Aerospace Manufacturing Process Engineer

R&S Machining, Inc; St. Louis (MO); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Threadlock Precision in St. Louis, MO is seeking a Manufacturing and Process Engineer to help scale our precision machining platform for aerospace and defense programs.

You will collaborate with design, manufacturing, and quality teams to translate GD&T into robust, producible processes. You will lead process development, optimize cycle times, tool life, and setup strategies, and ensure compliance with AS9100.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering with at least 1 year of manufacturing or process engineering experience within precision machining.
• In lieu of a B.S. degree, at least 7 years of manufacturing or process engineering experience within precision machining and engineered components.

Responsibilities

• Develop, document, and improve CNC machining and manufacturing processes for new and existing work, including routing, setup strategy, tooling requirements, machining methods, and production readiness.
• Translate engineering drawings, models, customer requirements, and GD&T into practical manufacturing plans that support quality, repeatability, delivery, and cost targets.
• Partner with CNC machinists, operators, quality, and production leadership during setup, first-piece, first-article, production launch, and ongoing production support activities.
• Identify and implement improvements that increase throughput, improve repeatability, reduce variation, and strengthen overall CNC process performance.
• Create and maintain manufacturing work instructions, setup sheets, tooling lists, process instructions, and controlled documentation to support consistent execution.

Skills

Communication

CI mindset

Problem solving

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

B.S. Engineering

Job description

Threadlock Precision in St. Louis, MO is seeking a Manufacturing and Process Engineer to help scale our precision machining platform for aerospace and defense programs.

You will collaborate with design, manufacturing, and quality teams to translate GD&T into robust, producible processes. You will lead process development, optimize cycle times, tool life, and setup strategies, and ensure compliance with AS9100.