Manufacturing Engineering I

Blue Canyon Technologies•Boulder, CO

4d•Onsite

About The Position

Blue Canyon Technologies, RTX's small satellite manufacturer and mission services provider, develops components and spacecraft bus platforms for missions ranging from very-low Earth orbit to lunar and interplanetary journeys. The Manufacturing Engineer I develops and implements manufacturing processes for building, testing, and delivering spacecraft and spacecraft components. This is a full-time, on-site role at the company's Boulder, Colorado location; work locations may change based on business needs. The role provides hands-on support for products and processes, improves manufacturing workflows, and coordinates with engineering, quality, supply chain, production work centers, suppliers, customers, and program teams. The engineer supports manufacturing schedules, non-conformance resolution, corrective actions, documentation, tooling, and readiness reviews. The job operates in a professional office environment within a manufacturing company and involves standard office equipment. The listed pay range is $70,000–$100,000. Pay is determined by factors including education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, internal equity, and market data. Benefits include employer-sponsored health, dental, and vision coverage effective the first of the month after hire; life insurance; a 401(k) with 4% matching when the employee contributes at least 5%; paid time off; and parental leave.

Requirements

A bachelor's or associate degree in an engineering field, or 0–5 or more years of related aerospace experience; related technical experience may be considered in lieu of education.
Proficiency interpreting technical engineering drawings, bills of material, and technical documents, including test and integration procedures.
Excellent interpersonal skills.
Strong written communication skills.
Oral presentation skills.
Ability to lead group discussions with internal and external customers.

Responsibilities

Refine, modify, or provide input on applications, processes, and designs to meet manufacturing and test requirements.
Analyze statistical data, evaluate results, and implement improvements to meet contract, schedule, and quality requirements.
Provide hands-on support for products and processes.
Own manufacturing build schedules that meet program schedule milestones.
Serve as the primary point of contact for manufacturing non-conforming product, troubleshooting, root cause analysis, failure investigations, and corrective actions.
Review drawings, assembly instructions, work orders, and engineering change orders for completeness.
Implement engineering changes and incorporate corrective actions.
Assist cognizant engineers in creating mechanical and electrical assembly instructions, standardizing them across projects and products, and streamlining hardware workflow through work centers.
Update designs in response to manufacturing issues, parts obsolescence, and system requirement changes.
Contribute to or present technical data at technical exchange meetings, manufacturing and test readiness reviews, and program status reviews with program managers and customers.
Collaborate with design engineering, test engineering, quality assurance, supply chain management, work centers, and outside suppliers.
Maintain strong relationships with internal and external customers.
Assist with tooling design and validation.
Own and maintain a common parts list that is readily supported by manufacturing.
Use in-house business systems, including configuration data management tools, a manufacturing execution system, MRP, manufacturing shop-floor control, and internal status reporting.
Perform other responsibilities as assigned.