Composite Manufacturing Engineer III - Aerospace/Defense

Socket.dev; Huntington Beach (CA); On-site; USD 95,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Karman Space & Defense seeks a Composites Manufacturing Engineer III to develop and evaluate composite aerospace products and manufacturing processes. You will support producibility reviews, tooling design, documentation, problem solving, and customer collaboration to meet technical, quality, and program requirements.

You will oversee manufacturing activities, review drawings for producibility, formulate design concepts, and develop process documentation for composite parts and tooling.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in aerospace manufacturing or composites.
• Experience with composite manufacturing methods; autoclave or press molding is a plus.
• Knowledge of GD&T and blueprint reading.
• Proficiency in modeling and drafting.
• Experience designing molds and tooling for composites.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day status of engineering and manufacturing activities to meet program and customer requirements.
• Review customer drawings and specifications to evaluate producibility and identify improvements for cost-effective fabrication.
• Formulate conceptual product designs that satisfy customer and system requirements.
• Develop manufacturing process documentation for composite parts and assemblies.
• Design or review tooling to meet production rate and quality needs.
• Act as SME and interface with customers for status updates and problem-resolution discussions.
• Support root-cause analysis and corrective action development for nonconformances.
• Perform peer reviews of build documentation and tooling designs.
• Develop detailed proposals in support of customer requests for quotation or information.

Skills

Aerospace

Composite design

GD&T

Blueprints

Modeling

Drafting

Tooling design

Problem solving

Communication

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Job description

Karman Space & Defense seeks a Composites Manufacturing Engineer III to develop and evaluate composite aerospace products and manufacturing processes. You will support producibility reviews, tooling design, documentation, problem solving, and customer collaboration to meet technical, quality, and program requirements.

You will oversee manufacturing activities, review drawings for producibility, formulate design concepts, and develop process documentation for composite parts and tooling.