Sr. Manufacturing Engineer

Astrion • Cape Canaveral, FL

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About The Position

Astrion is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to support a contract providing full life-cycle support to the United States Space Force Space Systems Center National Security Space Launch program in the Cape Canaveral, Florida area. The contract supports the Space Force across systems engineering and integration, acquisition and program management, mission integration, system safety and environmental engineering, systems security and information assurance, launch schedule and risk management, and certification of new entrant launch vehicles.

The role provides launch vehicle industrial and manufacturing systems engineering expertise. It applies knowledge of structures, materials, manufacturing, industrial engineering, logistics, testing, operations, processes, personnel, and organizations. The engineer supports customer acquisition and systems engineering activities, assesses launch vehicle design and manufacturing operations, manages engineering and technical data, and contributes to training, certification, reviews, risk management, and anomaly resolution. The position is full-time, located in Cape Canaveral, Florida, requires a current DoD Secret clearance and U.S. citizenship, and involves 0–10% travel.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering.
• 12 or more years of related experience.
• Current DoD Secret clearance.
• U.S. citizenship.
• Experience in aerospace quality or manufacturing engineering, military reuse space program processes, reuse launch vehicle hardware, or FAA flight-maintenance reuse programs.
• Experience with the design, testing, manufacture, and operation of systems, processes, personnel, and organizations.
• Experience reviewing design, manufacturing, testing, procedures, and anomaly resolution.
• Experience providing risk assessments, actionable recommendations, and mitigations.
• Experience performing acquisition functions such as requirements development and performance assessments.
• Experience performing systems engineering from requirements development through post-flight reporting.
• Experience operating manufacturing data systems and providing training and support to customers and colleagues.
• Ability to interact effectively with USSF, SSC, DCMA, NASA, NRO, launch vehicle organizations, subcontractors, and Aerospace Corporation.
• Experience with knowledge capture, process definition, and preparing and providing training.
• Ability to prepare and deliver written and verbal presentations and reports to senior engineers and management.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Competency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Jira, Confluence, and SharePoint.

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of launch vehicle structures and mechanical systems.

Responsibilities

• Provide launch vehicle industrial and manufacturing systems engineering expertise.
• Apply expertise in structures, materials, manufacturing, industrial engineering, logistics, testing, operations, processes, personnel, and organizations.
• Prepare assessments for Engineering Review Boards, including risk recommendations.
• Support customer acquisition functions, including requirements development, requests for proposals, and cost, technical, schedule, and performance reports.
• Perform and support systems engineering functions, including requirements definition, design reviews, test reviews, risk management, pedigree, hardware acceptance, verification, operations, anomaly resolution, and post-flight analyses.
• Assess launch vehicle design, manufacturing methods, procedures, tooling, facilities, infrastructure, personnel qualifications, non-conformances, material review boards, corrective action reports, calibration, environmental controls, quality assurance, non-destructive examinations, safety methods, regulations, supplier management, and transportation.
• Prepare the customer team for and support manufacturing operations and anomaly resolution.
• Plan, coordinate, brief, and support Engineering Review Boards, program reviews, and other meetings.
• Perform technical and engineering data management, including data mining and reporting.
• Support training and certification through course development, peer review, training, and mentoring.
• Collaborate with USSF System Program Offices, Aerospace Corporation, launch vehicle contractors, subcontractors, launch sites, and the Defense Contract Management Agency.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior