Build Reliability Engineer

About the role

Mach Industries is a defense technology company focused on next-generation autonomous defense platforms. The Build Reliability Engineer will develop and enforce manufacturing, integration, assembly, welding, non-destructive evaluation (NDE), cleanliness, and checkout processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop manufacturing, integration, assembly, welding, NDE, cleanliness, and checkout processes from the ground up.
• Replicate processes and enforce consistency across different work centers.
• Partner closely with design teams to optimize design-for-manufacturability (DFM) and ensure requirements are fully met.
• Aggressively refine requirements and manufacturing processes where design intent conflicts with production rate or scalability.
• Investigate production, test, and field issues; lead root cause analysis and implement corrective/preventive actions to improve designs and processes.
• Create training for production and inspection processes.
• Conduct build quality reviews, enforce standards, and collaborate on continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support supplier quality and incoming inspection to ensure component reliability.
• Owning Quality Management System (QMS) maturation toward AS9100/ISO 9001 certification, including Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), Process Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (PFMEA), control plans, audits, documentation, metrics, and traceability.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical, aerospace, manufacturing, materials, or related engineering discipline (or equivalent experience).
• 1+ years of experience in manufacturing, quality, reliability, or design engineering roles (internship and strong project/team experience qualifies).
• Familiarity with GD&T, tolerance analysis, and inspection methods.
• Exceptional communication and collaboration skills in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in aerospace, defense, or high-reliability manufacturing environments.
• Experience with avionics, jet engines, SRMs (solid-state rocket motors), or composites.
• Background in process documentation, root cause analysis (e.g., 8D, fishbone), and quality systems.
• Knowledge of AS9100/ISO 9001, Lean/Six Sigma, PFMEA/control plans, or precision inspection methods (vision/laser system, CMM, etc.).
• Proficiency in CAD (NX, SolidWorks, etc.) and data analysis tools (SPC, Minitab, etc.).