Manufacturing Engineer ( Electronical & Avionics Focus)
About The Position
Daher's Sandpoint, Idaho site is a key U.S. aircraft manufacturing and support location specializing in the hand‑built production of the Kodiak aircraft family. The facility supports final assembly, painting, inspection, maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) activities for the Kodiak 100 and Kodiak 900, serving commercial, multi‑mission, and public service customers worldwide. In addition to manufacturing, the site provides comprehensive aircraft maintenance, technical support, and quality oversight, ensuring compliance with FAA regulations and customer requirements, while continuing to expand production capabilities and reinforcing its role as a center of excellence for rugged, mission‑ready turboprop aircraft within Daher’s global network. We are seeking to add a Manufacturing Engineer (Electronical & Avionics Focus) to join the team closest to the aircraft, the mechanics, and the production challenges that matter. In this hands-on role, you will own manufacturing engineering support for Final Assembly and aircraft systems, translating design intent into safe, repeatable, efficient, and configuration-controlled installation processes. The position may be filled at a developing, experienced, or senior level. Title, scope, and compensation will be aligned with the selected candidate’s experience and demonstrated capability.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent relevant experience in manufacturing engineering, aerospace, mechanical, electrical, industrial, or a related field.
- Experience in aerospace, aircraft final assembly, aircraft systems integration, or another complex low-rate assembly environment.
- Practical knowledge of several aircraft systems, such as electrical, electronics, avionics, hydraulics, oxygen, brakes, fuel, flight controls, or environmental systems.
- Demonstrated production support, troubleshooting, root-cause problem solving, and DFM capability.
- Ability to interpret engineering drawings, schematics, specifications, and 3D models.
Nice To Haves
- General aviation or aircraft FAL experience
- eBOM/mBOM reconciliation
- manufacturing drawings and CAD modeling
- Epicor E10 or SAP
- Teamcenter
- Siemens NX
- Lean or continuous improvement
- experience operating as a trusted technical partner to a lead or manager
Responsibilities
- Work side-by-side with mechanics to solve build issues, eliminate root causes, and improve safety, ergonomics, quality, and flow.
- Own and improve FAL build sequences, operation content, routings, and manufacturing methods for aircraft systems installations.
- Provide Design for Manufacturability input on new designs and changes, then carry practical solutions through implementation.
- Reconcile eBOM and mBOM content and keep ERP, PLM, drawings, models, and shop-floor execution aligned.
- Create manufacturing drawings, CAD models, work instructions, tooling requirements, and technical change cases.
- Partner with Design Engineering, Production, Quality, Supply Chain, Planning, Tooling, and Configuration Management.
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- 401(k)
- Life insurance
- Short- and Long-Term Disability
- Paid Time Off
- Paid Holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
