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Product Engineer III

AeroVironment•Petaluma, CA

About The Position

A Product Engineer III at AeroVironment provides sustaining engineering support for UAV systems used in military and commercial applications. The role includes design modifications to structural components, electro-mechanical assemblies, payloads, ground equipment, launching systems, and flight control actuators; prototype hardware development; design verification testing; and product configuration management. The engineer also develops and maintains manufacturing drawings and bills of materials, supports design reviews, helps plan and schedule engineering work, and assists manufacturing teams and suppliers with mechanical components and assemblies. The position supports a product line throughout its lifecycle, including product configuration and change orders, production transitions, engineering documentation updates, product improvements, obsolescence management, customer failure analysis, and resolution of technical issues affecting production. The engineer works with product line managers, design engineers, project managers, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, suppliers, and customers. Frequent travel is required to support suppliers, product issues, system testing, and customers. This position requires access to ITAR/EAR-controlled information, so applicants must qualify as a U.S. person or be eligible for an export license; some positions may require current U.S. citizenship due to contract requirements.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
  • Lean Six Sigma experience or Green Belt certification.
  • 5–8 years of related experience in a similar role, including work in an engineering design environment and support of products in production.
  • Experience with electronics manufacturing troubleshooting.
  • Experience with PCB layout, schematics, and assemblies.
  • Experience with design, drafting, and CAD, including Altium and ASME Y14 drawing standards.
  • Strong understanding of configuration management principles.
  • Strong understanding of engineering fundamentals, mathematics, physics, material properties, electronics, systems, and software.
  • Demonstrated understanding of requirements for building production assemblies, including documentation for production-floor use.
  • Ability to integrate across technical disciplines and organizations, including program management, manufacturing, quality, purchasing, suppliers, and customers.
  • Proficiency with office software and computer-based productivity tools.
  • Effective problem-solving, analytical, interpersonal, and communication skills.
  • Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment and complete tasks within schedule and budget.
  • Ability to work in an office and manufacturing environment.
  • Ability to sit and stand for long periods, talk, hear, and use hands and fingers to operate a computer and telephone keyboard.
  • Frequent travel to support suppliers, resolve product issues, participate in system tests, and support customers.
  • Must qualify as a U.S. person under ITAR/EAR or be eligible for an export license to access controlled information; some positions may require current U.S. citizenship.

Nice To Haves

  • Experience with unmanned air vehicles.
  • Experience with RF, digital, and communications electronics design.
  • Experience with Agile PLM data management.
  • Familiarity with product configuration management standards MIL-HDBK-61A and EIA-649-B.
  • Competency in solving basic structural dynamics problems.

Responsibilities

  • Provide sustaining engineering support for a product line.
  • Manage product-line configuration and change orders in the Agile PLM system.
  • Understand product design, features, manufacturing processes, and customer performance and configuration requirements.
  • Serve as a technical point of contact for ongoing support and change initiation, including managing manufacturing and customer issues escalated to engineering.
  • Assist with proposal and report writing and review contracts for production orders.
  • Help coordinate the transition of new products and product variants into production.
  • Coordinate the release and updating of engineering design documentation, operator manuals, bills of materials, manufacturing procedures, product acceptance test procedures, and production tooling and test equipment.
  • Coordinate development, testing, and release of product improvements and variants with product line managers, design engineers, and project managers.
  • Manage component obsolescence for the product line.
  • Provide customer support for failure analysis, field bulletin technical content, and general product information.
  • Work with suppliers, purchasing, and planning to resolve technical issues that affect production.
  • Support UAV product design modifications, prototype hardware development, design verification testing, and configuration management.
  • Develop and maintain manufacturing drawings and bills of materials using industry drafting standards.
  • Support design reviews and assist project managers with planning and scheduling engineering work.
  • Support manufacturing teams and suppliers in producing mechanical components and assemblies.
  • Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

  • Medical insurance.
  • Dental insurance.
  • Vision insurance.
  • 401(k) with company matching.
  • 9/80 work schedule.
  • Paid holiday shutdown.

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