Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Gravitics•Marysville, WA

About The Position

To build our giant space systems, we need rockstar manufacturing engineers who will turn good design concepts into great hardware. We are seeking go getters with experience in manufacturing of metallic structures and mechanisms, avionics and harnessing, and propulsion and fluid systems.

Requirements

Demonstrated experience with complex projects with ownership from design to hardware manifestation.
Ability to apply a first principles approach to manufacturing engineering.
Firm understanding of what is required for a good mechanical, electrical, and/or fluid system design.
Experience with several aerospace manufacturing methods for mechanical, electrical, and/or fluid hardware.
Familiarity with CAD packages such as NX or similar.
Experience with Engineering drawings and GD&T.
Bachelorâs degree in Engineering discipline or Physics.
5+ years of industry experience in mechanical, electrical, or aerospace engineering.
Candidates must be willing to work on Civil, Commercial, and Defense-related projects.

Nice To Haves

A proven history of successful hardware in launch vehicles or space systems.
Experience with aerospace environmental testing such as structural, vibe, shock, thermal, and/or radiation testing.
First-hand experience with nondestructive evaluation techniques.
Experience with Design of experiments and process optimization.
Experience generating and executing on work instructions, build procedures, and checkout procedures for flight critical parts.
Experience working with safety critical systems in a regulated environment.
Experience in projects that required you to pick up a wrench, operate a mill or other piece of manufacturing equipment.

Responsibilities

Author, select, and refine Manufacturing methodologies, techniques, and flows to reduce cost and complexity, and increase reliability.
Generate and execute plans to validate new manufacturing processes capabilities.
Drive designs for manufacturability, safety, cost, and operability.
Oversee the investigation and resolution of quality issues and their root causes.
Implement processes and controls to ensure mission success.
Identify and execute on equipment, machine, tooling, and factory floor layout upgrades to meet production demands.
Review piece part and assembly drawings and conduct DFM analyses.
Provide guidance to the manufacturing team in a coaching capacity.