Manufacturing Engineer, CHAOS Industries
$110-150k
+ Bonus + Equity
Relocation assistance
Office located in Hawthorne, CA
Next-gen defense & critical industry technologies
Open for applications
Next-gen defense & critical industry technologies
21-100 employees
Open for applications
$110-150k
+ Bonus + Equity
Relocation assistance
Office located in Hawthorne, CA
21-100 employees
Company mission
To build technology for the next century.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor’s in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and minimum 5 years prior relevant experience or an advanced degree in a related field and minimum 3 years experience
- U.S. Person status (i.e. U.S. Citizen or lawful permanent resident/Green Card holder)
- Experience with interpretation of technical documentation, including work instructions, Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T), assembly and component-level drawings and specifications, technical specifications, test plans, and test reports
- Experience with MES/ERP systems
- Proficiency with CAD solid modeling tools (preference for SolidWorks)
- Experience within a manufacturing environment, ideally high-rate
- Experience leading multi-disciplined teams or projects
- Experience with lean/agile manufacturing principles
- Innovative mindset that drives continuous improvement, lean manufacturing and keeps pace with advances in technology
- Experience with technical writing and problem solving
- Experience with automated tooling, machinery and programming
- Demonstrated hands-on mechanical aptitude with the ability to work across disciplines
Desirable
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. government issued security clearance
- Experience trending and troubleshooting RF systems
- Experience coordinating and leading teams through RCCA processes
- An understanding of large, complex systems and the engineering change process
- Experience with Radio Frequency (RF), Digital, Power, Thermal, Control and / or communication systems design and operational use
- Experience developing and maintaining operational procedures, products and training materials. Knowledge of whole lifecycle process from requirements development to maintenance and sustainment
What the job involves
- In this role, they will be the responsible engineering authority (REA) of Manufacturing Data Packages (MDPs) including assembly instructions and Manufacturing Bills of Material (mBOMs), manage work order routing, and support manufacturing tool and fixture designs, and be expected to work collaboratively across the Production team, the Hardware and Software R&D teams, and the Systems Engineering team
- Learn Chaos-specific production and programmatic operations and employ industry best practices to improve manufacturing planning and execution
- Analyze product specifications to determine appropriate designs and processes that support customer requirements
- Develop, test, and modify solutions through a collaborative effort with various teams
- Manage large-scale development and implementation of manufacturing process improvements
- Develop Manufacturing Data Packages (MDPs) including assembly instructions, workflow/routing, labor standards, tool, and fixture designs
- Manage Manufacturing Bills of Material (mBOMs) and Technical Data Packages (TDPs)
- Manage factory Demand/Supply in support of achieving MRP Schedules that support customer requirements
- Analyze material availability in support of contract requirements; communicate and status factory priorities, identify barriers and solutions to support factory schedules, and take appropriate action to ensure program goals are achieved
- Establish engineering design requirements tailored to manufacturing processes
- Develop and implement manufacturing process control and performance monitoring
- Lead factory wide strategic improvement projects
- Address large scale quality issues that affect the factory
- Participate in ERB/CCB, LOB, production increment planning as the program Ops representative
- Manage Effectivities for Variances/IR’s/CNs
- Support build team with process troubleshooting and incorporation of engineering changes into the MDP
- Ownership of root cause and corrective action (RCCA) analysis
- Lead Continuous Improvement projects to improve cycle time, reduce ergonomic risk to assemblers, incorporate automation, and generally reduce costs (both direct and indirect) using Six Sigma principles and data driven decision making
- Providing real-time technical support to manufacturers and fabricators; in-house as well as the supply base
- Tool/fixture development to drive ergonomics into processes
- Assist with future contract proposals by providing the mBOMs for applicable hardware configurations and other tasks
- Provide program expertise on applicable manufacturing subsystems, maintain a baseline of operational products and provide operations certification training
- Support the development and improvement of operations processes / products / training materials, the investigation and diagnosis of unexpected system signatures, and the coordination and implementation of system maintenance tasks
- Provide Test Equipment (TE) integration, troubleshooting, sustainment, and compliance with the ultimate responsibility to maintain test integrity and the availability for our test systems
Our take
In the modern world, defence industries must meet ever-evolving threats through new technologies, meaning that forward-thinking is the crux of battling sophisticated threats. CHAOS Industries consists of engineers and researchers building the next generation of defence and critical industry technologies.
Its products to date include the CHAOS Coherent Distributed Network, a time synchronicity platform, and HYDRA that facilitates land, sea and air-based detection and communications. Easy to integrate into existing defence systems, HYDRA can be deployed into challenging warfare environments - providing unique solutions for US defence industries.
In the face of a highly complex threat landscape, it’s unsurprising that CHAOS has received considerable funding. This will support the company’s commercial growth and product development. It’s also hired a former congressman and ex-CIA veteran as its Chief Strategy Officer, exemplifying its alignment with key defence sectors in the US.
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Company benefits
- Medical, dental and vision benefits will be 100% paid for by the company
- Life, FSA, HSA, 401k (+ Company match), and more
- Free daily lunch, ‘No meeting Fridays’, unlimited PTO (for exempt employees), casual dress code
- Generous pre-IPO stock option grants, relocation assistance + (coming soon!) annual bonuses
Company HQ
Little Tokyo, Los Angeles, CA
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Leadership
Bo Marr
(Co-Founder & CTO)Previously on the Board of Directors at Epirus, Technical Director at Raytheon and studied a PhD at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
Brett Cummings
(Co-Founder & CFO)Is also an Advisor at Next Play Capital. Previously a CFO at United Cities North America, Senior Advisor at Formation 8 and 8VC.
John T.
(Co-Founder & CEO)Also Co-Founder at Epirus. Previously Partner at 8VC, Principal at Valar Ventures and an Associate at Allen & Company.
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