Own manufacturing and production of solar-powered stratospheric aircraft hardware from prototype through scaled production at the El Segundo factory. Requires 1+ years building real mechanical, electrical, or aerospace hardware with strong DFM collaboration skills.
100k – 160k/yr
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About the role
Responsibilities
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
Requirements
1+ 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
Benefits
Meaningful equity
Top market salary and bonuses
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Factory in El Segundo
Real ownership, real hardware, real flight
Small team, massive responsibility
High signal (engineering) to noise (management) culture
Dream desk setup
Daily lunch
Unlimited Celsius
Skills
Manufacturing EngineeringProduction EngineeringBuild EngineeringMechanical SystemsElectrical SystemsAerospace SystemsTooling DesignProcess DevelopmentRoot Cause AnalysisDesign For Manufacturability
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