Aerospace & Defense Process Engineer: Prototype to Production

Mott Corporation; Farmington (CT); On-site; USD 113,000 - 169,000; Full time

Job summary

Mott is seeking a Process Engineer in Aerospace & Defense to partner with engineering, quality, supply chain, and manufacturing to industrialize new product builds from prototype to production.

Responsibilities include defining manufacturable process flows, BOMs, process controls, and documentation for first-time builds, production transfers, and scalable manufacturing. Requires 5+ years in aerospace/defense manufacturing with CAD and FMEA experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Chemical, Industrial, Materials Science, Aerospace Engineering, or a related engineering discipline; Master’s degree preferred.
• 5+ years of process, manufacturing, or industrial engineering experience in Aerospace & Defense, high-precision, regulated, or advanced manufacturing.
• Experience developing manufacturing routes, BOMs, process detail sheets, standard work, control plans, FMEA, and production readiness.
• Experience with CAD modeling, fixture and tooling design, equipment specification, validation, or commissioning preferred.

Responsibilities

• Define manufacturing routes, bills of material, and process flow plans from prototype through production release.
• Develop and maintain process documentation, work instructions, control plans, standard work, and related records for repeatable builds.
• Collaborate with Project Engineering and Supply Chain to evaluate design-for-manufacturability and scale processes to production volumes.
• Create and implement process controls meeting customer specs, quality requirements, and internal performance expectations.
• Lead root-cause analysis and CI projects to reduce lead time, improve quality, lower cost, and expand manufacturing capability.

Skills

Process engineering

Manufacturing engineering

A&D industry experience

CAD modeling

FMEA documentation

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical/related engineering

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Fixture & tooling design

Equipment specification

Validation/commissioning

Job description

Mott is seeking a Process Engineer in Aerospace & Defense to partner with engineering, quality, supply chain, and manufacturing to industrialize new product builds from prototype to production.

Responsibilities include defining manufacturable process flows, BOMs, process controls, and documentation for first-time builds, production transfers, and scalable manufacturing. Requires 5+ years in aerospace/defense manufacturing with CAD and FMEA experience.