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Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Leads development of manufacturing processes, tooling, and workflows to transition autonomous aircraft from prototypes to scalable production. Collaborates with engineering teams on manufacturability improvements and resolves build issues, requiring hands-on hardware experience and a bachelor's in engineering.

Austin, TXHardware EngineeringOnsite

About the role

What You'll Do

  • Develop manufacturing processes for aircraft components and assemblies
  • Create and maintain work instructions, build documentation, and manufacturing workflows
  • Design fixtures and tooling that improve aircraft assembly efficiency
  • Lead troubleshooting and resolution of manufacturing issues during aircraft builds and integration
  • Work closely with engineering teams to improve design for manufacturability
  • Collaborate with suppliers and vendors to support hardware production
  • Identify process improvements that increase build efficiency, quality, and repeatability
  • Help transition aircraft from prototype builds toward scalable production

What You'll Bring

  • Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related field
  • Experience developing manufacturing processes for complex hardware systems
  • Experience working with composite structures
  • Experience creating work instructions and production documentation
  • Strong troubleshooting and problem solving skills related to hardware builds
  • Comfort working directly with production teams and prototype builds
  • Ability to collaborate closely with engineering teams to improve manufacturability

Bonus Points

  • Experience with aerospace, robotics, or autonomous systems manufacturing
  • Experience supporting early stage hardware companies scaling production
  • Experience developing tooling, fixtures, and build processes for complex assemblies

Skills

Manufacturing ProcessesComposite StructuresTooling DesignFixturesWork InstructionsDesign For ManufacturabilityTroubleshootingAerospace ManufacturingProduction DocumentationProcess Improvement

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