Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Life-Cycle (Aerospace)

Location: Knoxville, Tennessee, United States; role located at the Knoxville facility

Company

hirify.global develops jet propulsion systems using additive manufacturing to improve speed to market, fuel efficiency, and cost for unmanned aerial defense.

What you will do

• Own manufacturing engineering strategy and execution readiness for assigned products, modules, or components from NPI through full-rate production.
• Drive DFM and DFA collaboration with Design Engineering and define processes, tolerances, tooling concepts, workflows, and production requirements.
• Lead manufacturing planning, readiness, process implementation, and production scale-up with Plant Manufacturing Engineering teams.
• Identify and resolve manufacturing risks, technical issues, production constraints, and quality problems through root cause investigations and corrective actions.
• Drive trade studies and continuous improvement focused on cost, yield, throughput, quality, cycle time, and producibility.
• Maintain manufacturing documentation and represent manufacturing engineering on Integrated Product Teams, program reviews, capacity planning, and production ramp activities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical field.
• At least 5 years of manufacturing engineering experience in aerospace, defense, propulsion, turbomachinery, additive manufacturing, or complex mechanical systems.
• Experience supporting products through NPI and production, including manufacturing readiness and production transition.
• Strong understanding of machining, assembly, additive manufacturing, welding, or related manufacturing processes.
• Experience collaborating with design engineering, operations, quality, supply chain, and program management teams.
• U.S. Citizenship is required, and the ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government-issued security clearance is required.

Nice to have

• Aerospace propulsion or rotating machinery experience.
• Experience scaling products from prototype to production and supporting low-rate initial production or production ramp activities.
• Familiarity with APQP, PFMEA, control plans, SPC, lean manufacturing, GD&T, and advanced manufacturing methods.
• Experience in a high-growth or fast-paced engineering organization.

Culture & Benefits

• Medical, dental, life, and short- and long-term disability coverage from the first day.
• 401(k) retirement savings plan with company matching.
• Bonus eligibility and company equity for every role.
• Work supporting the U.S. defense industrial base and manufacturing exclusively in the United States.