Spec, Electrical Engrg

Acron Aviation • Grand Rapids, MI

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About The Position

Acron Aviation (Avionics – Recorders) designs, engineers, and manufactures certified avionics systems that support safety-critical flight operations across commercial and military aviation. The Recorders product line develops and sustains cockpit voice recorders, flight data recorders, and integrated data acquisition systems that enable regulatory compliance, safety insight, and operational performance across global fleets. These systems are deployed across commercial, military, and rotorcraft platforms and require deep expertise across systems, hardware, software, and lifecycle sustainment in highly regulated environments. This role is focused on driving Zero Defects in the middle of the manufacturing process, where design intent meets production reality. The Operations Engineer owns Rolled Throughput Yield (RTY) performance and uses RTY and defect data to frame, prioritize, and lead continuous improvement initiatives. These efforts are aimed at eliminating systemic defect drivers, stabilizing manufacturing and test processes, and structurally removing cost from both product and process, rather than relying on inspection, rework, or short-term containment. This position requires practical experience in Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) design to diagnose manufacturing defects arising from marginal design decisions, component selection, layout sensitivities, or testability limitations. Operating in a complex, regulated avionics manufacturing environment, the role partners closely with Manufacturing, Test, and Operations, and collaborates with Quality, which owns supplier- and customer-facing quality. The Operations Engineer leads defect resolution within the factory, ensures corrective actions are permanent and prevention-based, and applies design-informed manufacturing insight to strengthen process robustness and execution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Manufacturing, Electrical/Computer, Mechanical, Systems, or related); Electrical Engineering preferred
• Minimum 3–5 years of experience in manufacturing, operations engineering, production engineering, or sustaining engineering
• Demonstrated experience improving yield (RTY/FPY) and resolving systemic defects in a complex manufacturing environment
• Hands-on experience with Circuit Card Assembly (CCA) at the design-manufacturing interface, including electronics troubleshooting, sustaining engineering, and manufacturing support
• Working knowledge of Design for Excellence (DFX), including Design for Manufacturing (DFM), Design for Assembly (DFA), and Design for Cost (DFC)
• Ability to interpret schematics, layouts, and component behavior to assess impact on manufacturability, testability, and RTY
• Strong structured problem-solving capability (A3, 5-Why, Fishbone, PDCA)
• Experience partnering with Quality, Manufacturing, and Test in a regulated environment (aerospace, defense, medical, automotive, or similar)

Nice To Haves

• Experience with avionics, flight recorders, electronics, or electro-mechanical assemblies
• Prior involvement with high-reliability CCA manufacturing (IPC Class 3, AS9100 environments)
• Familiarity with CCA defect mechanisms such as solder joint reliability, thermal stress, component derating, layout-induced sensitivity, and test-induced failures
• Exposure to Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, or formal operating systems

Responsibilities

• Own Rolled Throughput Yield (RTY), including analysis by process step, failure mechanism, and product variant
• Identify leading indicators of RTY degradation (repeat defects, rework loops, test fallout) and take action before yield loss escalates
• Develop RTY loss trees and defect pareto to focus improvement activity on the highest-impact opportunities
• Lead structured defect resolution for manufacturing, integration, calibration, and test-induced failures
• Drive cross-functional root cause analysis and corrective actions in collaboration with Manufacturing, Test Engineering, Design Engineering, Operations, and Quality
• Partner with Quality Engineering to provide deep manufacturing and CCA-specific technical insight to investigations
• Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineering and Test Engineering to address CCA-related defect drivers through improved process controls, screening strategies, test conditions, or work instructions
• Apply CCA-level design knowledge (schematics, layouts, component behavior, and manufacturing interfaces) to identify root causes related to soldering, component sensitivity, layout robustness, thermal effects, and test access
• Use RTY and defect data to frame continuous improvement projects that eliminate waste, rework, and non-value-added process steps
• Support error-proofing, process capability improvements, and removal of unnecessary inspection or repair loops

Benefits

• Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer

What This Job Offers

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