Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Key Responsibilities

• Develop production procedures/processes and manage the transition of components and module assemblies from development to production.
• Develop, qualify, and refine manufacturing processes to meet all requirements including safety, quality, efficiency, and delivery.
• Ensure integration procedures are continuously evolving to reflect the most efficient assembly practices.
• Lead team in production readiness reviews for transition from development into full-rate program production.
• Advise team members on technical decisions related to assigned products and act as responsible manufacturing engineer for non-conformances and work instruction creation.
• Part owner in change management process.
• Field ECN’s in order of impact to schedule.
• Resolve Manufacturing discrepancies in real time in order to provide timely path forward.
• Lead Process Improvement initiatives across floor with labor and cost reductions in mind.
• Document and provide resolution to non-conformances and collaborate with the quality team to implement root cause corrective actions.
• Identify capital tooling and work center capability needs and lead the efforts of standing up key production capabilities.
• Design Manufacturing Support Equipment.
• Act as a point of contact for Assembly, Test, & Integration activities for Ispace-Us with any vendors.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Mechanical, or Industrial Engineering, or related discipline.
• 10+ years of manufacturing engineering experience.
• Proven ability to develop, qualify, and refine manufacturing processes to meet safety, quality, efficiency, and schedule requirements.
• Experience leading production readiness reviews and managing transitions from development into full-rate production.
• Demonstrated success authoring work instructions, assembly procedures, and manufacturing process documentation.
• Experience documenting and dispositioning non-conformances, performing root cause analysis, and implementing corrective actions.
• Familiarity with Engineering Change Notice (ECN) and change management processes.
• Experience designing or specifying manufacturing support equipment and tooling.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with design, systems, test, quality, and vendor teams to resolve manufacturing issues in real time.
• Working knowledge of AS9100, ISO 9001, or equivalent quality management systems.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to deliver on commitments with minimal oversight in a fast-paced environment.
• Experience contributing to resource estimation, schedule planning, and program risk identification.