Avionics Manufacturing Lead: Scaling High-Rel Hardware

Northwood Space; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Northwood Space in Torrance, CA is seeking a Lead Avionics Manufacturing Engineer to lead the manufacturing engineering team responsible for avionics production, from SMT assembly through board-level testing, environmental screening, and final box build.

You will develop the manufacturing standards, processes, equipment, and controls required to build reliable avionics hardware at increasing production volumes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in electrical, mechanical, or manufacturing engineering.
• 5+ years in electronics or avionics manufacturing engineering.
• Understanding SMT processes (stencil printing, pick-and-place, reflow, inspection).
• Experience developing and improving PCBAs and electronic assemblies.
• Experience leading manufacturing problems from investigation to corrective actions.
• Experience creating manufacturing documentation, process specs, and production controls.
• Ability to collaborate with engineering and production teams in a fast-paced hardware environment.

Responsibilities

• Lead the avionics manufacturing engineering team for SMT, post-SMT, testing, thermal cycling, and box build.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing standards, processes, and design guidelines.
• Own development, qualification, and continuous improvement of manufacturing processes.
• Establish process controls, acceptance criteria, workmanship standards, and documentation.
• Lead selection and improvement of manufacturing equipment and tooling.
• Partner with design engineering to improve manufacturability, testability, reliability, and scalability.
• Drive new product introduction from prototypes into controlled production.
• Identify production risks and drive root cause and corrective action.
• Define and track key metrics: yield, defects, rework, cycle time, process capability.
• Develop validation strategies for new equipment, materials, and methods.
• Work with Quality Engineering on inspection, traceability, and nonconformance for aerospace hardware.
• Mentor manufacturing engineers and technicians and foster engineering ownership on the floor.

Skills

Leadership

SMT processes

Root cause analysis

Manufacturing problem solving

Documentation & controls

Education

Bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, or a related technical field

Tools

IPC workmanship standards

MES / production traceability systems

AOI / X-ray inspection experience

Production test equipment

Job description

Northwood Space in Torrance, CA is seeking a Lead Avionics Manufacturing Engineer to lead the manufacturing engineering team responsible for avionics production, from SMT assembly through board-level testing, environmental screening, and final box build.

You will develop the manufacturing standards, processes, equipment, and controls required to build reliable avionics hardware at increasing production volumes.