Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Stage Forming

Location: Long Beach, California, United States

Hiring range: $122,000–$182,000 USD annually

Company

Builds Terran R rockets, launch infrastructure, and manufacturing systems for delivering customer payloads to orbit.

What you will do

• Own forming operations within the work center and deliver formed products while improving roll forming and press brake processes.
• Bring a press brake work center online and lead development for forming sheets up to 20 feet for rocket primary structures.
• Create work instructions, specifications, and best practices for high-fidelity manufacturing processes.
• Standardize processes across the manufacturing team and resolve live issues on the shop floor.
• Provide upstream feedback on manufacturing technology and design-for-manufacturing input to structures teams through prototype and flight builds.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, or another engineering discipline.
• 4+ years of progressive, related experience.
• Demonstrated history of improving manufacturing processes and independently identifying and leading development projects needed to meet processing requirements.
• Strong fundamentals in process improvement, forming, metallic processing, and mechanics of materials.
• Deep knowledge of common metallic manufacturing processes, tools, inspection methods, and GD&T.
• Excellent interpersonal skills for interfacing with engineering and manufacturing groups, understanding process constraints, and providing design inputs for improved manufacturability.
• Strong 3D and 2D design and drafting skills according to ASME Y14.5M; NX is preferred.

Nice to have

• Direct experience with roll forming and press brake forming of aluminum alloys.
• Successful new product introduction of an aerospace hardware system into manufacturing, testing, and production.
• Experience managing projects in a fast-paced environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Work involves autonomy, ownership, cross-functional collaboration, and direct impact on the product and manufacturing process.
• Competitive salary and equity.
• Generous paid time off and sick leave, plus parental leave.
• Annual learning and development stipend.
• Equal opportunity workplace committed to diversity and reasonable accommodation.