Staff Manufacturing Engineer, Primary Structures
About The Position
Provide Design for Manufacturing feedback to structures teams during the development phase and through the first prototype and flight builds. Collaborate closely with a diverse team of engineers specializing in design, manufacturing, and reliability, as well as internal production teams and external vendors, leveraging their collective expertise to drive progress. Cover the shop floor for all primary structure work center assembly work, clearing barriers and keeping production moving. Champion process improvements across multiple work centers to improve assembly operations and incorporate feedback and learnings from the first Terran R build Create work instructions, specifications, and best practices across multiple high-fidelity processes. Help standardize processes across the manufacturing team
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, aeronautical, mechanical engineering, or other engineering discipline
- 8+ years progressive and related experience required
- Strong history of supporting complicated assembly builds and capable of making risk decisions on a regular basis to disposition issues during build and keep production moving
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to interface with engineering and manufacturing groups to understand process constraints and provide design inputs for improved manufacturability
- Strong engineering fundamentals in statics, mechanics of materials, process improvement/factory design, fastening and joining, machining.
- Expert knowledge of common drilling and trim ops, other manufacturing processes, tools, inspection methods and GD&T
Nice To Haves
- Direct experience with forming, welding, drill, trim and fastening operations for aerospace products
- New product introduction of an aerospace hardware system into a manufacturing, test, and production system with proven success
- Experience in managing projects in a fast-paced environment
Responsibilities
- Provide Design for Manufacturing feedback to structures teams during the development phase and through the first prototype and flight builds.
- Collaborate closely with a diverse team of engineers specializing in design, manufacturing, and reliability, as well as internal production teams and external vendors, leveraging their collective expertise to drive progress.
- Cover the shop floor for all primary structure work center assembly work, clearing barriers and keeping production moving.
- Champion process improvements across multiple work centers to improve assembly operations and incorporate feedback and learnings from the first Terran R build
- Create work instructions, specifications, and best practices across multiple high-fidelity processes.
- Help standardize processes across the manufacturing team
Benefits
- Relativity Space offers competitive salary and equity, a generous PTO and sick leave policy, parental leave, an annual learning and development stipend, and more!
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
1,001-5,000 employees
