant experience in product design, sustaining engineering, or manufacturing support, including at least 2 years in a leadership or project ownership role
• Ability to mentor and grow a team of highly capable engineers
• Skilled SOLIDWORKS user, with experience working collaboratively in large assemblies, and creating toleranced 2D part and assembly drawings (experience with GD&T a plus)
• Professional experience designing for various manufacturing processes such as injection molding, stamping, and casting. Working knowledge of materials used in these processes
• Strong hands-on skills to build and test prototypes
• Proficiency and ability to use mechanical power/hand tools (drill press, saw, press, etc) and electrical instrumentation (meters, power supplies, pressure sensors, etc)
• Strong documentation, presentation and communication skills to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Ability to be in the office 3+ days per week
• Experience with data collection tools such as DataQ, Labview, or similar
• Experience with PDM systems
• Experience with fluid and/or hydraulic systems is a plus
• Experience working with 3D printers is a plus
• Experience with designing products that fall under UL, NSF, or other similar regulatory standards

Benefits

• Comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance plans with BlueCross BlueShield, 95% paid by employer
• 401(k) with company match
• Flexible PTO plus 12 company holidays, and additional paid days for sick leave, etc 
• Generous fully paid parental leave for both birth parents and non-birth parents
• Fully employer paid disability and life insurances
• Wellness and fitness reimbursements
• Monthly stipends for cell phone use and commuting costs
• Onsite snacks, weekly catered lunch, and (of course) unlimited Bevi … plus composting and terracycling, too
• Happy hours, team-building events, bagel breakfasts, Hero awards – and more.

We’re excited about supporting career growth and would love to be part of your professional journey. We know that talent comes in many forms, and we value individual accomplishments, specialized knowledge, and genuine passion over just checking boxes on a requirements list.If any of our positions interest you, please apply! Our recruiting team will contact you about next steps if we’d like to move forward together.