Lead Manufacturing Engineer, Sentry

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Lead, hire, and develop a team of ~4–5 manufacturing engineers responsible for on-time delivery of development and production units across the Maneuvers portfolio, including owning performance management, career…
• Own the end-to-end manufacturing lifecycle for vehicle-integrated and larger-scale Sentry products — from SRR through prototyping, productionization, rate production, and sustainment.
• Set and execute a portfolio-level manufacturing strategy that flexes between low-rate, high-complexity vehicle integrations and short-integration, high-volume programs (10–100x higher throughput).
• Partner with design engineering from earliest concept phases (SRR/PDR) to drive Design for Manufacturability, integration, and serviceability into vehicle-based systems before designs are locked.
• Act as the manufacturing subject matter expert for vehicle-level integration, including mechanical mounting and structures, harnessing and avionics install, powertrain/auxiliary system interfaces, and final assembly…
• Own the documentation stack required to manufacture and sustain vehicle-integrated products at scale — MBOMs, work instructions, integration procedures, torque and inspection requirements, and configuration management…
• Develop differentiated production and test methodologies appropriate to each program's volume profile — from build-to-order integration lines for low-rate platforms to flow-based, takt-driven lines for higher-volume…
• Establish and lead the sustainment engineering approach for fielded systems, including field-return diagnosis, ECO/retrofit execution, spares provisioning support, and continuous improvement of in-service platforms.

Job requirements

• Degree in a technical field such as engineering, math, or a hard science.
• 6+ years in manufacturing engineering or similar hardware production roles.
• Experience delivering large mechanical assemblies, multi-domain integrated systems, or comparably complex integrated hardware from development into production.
• Demonstrated direct team leadership experience, including managing or leading manufacturing engineers on complex hardware programs, with backing examples.
• Proven experience taking a hardware product from prototype through productionization and rate production.
• An attitude of world-class mission assurance, quality, attention to detail, and dedication.
• Demonstrated ability to creatively deliver hardware in a resource-constrained environment.
• Personal experience physically manufacturing hardware via any means (machining, fabrication, soldering, wiring, vehicle install, assembly, etc.).