Aerospace Manufacturing Engineer: Process & Quality Optimizer

Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc; San Luis Obispo (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health & Wellness: Health, dental, and

PTO 120 hours

Life insurance

HSA

401(k) match

Paid holidays

Casual dress code

Job summary

Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc (ESAero) is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to translate engineered designs into manufacturable assemblies, optimize production processes, and support new product development. You will define assembly documentation, establish work instructions, and help train personnel to ensure quality, safety, and efficiency.

This on-site role in San Luis Obispo, CA requires a Bachelor's in manufacturing or mechanical engineering and 2–5+ years of hands-on experience, with the

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in manufacturing or mechanical engineering.
• 2–5+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering.
• Hands-on experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to extract manufacturing information from a computerized inventory control system.
• Knowledge of transitioning prototypes into production builds.
• Ability to translate engineered designs into build instructions for assembly and test.
• Ability to determine cost-effective and reliable assembly in an electronics environment.
• Ability to comprehend specification sheets.
• Familiarity with Windows-based personal computers.
• Ability to work with a minimum of supervision.

Responsibilities

• Provide engineering support to Manufacturing operations.
• Develop and maintain assembly documentation to ensure high quality.
• Represent manufacturing interests on the Integrated Product Team.
• Partition new products into manufacturable assemblies with minimal variation.
• Ensure Design for Manufacture principles are applied in new designs.
• Qualify new suppliers with procurement and QA.
• Build prototype units and ensure documentation reflects the as-built condition.
• Define and revise assembly and test routings for work orders.
• Interface to resolve manufacturing problems on the floor.
• Train assembly personnel in tools, equipment, and techniques.
• Improve assembly processes to reduce cost or variation.
• Identify safety hazards and design safer processes and fixtures.
• Develop assembly aids/fixtures to increase efficiency.

Skills

2-5+ years experience

Hands-on manufacturing

Inventory control system

Prototype to production

Build instructions

Cost-effective assembly

Assembly documentation

Specification sheets

Windows PCs

Self-motivation

Education

Bachelor's degree in manufacturing or mechanical engineering

Tools

MRP/ERP systems

Job description

Empirical Systems Aerospace, Inc (ESAero) is seeking a Manufacturing Engineer to translate engineered designs into manufacturable assemblies, optimize production processes, and support new product development. You will define assembly documentation, establish work instructions, and help train personnel to ensure quality, safety, and efficiency.

This on-site role in San Luis Obispo, CA requires a Bachelor's in manufacturing or mechanical engineering and 2–5+ years of hands-on experience, with the