Manufacturing Engineer, Xona Space Systems

• You have experience in higher volume production environments in a complex, Aerospace, Space or Defense business, with end item production rates greater than 2/week
• You also have experience working from a green field/blank room through to ‘production enabled’ and ‘production ramp-up'
• You’re comfortable in an environment where plans and processes are being developed and iterated in response to customer or market forces. You are able to take this in your stride, maintain progress and adapt to changes quickly and effectively
• You are passionate about optimizing a production and assembly process and have strong instincts for making complex hardware repeatable, high quality and bullet proof
• You are a self-starter, can utilize CAD tools, enterprise and shop digital systems and are equally comfortable with bench top hand-tools in a controlled, precision assembly and test environment
• You make weighted judgement calls to maintain quality standards, yet still moving fast and adapting quickly to evolving designs and production, assembly and test methods

Desirable

• We’re looking for a Manufacturing Engineer to develop the satellite manufacturing and assembly processes and supporting systems. You will own the continuous improvement of the manufacturing and assembly processes and procedures
• You will work closely with the Engineering and Operations team members to drive best practice production methodologies to a rapidly scaling start-up
• This is a hands-on role, that will have input into many facets of the production process: Safety, facilities, equipment selection, maintenance, tooling, digital systems, procedures, materials, performance tracking and optimization
• Manage the MBOM for the Xona satellite
• Build and optimize the digital work instructions for all phases of the manufacturing & assembly process
• Support layout of production line/cell to drive quality, efficiency and standard work, using lean manufacturing methodologies as appropriate
• Plan, select and implement essential manufacturing equipment, tooling & fixtures, such as holding fixtures, transport fixtures, rotary fixtures, point of use work area equipment, transport systems, gauges, shop aids, etc
• Be a leading, experienced voice to educate, advocate and incorporate DFX principles from the early design stage gates, through to the full rate production process
• Support supplier evaluation/vetting/selection/monitoring for critical components and sub-systems, ensuring efficiency, repeatability, scalability and quality of supply
• Optimize overall value stream for the complete space vehicle, emphasizing velocity and lead time reduction, both internally and supply chain facing