Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Aerospace)

Location: Westminster, Colorado, United States; on-site. Applicants must be U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, conditional residents, asylees, refugees, or eligible to obtain the required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

Salary: $113,000–$136,000 per year

Company

Develops communication systems for satellites, UAVs, launch vehicles, and other space and airborne platforms in a cross-functional startup environment.

What you will do

• Develop manufacturing processes, production workflows, tooling, fixtures, and work instructions for complex products and assemblies.
• Conduct engineering analyses, time studies, capacity analyses, and process evaluations to improve production performance.
• Validate manufacturing processes, qualify equipment, support first article builds, and drive production readiness activities.
• Evaluate manufacturing data, process capability, quality metrics, drawings, specifications, and bills of materials.
• Lead root cause investigations, engineering changes, corrective actions, and manufacturing issue resolution.
• Collaborate with manufacturing, quality, supply chain, production control, operations, and engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Industrial, or Manufacturing Engineering.
• At least 5 years of industry experience.
• Experience with Design for Manufacturability of electronics hardware.
• Knowledge of IPC-A-610 and J-STD-001 industry standards.
• Experience with change management, nonconformance documentation, root cause analysis, corrective action systems, acceptance criteria, cost analysis, supplier management, and configuration management.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Nice to have

• Statistical process control experience.
• Aerospace or other high-reliability industry experience.
• Experience with PLM and ERP software.
• Knowledge of AS9100/ISO9001 quality management systems and lean manufacturing methodologies.
• Experience managing multiple high-priority tasks successfully.

Culture & Benefits

• Hands-on, interactive, and autonomous work in a dynamic cross-functional environment.
• Full-time employment with company stock options.
• Health, dental, vision, HSA, FSA, life, disability, and retirement benefits.
• Work on communication systems for space and airborne platforms.