Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Owns manufacturing and production of solar-powered aircraft hardware from prototype to scaled production. Designs build processes, tooling, and quality checks while partnering with design engineers to improve manufacturability. Requires 2+ years hands-on experience with mechanical, electrical, or aerospace systems.
About the job
What you’ll do
- Own the manufacturing and production of flight hardware from prototype through low-rate and scaled production
- Design and improve build processes for airframes, avionics, power systems, and integration
- Develop tooling, fixtures, work instructions, and quality checks that enable speed and repeatability
- Partner with design engineers to make hardware more manufacturable, reliable, and scalable
- Drive root-cause analysis and corrective actions on build and test issues
- Support integration, environmental testing, and flight operations
- Help stand up production capabilities inside our El Segundo factory
What we’re looking for
- 2+ years working as a manufacturing, production, or build engineer on real hardware
- Hands-on experience building mechanical, electrical, or aerospace systems
- Strong intuition for tolerances, processes, and how things actually get built
- Experience working closely with design engineering teams
- Ability to move fast, own outcomes, and solve problems on the factory floor
- Comfort operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
Compensation
US salary range: $120,000 - $220,000 USD Highly competitive equity grants are considered part of total compensation package.
Skills
Manufacturing Processes, Tooling Design, Fixturing, Root Cause Analysis, Mechanical Systems, Electrical Systems, Aerospace Systems, CAD, Quality Control, Build Processes
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