Manufacturing Engineer II (Aerospace)

Location: Long Beach, California, United States

Salary: $104,000–$156,000 USD annually

Company

Develops launch vehicles and manufacturing systems, including the Terran R rocket, for delivering customer payloads to orbit.

What you will do

• Provide Design for Manufacturing feedback to structures teams from development through prototype and flight builds.
• Collaborate with design, manufacturing, reliability, production, and external vendor teams to improve build outcomes.
• Support primary-structure assembly work centers on the shop floor, remove barriers, and keep production moving.
• Lead process improvements across multiple work centers using feedback and lessons from the first Terran R build.
• Create work instructions, specifications, and best practices for high-fidelity manufacturing processes.
• Standardize manufacturing processes across the team.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, aeronautical, mechanical, or another engineering discipline.
• At least 2 years of progressive, related experience.
• Experience supporting complex assembly builds and making regular risk-based decisions to disposition build issues.
• Strong interpersonal skills for working with engineering and manufacturing teams on process constraints and manufacturability improvements.
• Strong fundamentals in statics, mechanics of materials, process improvement, factory design, fastening and joining, and machining.
• Expert knowledge of drilling and trim operations, manufacturing processes, tools, inspection methods, and GD&T.

Nice to have

• Experience with forming, welding, drilling, trimming, and fastening operations for aerospace products.
• Successful introduction of an aerospace hardware system into manufacturing, testing, and production.
• Project management experience in a fast-paced environment.

Culture & Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity.
• Generous paid time off and sick leave.
• Parental leave.
• Annual learning and development stipend.
• Cross-functional collaboration with engineers and technicians and opportunities to shape the product and factory.