Manufacturing Engineer - Aerospace Production & DFM Lead

Castelion; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Castelion is seeking a production engineer to lead day-to-day manufacturing and process optimization of bonded assemblies across all Castelion products. You will help design factory processes to scale to thousands of units per year and create comprehensive build instructions, test procedures, and safety standards.

You will collaborate with supply chain, design reviews, tooling teams, and develop detailed schedules to meet aggressive flight goals while ensuring quality and manufacturability."

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in engineering required.
• 2+ years of manufacturing, fabrication, assembly or testing experience or heavy involvement in extracurricular design teams at the university level.
• Experience in aerospace manufacturing is preferred.
• Experience with bonding using RTVs and epoxies is a plus.
• Experience with NX/Teamcenter CAD/PDM is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead day to day production and process optimization of bonded assemblies across all Castelion products.
• Develop process and factory design to transition from development to production rates of thousands of units per year.
• Develop and refine process documentation including build instructions, test procedures, safety standards, and mBOMs.
• Create, maintain and communicate detailed plans and schedules.
• Work closely with supply chain to develop new and existing suppliers.
• Design and validate tooling.
• Participate in design reviews to drive design for manufacturing (DFM).

Skills

Manufacturing experience

Process optimization

DFM

Supply chain collaboration

Tooling design

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

NX

Teamcenter CAD/PDM

Job description

Castelion is seeking a production engineer to lead day-to-day manufacturing and process optimization of bonded assemblies across all Castelion products. You will help design factory processes to scale to thousands of units per year and create comprehensive build instructions, test procedures, and safety standards.

You will collaborate with supply chain, design reviews, tooling teams, and develop detailed schedules to meet aggressive flight goals while ensuring quality and manufacturability."