Manufacturing Engineer, Machine Shop

Firefly Aerospace•Briggs, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Firefly Aerospace is hiring a Manufacturing Engineer to support rocket component production at its manufacturing site in Briggs, Texas. As part of a small, fast-paced team, this role connects the machine shop and engineering team, providing manufacturing feedback that helps determine the success of components and assemblies. The position helps move work from CAD models to physical components and assemblies ready for testing, while improving production methods, processes, and cycle times. The role also supports component manufacturability, long-lead task planning, work instructions, corrective actions, tooling and programming readiness, and conceptual design and sourcing of work holding. Firefly offers health, dental, and vision plans, parental leave, relocation benefits, educational reimbursement, short-term disability, and flexible PTO options. The role is subject to U.S. Government space technology export regulations; applicants must meet the stated U.S. citizenship, residency, protected-individual, or authorization eligibility criteria.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering or at least 5 years of experience working in a machine shop environment implementing the listed responsibilities.
Experience with CAD software such as Pro-E, CATIA, Autodesk Inventor, SolidWorks, or NX.
Exceptional people interaction skills.
Passion for creating, building, and making things happen.
Advanced understanding of GD&T per ASME Y14.5 Standards.
Ability to develop CAD models and create engineering drawings.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience with process development in casting, forging, metallic 3D printing, or sheet metal.
Experience with budgetary and schedule planning.
Some CNC programming experience.
Tooling expertise.
Experience programming CNC machines.
Experience setting up and running CNC machines.
Data analysis experience.
Capacity planning experience.
Startup experience.

Responsibilities

Act as liaison between the machine shop and the engineering team.
Provide feedback to responsible engineers and ensure time-efficient and cost-efficient methods of producing components.
Ensure on-time delivery of rocket components from CAD models to tangible components and assemblies ready for testing.
Research new manufacturing methods and production-related processes.
Work with the design team to ensure components are manufacturable.
Manage lookaheads for long-lead tasks.
Improve processes and cycle times.
Implement quick-changeover improvements.
Be fully accountable for a set of hardware.
Create work instructions.
Identify issues and work with quality to provide and execute corrective actions.
Work with tooling and programming teams to ensure job readiness.
Conceptually design and source work holding.