Manufacturing Engineer Jobs

About The Position

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Electrical, or Aerospace Engineering, or another relevant field, from an accredited university.
• At least 3 years of experience in a manufacturing, industrial, or process engineering role.
• At least 1 year of experience creating English work instructions.
• Ability to explain technical issues clearly and concisely to technical and non-technical audiences.
• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident with a current Green Card, or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
• Must be able to work second shift and be flexible to move shifts as needed.
• Open to working extended hours if required.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in avionics, wire harnessing, GNC hardware, thermal systems, test, or orbital tube welding.
• Fiber optics experience in harnessing or GNC.
• Proficiency in Creo or a comparable CAD tool for tooling and fixture design.
• Experience performing engineering analysis to support tooling, fixtures, or process development.
• Experience with human-rated or safety-critical hardware and understanding of human spaceflight rigor.
• Hands-on personal engineering, fabrication, or home-build projects.
• Experience in high-rate aerospace or automotive assembly lines.
• Understanding of mechanical design and manufacturing fundamentals, including working knowledge of GD&T.
• Experience with bills of materials and BOM reconciliation.
• Manufacturing engineering experience in aerospace or automotive.
• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing practices and principles.
• Experience with AS9100 quality standards.
• Specialty in avionics box build, integration, and test.
• Specialty in wire harness design-to-build, fabrication, and test; fiber optics experience is a plus.
• Specialty in test-procedure development, test equipment, and integration and test.
• Specialty in thermal hardware manufacturing and process development.
• Specialty in manufacturing and integration of guidance, navigation, and control hardware; fiber optics experience is a plus.
• Specialty in orbital tube welding process development, qualification, and production support.

Responsibilities

• Support industrialization of new products in areas such as solar arrays, integration and test, avionics, harnessing, GNC, thermal systems, and structures.
• Contribute to design for manufacturability (DFM), design for assembly (DFA), and design for test (DFT).
• Translate engineering requirements into robust, repeatable manufacturing processes.
• Collaborate with design engineering, quality assurance, supply chain, and production teams.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing documentation, including work instructions, process flow diagrams, tool designs, and inspection plans.
• Evaluate and implement manufacturing technologies and methods such as composites, precision machining, additive manufacturing, orbital welding, and advanced assembly.
• Support root cause analysis of process or product nonconformances and develop and implement corrective actions.
• Clearly communicate technical issues, risks, and recommendations to audiences at every level and drive issues to resolution.
• Ensure work meets applicable quality and safety standards, including AS9100 and ISO 9001, and requirements for human spaceflight hardware.
• Participate in process FMEAs, risk assessments, and validation of new production lines and equipment.
• Identify and complete opportunities for efficiency gains and cost reduction.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Basic and supplemental life insurance
• Paid parental leave
• Short- and long-term disability
• 401(k) with company match of up to 5%
• Education Support Program
• Stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week
• Up to four weeks of paid time off per year based on weekly scheduled hours
• Up to 14 company-paid holidays
• Depending on role type and job level, employees may be eligible for bonuses and other benefits; amounts and eligibility are not guaranteed.