Senior Manufacturing Engineer Composites

Why Castelion Why Now

Castelion is moving incredibly fast to develop and deliver advanced defense systems at a time when execution matters more than ever. We believe focus ownership and excellence are decisive advantages - and were building a world-class team to turn bold ideas into real capability.

This is a rare opportunity to join at an early stage where youll have significant ownership collaborate with exceptional teammates and make a direct measurable impact on our mission and the future of the company - regardless of your function.

Senior Manufacturing Engineer Composites

Castelion is seeking a highly skilled Senior Manufacturing Engineer to establish in house manufacturing capability for composite components. This will include qualifying build processes releasing mature work instructions producing tooling and training operators.

This role will be responsible for delivering flight ready composite hardware produced through internal Castelion manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop validate and implement manufacturing processes for composite structures including layup vacuum bagging curing trimming bonding and assembly operations.
• Design and develop production tooling fixtures molds and manufacturing aids required for in-house production.
• Generate and release work instructions process specifications and manufacturing documentation.
• Troubleshoot manufacturing issues and drive improvements in quality yield throughput and cost.
• Lead the transition of composite components from development and external suppliers to internal production.
• Establish process controls manufacturing standards and inspection requirements to ensure consistent product quality.
• Support equipment selection factory development and workflow optimization to enable efficient composite manufacturing.
• Partner with design and materials engineering teams to provide DFM feedback and ensure products are designed for manufacturability and production success.
• Support development qualification and implementation of new composite materials tooling concepts and manufacturing methods.
• Work cross-functionally with design quality supply chain procurement and program management to meet performance schedule and cost objectives.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors or advanced degree in aerospace engineering manufacturing engineering materials engineering mechanical engineering or physics.
• 3 years of experience building aerospace grade composite components from scratch

Preferred Skills and Experience

• Experience in a hardware development environment
• Previous involvement in a high-speed production environment handling flight hardware
• Prior involvement in a high-output environment involving hands-on experience in constructing composite components
• Ability to acclimate to frequently changing assignments and a fast-paced working environment
• Excellent communication skills both written and oral along with effective teamwork abilities
• Superb focus and attention to detail with remarkable work efficiency and accuracy
• Use of hand tools power tools and fabrication tools
• Expertise in manufacturing and repairing intricate testing systems
• Familiarity with Atlassian tools such as SVN Confluence and JIRA
• Skills in project management

Castelion offers a generous benefits package. Please refer to the bottom of our Careers page for more details.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

Additional Eligibility Requirements

This position may require access to classified information or restricted U.S. Government sites systems or information as determined by the Company and/or applicable U.S. Government requirements. If the position is so designated your employment in the role may be contingent upon your ability to obtain and maintain the required U.S. Government security clearance or other government authorization and to satisfy any citizenship or other eligibility requirements imposed by applicable law regulation executive order or government contract requirements. You will be notified if and when such requirements apply.

Affirmative Action/EEO Statement

Castelion is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all applicants and employees without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin age disability genetic information protected veteran status or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal state or local law.

Castelion is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities throughout the application and hiring process. If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete an application participate in the interview process or otherwise participate in the hiring process please contact Requests for accommodation will be considered on an individual basis and handled in accordance with applicable law.

Castelion is committed to fostering a workplace where employment decisions are based on qualifications business needs and the ability to perform the essential functions of the role with or without reasonable accommodation.

EAR/ITAR Requirements

This position requires access to export-controlled information and as such employment (or hiring of a contractor) is contingent upon the candidates ability to access all applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing being required by the Bureau of Industry and Security and/or the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls.

Required Experience:

Senior IC