Staff Engineer, Electrical System Advance Manufacturing
Leads manufacturing engineering, process development, integration, and production support for advanced electrical and avionics systems used in aerospace and defense platforms. Requires 7+ years of relevant experience, a bachelor’s degree, and expertise in electrical assemblies, production scaling, and manufacturability.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Lead manufacturing engineering activities for electrical and avionics systems from prototype through full-rate production.
- Develop and optimize manufacturing processes, tooling, work instructions, and production flows for wiring harnesses and EWIS, PCB/PCBA assemblies, avionics systems, power distribution systems, batteries and energy storage systems, sensors and navigation systems, and mission system integration.
- Partner with design engineering to improve manufacturability, reliability, testability, and producibility.
- Drive root cause investigations and corrective actions for electrical manufacturing issues.
- Develop work instructions, quality standards, inspection methods, manufacturing standards, process controls, acceptance criteria, and quality-control processes.
- Support supplier qualification, process validation, production-readiness reviews, failure analysis, and reliability improvement initiatives.
- Lead DFM/DFA reviews and transition new products into manufacturing.
- Collaborate with production, quality, supply chain, and test engineering teams.
- Mentor junior manufacturing engineers.
Requirements
- 7+ years of manufacturing engineering experience supporting complex electrical systems.
- Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field.
- Experience in prototype manufacturing in a startup or rapid-growth environment.
- Experience with wiring harness manufacturing, EWIS standards, PCB/PCBA manufacturing and assembly, electrical integration and troubleshooting, and aerospace or defense electrical systems.
- Knowledge of manufacturing process development, production scaling, DFM/DFA principles, root cause analysis, and corrective-action methodologies.
- Experience with MES and QMS systems, PLM systems such as 3DEXPERIENCE or Teamcenter, supplier manufacturing processes, 5S/visual management, and standard operating procedures.
Nice-to-haves
- Aerospace or defense industry experience.
- Familiarity with IPC-A-610 and IPC/WHMA-A-620.
- Experience supporting flight hardware or mission-critical systems.
- Knowledge of automated test systems, electrical validation, ERP/MES systems, manufacturing data analysis, AS9100, or ISO 9001.
- Strong project management skills and proficiency in CAD software.
Compensation
- Annual salary: $150,000–$230,000.
Skills
Electrical Systems, Manufacturing Engineering, Wiring Harnesses, Ewis, Pcb Assembly, Avionics, Power Systems, Batteries, Dfm/Dfa, Root Cause Analysis, Mes, Qms, Teamcenter, 3Dexperience, CAD
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