Senior Structural Assembly Manufacturing Engineer

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Partner with Product Engineering throughout aircraft development to ensure structural designs incorporate Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) principles and support efficient, repeatable, and scalable…
• Review aircraft structural designs, assemblies, drawings, models, and engineering changes from a manufacturing perspective, providing recommendations related to producibility, assembly sequence, access, tolerance…
• Participate in design trade studies, concept reviews, and design reviews, representing Manufacturing Engineering and identifying manufacturing constraints and opportunities early in the development cycle.
• Provide Manufacturing Engineering oversight and liaison support at airframe and structural suppliers, working directly with supplier manufacturing teams to clarify design and manufacturing intent, resolve producibility…
• Work closely with the airframe supplier Tooling Engineering to define assembly tooling concepts, requirements, locating strategies, interfaces, and implementation plans.
• Review supplier manufacturing approaches, build plans, assembly processes, tooling concepts, and production readiness to ensure alignment with Electra's engineering requirements and program objectives.
• Support prototype fabrication, development aircraft assembly, first builds, and production implementation, providing hands-on Manufacturing Engineering support to resolve issues encountered during structural assembly.
• Coordinate technical resolution of manufacturing issues and nonconformances with Product Engineering, Stress, Quality, Supplier Quality, Supply Chain, and other stakeholders.

Job requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Aeronautical, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related engineering field.
• 8+ years of aerospace manufacturing engineering experience, with significant experience in aircraft structural assembly and industrialization.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of aircraft structural assembly processes, including metallic and/or composite airframe structures, drilling, fastening, joining, shimming, sealing, alignment, and major structural integration.
• Demonstrated experience applying Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) principles during aircraft product development.
• Experience reviewing engineering drawings, 3D models, GD&T, tolerances, and engineering changes from a manufacturing and assembly perspective.
• Experience developing manufacturing plans, assembly sequences, work instructions, tooling requirements, and manufacturing engineering documentation.
• Experience supporting prototype, development, or first-production aircraft builds.
• Experience working directly with aircraft structures suppliers or manufacturing partners and supporting production activities in a factory environment.