Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Primary Structures
About The Position
The Senior Manufacturing Engineer will support manufacturing of Terran R primary structures from development through the first prototype and flight builds. The role provides Design for Manufacturing feedback to structures teams, collaborates with design, manufacturing, and reliability engineers, production teams, and external vendors, and supports work-center assembly on the shop floor by resolving barriers and keeping production moving. The engineer champions process improvements across multiple work centers, incorporates feedback and lessons learned from the first Terran R build, and develops work instructions, specifications, and best practices for high-fidelity processes to help standardize manufacturing processes. The Stage Manufacturing team owns the build of Terran R’s primary structures and works closely with technicians and engineers to develop and improve the systems and processes used to build the rocket. The team focuses on meeting production and launch needs, solving manufacturing challenges, optimizing for scale, and applying process improvements and advanced technologies as the vehicle evolves.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, aeronautical, mechanical engineering, or another engineering discipline.
- At least 5 years of progressive and related experience.
- Strong history of supporting complicated assembly builds and making regular risk decisions to disposition build issues and keep production moving.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and ability to interface with engineering and manufacturing groups, understand process constraints, and provide design inputs that improve manufacturability.
- Strong engineering fundamentals in statics, mechanics of materials, process improvement and factory design, fastening and joining, and machining.
- Expert knowledge of common drilling and trim operations, other manufacturing processes, tools, inspection methods, and GD&T.
Nice To Haves
- Direct experience with forming, welding, drilling, trimming, and fastening operations for aerospace products.
- Successful experience introducing an aerospace hardware system into manufacturing, test, and production systems.
- Experience managing projects in a fast-paced environment.
Responsibilities
- Provide Design for Manufacturing feedback to structures teams during development and through the first prototype and flight builds.
- Collaborate with design, manufacturing, and reliability engineers, internal production teams, and external vendors to drive progress.
- Support primary-structure work-center assembly on the shop floor, clear barriers, and keep production moving.
- Champion process improvements across multiple work centers to improve assembly operations.
- Incorporate feedback and lessons learned from the first Terran R build.
- Create work instructions, specifications, and best practices for multiple high-fidelity processes.
- Help standardize processes across the manufacturing team.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity.
- Generous PTO and sick leave policy.
- Parental leave.
- Annual learning and development stipend.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
