Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer Job at Engineering Manufacturing Company in Bre

SUMMARY:

The Manufacturing Engineer will report to the Regional President and the role will support the day-to-day Operations Team within the Value Stream. The Manufacturing Engineer is responsible for designing, manufacturing, and maintaining aircraft and spacecraft. In this role, you will be planning and designing aircraft and spacecraft structures, systems, and components.  Applying the principles of lean manufacturing to improve production processes will be fundamental to success in this position.

KARMAN SPACE & DEFENSE: Karman is the market leading suppliers of metallic and composite flight hardware and sub-assemblies for the space, missile, and hypersonic markets. Karman offers an unprecedented capability set to customers, creating a supply chain solution in a historically fragmented supply base. The Karman team draws on in-house expertise in engineering & design, precision machining, large part forming, welding, heat age, finishing, assembly, ablative & insulative composites, and other capabilities to serve as a strategic partner to customers. Karman is headquartered in greater Los Angeles and currently has 5 locations in Southern California and 1 location in Mukilteo, Washington.

RESPONSIBILITY & AUTHORITY

• Integral part of product design team and provides Design for Manufacturing and Assembly
• Validates and monitors fabrication and production process and controls
• Designs, develops and implements all forms of fixtures, tools, and inspection gages to facilitate fabrication and assembly
• Generates, tracks and maintains bill of materials for assemblies, methods of manufacture and work/build instructions
• Instrumental in material and resource planning and coordinating with the Product team to ensure schedules are kept
• Assists with planning manufacturing workflow and space requirements
• Solves technical problems utilizing technical reference materials and various inspection tools and techniques
• Supports or may lead prototype builds and evaluations of materials and processes

EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE

• Required Education: Bachelor of Science in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent degree
• Minimum 5 years relevant industry experience
• Strong mechanical aptitude required, hands-on engineering experience in a fabrication and assembly shop environment is desired
• Ability to read blueprints, drawings, and technical diagrams
• Familiarity with basic material properties, in process verification and validation

 If an exciting career in the Space & Defense Industry is for you, we'd LOVE to talk to you! 

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities. The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor’s legal duty to furnish information. 

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