MANUFACTURING ENGINEER - Contractor / Consultant

Paycom - ATS; Moses Lake (WA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

AeroTEC's Flight Test Center in Moses Lake seeks a Manufacturing Engineer to design tooling, fixtures, and processes to support manufacturing and modification activities for flight test and wind tunnel models.

In this role you will collaborate with design engineers, purchasing, and machine operators to plan operations, sequence jobs, and ensure high-quality, cost-effective production. This position requires initiative and hands-on support across fabrication, installation, and wiring tasks.

Qualifications

• Requires 4-year engineering degree and aerospace manufacturing knowledge.
• Experience with multi-axis machining and flight hardware fabrication.
• Strong understanding of quality systems, safety, and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with design engineers to optimize part manufacturability.
• Plan sequences of operations and tooling for machining and assembly.
• Order materials, tooling, and coordinate with shop floor.
• Provide hands-on support for wiring, assembly, and flight-test prep.
• Ensure EH&S compliance and maintain process documentation.

Skills

CNC programming

Multi-axis machining

Aerospace manufacturing

Flight hardware fabrication

Quality & safety awareness

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

CNC machines

SolidWorks

CAD/CAM

Job description

AeroTEC provides comprehensive, full-service aerospace services and solutions to customers in aircraft design, testing, instrumentation, certification, manufacturing, modifications and maintenance with facilities in Seattle, Moses Lake and Wichita.About the TeamAeroTEC’s Flight Test Center provides operational and facility requirements to support Fabrication, Aircraft Maintenance, Quality, Flight Test Instrumentation Installation & removal, and site safety (EH&S/SMS). The Flight Test Center is responsible for providing resources and facilities for aircraft maintenance, quality, manufacturing, instrumentation installation and equipment to support customer requirements.About the RoleThe Manufacturing Engineer position is responsible for determining and selecting the proper tools, designing tooling/fixtures and developing process requirements to support manufacturing and modification activities. This involves planning parts and assemblies to be manufactured for flight test and wind tunnel models per engineering requirements and working closely with Design Engineers, Purchasing and Machine Operators to help manage products through the production process. This role requires the significant exercise of independent discretion and judgment in matters of significance.In This Role You WillCollaborate with Design Engineers to determine the most efficient, cost-effective, and high quality methods to produce parts and assemblies using machine tools or design modifications to meet customer requirements.Create sequence of operations for all assigned parts and assemblies (CNC Programmer role) including planning the job throughout the manufacturing process and sequencing operations on machine tools.Order all material, tooling, and cutters for the job.Create proper sequencing and planning for the manufacturing, assembly and installation processes.Support scheduling, sequencing, build plans, cost/schedule tracking, and configuration control throughout the manufacturing process.Provide documentation to shop floorServe as technical modification leader for manufacturing, assembly, installation, and wiring activities.Provide hands-on support for aircraft modification, including shop-level integration and coordination at the aircraft level.Demonstrate strong fluency in interpreting and applying wire diagrams in support of electrical and avionics modifications.Support flight test engineering activities, including integration, modification, and trouble shooting of flight test systems.Trouble shoot and resolve part issues or program issues at the machine working with Machine Operators and QA. May include drawing interpretation and resolving process problems or tooling problems.Use outside resources when needed (e.g. heat treat, stress relieve, grinding, gun drill, edm, 3d printing, tool grinding, cutter ordering).Special projects and tasks assigned by Group Lead.The Skills You Will Bring (Minimum):EducationFour (4) year degree in Engineering (Manufacturing, Mechanical, Electrical, Aerospace, or Avionics).Other Engineering fields may be considered.ExperienceManufacturing Engineering experience in aerospace, including comprehensive experience with multi-axis machinery programming and operation.Strong knowledge and understanding of concepts surrounding the manufacturing engineering of aerospace products, including knowledge of:3, 4, and 5 axis machiningCompositesWeldingSheet metal fabricationFlight structuresPhysical Requirements:The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk and/or hear. The employee is frequently required to sit, stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. Must have the ability to sit/stand for long periods of time.The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance; and stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 75 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.Travel (flying and driving) to various domestic worksites may be required.This position must meet export control compliance requirements. To meet export control compliance requirements, a “U.S. Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.15 is required. “U.S. Person” includes U.S. Citizen, Lawful Permanent Resident, Refugee, or Asylee.