Sr Manufacturing Engineer

Sr Manufacturing Engineer

Department : Vehicle Design / Analysis / Integration

Employment Type : Full Time

Location : Irvine, California

Compensation : $100,000 - $150,000 / year

Description

Turion Space is seeking a Sr Manufacturing Engineer to join our team in Irvine, CA. The Manufacturing Team is responsible for rapidly iterating and building cutting-edge hardware, including static equipment, moving ground equipment, and flight vehicles.

This responsibility includes everything in the manufacturing value-chain, including, but not limited to, Design for Manufacturability work, tool design & selection, process creation & optimization, vendor sourcing & interaction, quality planning, and work documentation associated with the hardware that the Manufacturing Engineer owns.

The right person for this role can demonstrate past holistic ownership on solving a technical challenge with a creative, physical, solution that they either personally manufacturing or oversaw manufacturing on, in a fast-paced, resource-limited environment.

If you are someone who thrives in such an environment, then this role is for you.

Key Responsibilities

• Own a portion or all of the manufacturing value chain for a certain product or set of products
• Develop novel tooling solutions for fabrication and assembly of structural parts
• Develop process flows, breaking down large, complex assemblies into a logical part flow of subassemblies and sub-processes
• Write documentation required for successfully manufacturing their hardware at scale, such as work instructions, quality plans, inspection requirements, etc.
• Work with contract manufacturers across various disciplines (PCBA fab, metallic manufacturing, assembly, etc.) to develop repeatable, sustained processes for quick-turn development as well as at-scale production
• Work with technicians and other engineers hands-on, building prototype hardware
• Contribute to end-customer hardware mechanical or electrical design, including interconnects, board fabrication and inspection, etc.
• Travel to suppliers to do initial sourcing work, solve ongoing production issues, and implement quality procedures

Minimum Qualifications

• Degree in a technical field such as engineering, math, or a hard science
• 2+ years of experience in a relevant field, preferably manufacturing or design of electromechanical hardware
• Demonstrated ability to creatively deliver electromechanical hardware in a resource-constrained environment
• Demonstrated in-kind or direct team leadership skills, with backing examples
• Personal experience physically manufacturing hardware via any means (machining, fabrication, soldering, assembly, etc.) Work on personal or extracurricular projects is a plus.
• A genuine interest in manufacturing and thirst for learning
• U.S. Person status is required as this position needs to access export controlled data
• Must be able to obtain a Secret and / or a TS / SCI clearance.

Preferred Skills and Experience

• PCBA fabrication experience including prior work with or setup / modification / monitoring SMT processes
• Hands-on experience with satellites space vehicle systems
• Software scripting experience in any language
27 days ago