Manufacturing Engineer

Job Description

As part of a small, fast-paced, and passionate team, you will play a critical role in rocket component production. This position serves as the bridge between engineering and manufacturing, driving design feedback, production improvements, and communication between teams. The quality of your work will directly impact the success of individual components and assemblies throughout the manufacturing process.

Responsibilities

• Act as the liaison between the machine shop and engineering teams.

• Provide feedback to responsible engineers and ensure the most time-efficient and cost-effective manufacturing methods are utilized.

• Ensure timely delivery of rocket components and assemblies ready for testing.

• Research and implement new manufacturing methods and production-related processes.

• Partner with the design team to improve manufacturability and durability of components.

• Manage look-ahead planning for long lead-time tasks.

• Drive process improvement initiatives and reduce cycle times.

• Implement quick-changeover and efficiency improvements.

• Take ownership and accountability for hardware production.

• Create work instructions and manufacturing documentation.

• Identify production issues and work with Quality to develop and execute corrective actions.

• Collaborate with Tooling and Programming teams to ensure production readiness.

• Support conceptual design and sourcing of work-holding solutions.

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Skills and Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering OR 5+ years of experience in a machine shop environment performing the responsibilities listed above.

• Experience with CAD software such as:

○ PTC Creo

○ CATIA

○ Autodesk Inventor

○ SolidWorks

○ NX

• Experience applying International Organization for Standardization (ISO) standards.

• Ability to design 3D CAD models and create engineering drawings.

• Strong passion for creating, building, and bringing products to life.

• Advanced understanding of GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning & Tolerancing) per ASME Y14.5 standards. • Direct experience with product development in one or more of the following:

○ Castings

○ Forgings

○ Metal 3D Printing / Additive Manufacturing

○ Sheet Metal

• Background in scheduling and production planning.

• CNC programming experience.

• Tooling experience.

• Experience setting up and operating CNC machines.

• Data analysis skills.

• Startup company experience.

• Aerospace industry experience.