Staff Manufacturing Engineer, Roadrunner

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Architect the industrialization of Roadrunner at hyperscale, including factory layout, capacity models, and rate strategy.
• Set DFM, DFX, and process standards that others follow, and drive the hardest technical problems to ground.
• Own the manufacturing-systems backbone, including MES rollout, quality systems, and build documentation at scale.
• Lead root-cause on the most systemic, complex issues and prevent recurrence across products.
• Mentor and grow the ME team and multiply the bench's technical capability.
• Partner across design, quality, PM, and supply chain to define the operating model, working from first principles amid ambiguity.

Job requirements

• 12+ years in manufacturing or design of electromechanical hardware, including rate and scale production.
• Has architected a production line or factory, or led a major systems rollout such as MES, and is a recognized technical authority.
• Deep DFM, tooling, and capacity or factory-scale expertise, with strong influence without authority.
• Degree in a technical field preferred, or equivalent hands-on manufacturing experience.
• U.S. Citizen. Willing to relocate to Ohio (Arsenal-1) after the 3-month Costa Mesa training.
• Aircraft, aerospace, and defense experience, plus factory-standup experience.
• Lean Six Sigma; J-STD-001, IPC-A-610, and IPC/WHMA-A-620; software scripting.