Lead Aerospace Manufacturing Design Engineer — DFM/DFA

Firestorm; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 209,000 - 237,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical plans

Equity grants

401(k)

Unlimited PTO

Holidays and parental leave

Lifestyle Spending Account

HSA

Job summary

Firestorm Labs in San Diego seeks a Principal, Manufacturing Design Engineer to join our engineering team. You will be an individual contributor who participates in design reviews and supports manufacturing from concept through transition to production.

You will lead DFM/DFMA efforts, apply GD&T and model-based definition using NX and SolidWorks, and work with PLM to manage releases and changes across multiple programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering required.
• Extensive aerospace/defense工程 experience plus ITAR readiness.
• 10+ years in aerospace or defense engineering roles.
• Hands-on with composites and metallics manufacturing and tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design team member on aircraft structures, parts, and assemblies.
• Drive DFM/ DFA from day one with manufacturing constraints.
• Create and release models and drawings in NX/SolidWorks with GD&T per ASME Y14.5.
• Manage design data in PLM, releases, revisions and changes.
• Define manufacturing approaches across composites, metals, bonding and inspection.
• Design ground support equipment, fixtures, and tooling for production sites.
• Transition process roadmaps to Manufacturing Engineering for production.

Skills

Design for manufacturability

Cross-functional collaboration

GD&T knowledge

Model-based definition

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

Siemens NX

SolidWorks

Job description

Firestorm Labs in San Diego seeks a Principal, Manufacturing Design Engineer to join our engineering team. You will be an individual contributor who participates in design reviews and supports manufacturing from concept through transition to production.

You will lead DFM/DFMA efforts, apply GD&T and model-based definition using NX and SolidWorks, and work with PLM to manage releases and changes across multiple programs.