Manufacturing Engineer - Various Disciplines

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Los Angeles, CA Area – Relocation Assistance Provided

**Multiple Manufacturing Engineers needed at various levels across these focus areas: Avionics, Composites, Integration and Test, Machining, Propulsion, Tooling

The Company

Our client is a rapidly growing startup defense company that brings a new and innovative approach to the development and production of defense systems. They focus on short, iterative design cycles, with rapid developmental testing and modern commercial manufacturing strategies for production at scale.

The Job

Our client is seeking a high capable Manufacturing Engineer to support the development and build of critical components and sub systems for their long range hypersonic strike vehicles. As a Manufacturing Engineering you will be responsible for working closely with engineering teams to execute complex builds of critical components, advancing designs, oversee maintenance, oversee upgrades, defining manufacturing, maturing subassembly process flow, define assembly and integration processes.

Functions

• Lead day to day production of mechanisms such as the separation system and launchers
• Develop process and factory design to transition from development to production rates of 1000s of units per year
• Develop and refine process documentation including build instructions, test procedures, safety standards, and mBOMs
• Create, maintain and communicate detailed plans and schedules
• Work closely with supply chain to develop new and existing suppliers
• Design and validate tooling
• Participate in design reviews to drive design for manufacturing (DFM)

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in an engineering discipline
• 2+ years of manufacturing, fabrication, assembly or testing experience or heavy involvement in extra-curricular design teams at the university level

Preferred Skills

• 5+ years of manufacturing engineering experience for high performance aerospace products
• Experience in aerospace mechanisms
• Experience with structural welding
• Experience with ordinance
• Experience with NX/Teamcenter CAD/PDM
• Hands on experience in metal fabrication
• Experience in transitioning development process to production

Additional Requirements

• Must be willing to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed
• Must be able to travel up to 30% of the time