Lifecycle Manufacturing Engineer, Aerospace Propulsion

Beehive-Industries; Knoxville (TN); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical & Dental

Disability from day one

401(k) with company match

Bonus eligible

Equity in the company

Job summary

Beehive Industries is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Life-Cycle, to own end-to-end manufacturing of products from NPI to full-rate production at the Knoxville, TN facility. You will partner with Design Engineering, Plant Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Program teams to ensure manufacturability, quality, and readiness while driving process improvements and scalability.

The role requires a mechanical engineering degree and 5+ years in aerospace/defense/manufacturing environments, with a

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related field.
• 5+ years manufacturing engineering experience in aerospace/defense or complex mechanical systems environments.
• Experience supporting products through NPI and production environments.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes such as machining, assembly, additive manufacturing, welding, or related processes.
• Experience working cross-functionally with design engineering, operations, quality, and supply chain teams.
• Demonstrated experience driving DFM/DFA and manufacturing readiness activities.

Responsibilities

• Own manufacturing strategy and execution readiness for assigned products, modules, or components.
• Drive DFM/DFA collaboration with Design Engineering teams.
• Define manufacturing processes, tolerances, tooling concepts, workflows, and production requirements.
• Lead manufacturing planning and readiness activities from NPI through production transition.
• Partner with Plant Manufacturing Engineering teams to support process implementation and production scale-up.
• Identify and resolve manufacturing risks, technical issues, and production constraints.
• Drive trade studies and manufacturing decisions related to cost, yield, throughput, quality, and producibility.
• Support root cause investigations and corrective actions for manufacturing and quality issues.
• Coordinate across engineering, operations, supply chain, quality, and program management teams.
• Improve manufacturing performance through yield improvement, cycle time reduction, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Develop and maintain manufacturing documentation, work instructions, process flows, and technical standards.
• Serve as the manufacturing representative on Integrated Product Teams (IPTs) and support program reviews and milestone activities.
• Support capacity planning and manufacturing scalability initiatives for production growth.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

DFM/DFA

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem solving

Technical communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

APQP

PFMEA

Control plans

SPC

Lean manufacturing

Job description

Beehive Industries is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Life-Cycle, to own end-to-end manufacturing of products from NPI to full-rate production at the Knoxville, TN facility. You will partner with Design Engineering, Plant Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Program teams to ensure manufacturability, quality, and readiness while driving process improvements and scalability.

The role requires a mechanical engineering degree and 5+ years in aerospace/defense/manufacturing environments, with a