Manufacturing Engineer (Mechanical Subassemblies)

Department: Manufacturing

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Redondo Beach

Compensation: $105,000 - $135,000 / year

Description

Responsibilities

• Own manufacturing processes for spacecraft subassemblies from prototype through flight production
• Develop, release, and maintain manufacturing work instructions, travelers, manufacturing plans, and tooling to enable safe, repeatable production
• Develop and maintain manufacturing Bills of Materials (MBOMs) for structural and mechanical subassemblies
• Partner with design engineering to improve manufacturability (DFM), assembly (DFA), reliability, and production readiness
• Support hands-on assembly, integration, and test of activities on the production floor
• Investigate manufacturing and test issues, lead root-cause analysis, and implement corrective and preventative actions
• Develop and execute manufacturing plans for qualification, acceptance, functional, deployment, and environmental testing
• Support non-conformance investigations, disposition activities, and implementation of engineering changes
• Participate in design reviews and provide manufacturing feedback on drawings, tolerances, tooling, assembly sequence, and inspection requirements
• Provide manufacturing drawing reviews, ensuring clarity, completeness, and producibility.
• Coordinate manufacturing activities across engineering, quality, supply chain, and production to meet aggressive program schedules
• Monitor manufacturing metrics and drive continuous improvements in safety, quality, cost, throughput, and schedule
• Ensure compliance with quality management systems, configuration control, and flight hardware traceability requirements

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field
• 2+ years of hands-on experience in manufacturing engineering, production engineering, precision electromechanical assemblies, process engineering, or mechanical integration in production environment
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings, GD&T, specifications, and manufacturing documentation
• Demonstrated experience in hardware assembly, troubleshooting, and mechanical systems.
• Demonstrated experience working with cross-functional engineering and production teams

Preferred Skills and Experience

• 5+ years of manufacturing engineering experience supporting spacecraft, satellites, launch vehicles, aerospace mechanisms, or other high-reliability hardware
• Experience with cleanroom manufacturing or controlled assembly environments
• Familiarity with aerospace quality systems and hardware traceability requirements
• Experience with qualification, acceptance, environmental, and functional testing of mechanical hardware
• Experience with Engineering Change Orders (ECOs), configuration management, and product lifecycle management (PLM) systems
• Experience designing manufacturing tooling, fixtures, or assembly aids
• Experience using CAD software (NX, Creo, Catia, SolidWorks, or similar) to support manufacturing and tooling development