Composite Manufacturing Engineer III - Aerospace (DoD Secret)

Karman Space & Defense; Huntington Beach (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Health Savings Account (HSA) with公司

Job summary

Karman Space & Defense in Huntington Beach, CA, seeks a Composites Manufacturing Engineer III to develop and evaluate composite aerospace products and manufacturing processes. This role supports producibility reviews, tooling design, documentation development, problem solving, and customer collaboration to ensure products meet technical, quality, and program requirements.

Responsibilities include overseeing daily status, evaluating producibility, formulating conceptual designs, developing

Qualifications

• 5 years of experience in aerospace manufacturing or composite design.
• GD&T and blueprint reading expertise.
• Proficiency in modeling and drafting.
• Experience designing molds, fixtures, or tooling for composite processing.
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications.
• Design-for-manufacturing for low-rate and high-rate programs.
• Experience with military or commercial systems composites.

Responsibilities

• Oversee day-to-day status of assigned 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 required tooling to meet production rate and quality needs.
• Act as a subject matter expert and technical interface with customers for status updates, reviews, and problem-resolution discussions.
• Support root-cause analysis and contribute to 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

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Root-cause analysis

Interpersonal communication

Time management

Independent work

Customer support

Education

5 years aerospace manufacturing or composite design experience

Tools

MS Word

MS Excel

MS PowerPoint

Job description

Karman Space & Defense in Huntington Beach, CA, seeks a Composites Manufacturing Engineer III to develop and evaluate composite aerospace products and manufacturing processes. This role supports producibility reviews, tooling design, documentation development, problem solving, and customer collaboration to ensure products meet technical, quality, and program requirements.

Responsibilities include overseeing daily status, evaluating producibility, formulating conceptual designs, developing