Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Mechanisms)

Join the Stage Manufacturing team as a Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Mechanisms) and play a crucial role in turning design into reality. You will own major mechanized assemblies and their child components, driving the assembly's build and test effort, and providing hands-on support to the shop floor. You will also analyze and disposition recurring manufacturing discrepancies and foster a culture of critical thinking and imaginative problem-solving. This position offers a range of benefits, including health coverage, 401(k), equity, generous PTO, and a $2,000 annual learning stipend.

• Own major mechanized assemblies and their child components from design release through test and successful integration onto the Terran R launch vehicle.
• Drive the assembly’s build and test effort through design integration, part sourcing, assembly sequencing, mBOM development, build and test work order creation, and specification authoring.
• Analyze and disposition recurring manufacturing discrepancies and lead multi-disciplinary teams on root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Extensive experience developing processes, authoring work instructions and/or test procedures to build and test interdisciplinary mechanical, electrical, and pneumatic assemblies
• Experience interfacing with design engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, planning, and production personnel
• Extensive experience leading, executing and managing large process and/or quality improvements with large scope of ownership
• Fastening and torquing operations, pneumatic and/or electromechanical assembly, electrical and/or pneumatic testing or functional checkouts, tooling design and fabrication, potting processes, grease plating processes, harness manufacturing, machining of complex products like gears
• BS degree in aerospace, mechanical, or manufacturing engineering with 5+ years of experience building and testing hardware in a manufacturing environment
• Expert in at least 2 of the following:
• Ability to work autonomously with little supervision in a fast-paced and ambiguous environment
• New product introduction of an aerospace hardware system into a manufacturing, test, and production system with proven success. Along with transitioning products from prototype to high volume production. Understand the importance of assessing a situation and leveraging both short-term and long-term solutions
• Working knowledge of rocket subsystems including structures, mechanisms, high pressure gas systems and/or avionics
• Expert understanding of GD&T and drafting principles
• Experience in capacity analyses, DFMEA/PFMEA, value stream mapping