Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Gravitics•Seattle, WA

25d•Onsite

About The Position

Gravitics is seeking experienced manufacturing engineers to transform design concepts into hardware for large-scale orbital structures. The role involves manufacturing of metallic structures and mechanisms, avionics and harnessing, and propulsion and fluid systems. The ideal candidate will be a proactive individual with experience in various manufacturing methods, capable of both rigorous and adaptable approaches, and able to work with limited guidance.

Requirements

Demonstrated experience with complex projects with ownership from design to hardware manifestation.
Ability to apply a first principles approach to manufacturing engineering.
Firm understanding of what is required for a good mechanical, electrical, and/or fluid system design.
Experience with several aerospace manufacturing methods for mechanical, electrical, and/or fluid hardware.
Familiarity with CAD packages such as NX or similar.
Experience with Engineering drawings and GD&T.
Bachelor’s degree in Engineering discipline or Physics.
5+ years of industry experience in mechanical, electrical, or aerospace engineering.
Candidates must be willing to work on Civil, Commercial, and Defense-related projects.
Must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Nice To Haves

A proven history of successful hardware in launch vehicles or space systems.
Experience with aerospace environmental testing such as structural, vibe, shock, thermal, and/or radiation testing.
First-hand experience with nondestructive evaluation techniques.
Experience with Design of experiments and process optimization.
Experience generating and executing on work instructions, build procedures, and checkout procedures for flight critical parts.
Experience working with safety critical systems in a regulated environment.
Experience in projects that required you to pick up a wrench, operate a mill or other piece of manufacturing equipment.

Responsibilities

Author, select, and refine Manufacturing methodologies, techniques, and flows to reduce cost and complexity, and increase reliability.
Generate and execute plans to validate new manufacturing processes capabilities.
Drive designs for manufacturability, safety, cost, and operability.
Oversee the investigation and resolution of quality issues and their root causes.
Implement processes and controls to ensure mission success.
Identify and execute on equipment, machine, tooling, and factory floor layout upgrades to meet production demands.
Review piece part and assembly drawings and conduct DFM analyses.
Provide guidance to the manufacturing team in a coaching capacity.