Senior Aerospace Structural Manufacturing Engineer

Electra Aero; Wichita (KS); Sur place; USD 130 000 - 155 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Medical insurance

PTO and holidays

401(k)

Free catered meals at site

Résumé du poste

Electra seeks a Senior Structural Assembly Manufacturing Engineer to develop and industrialize structural assembly processes for the EL9 aircraft, from early development through prototype build, production implementation, and ramp-up.

You will work with Product Engineering to ensure DFMA-friendly designs, evaluate assembly sequences, tolerances, tooling, and inspection, and translate engineering releases into manufacturing processes. Travel to supplier sites may be required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Aeronautical, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related engineering field.
• 8+ years of aerospace manufacturing engineering experience, with significant experience in aircraft structural assembly and industrialization.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of aircraft structural assembly processes, including metallic and/or composite airframe structures, drilling, fastening, joining, shimming, sealing, alignment, and major structural integration.
• Demonstrated experience applying Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) principles during aircraft product development.
• Experience reviewing engineering drawings, 3D models, GD&T, tolerances, and engineering changes from a manufacturing and assembly perspective.
• Experience developing manufacturing plans, assembly sequences, work instructions, tooling requirements, and manufacturing engineering documentation.
• Experience supporting prototype, development, or first-production aircraft builds.
• Experience working directly with aircraft structures suppliers or manufacturing partners and supporting production activities in a factory environment.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across Product Engineering, Stress, Quality, Supplier Quality, Supply Chain, Tooling, and Production organizations.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to work effectively across internal teams and external suppliers.
• Ability and willingness to travel to supplier and manufacturing locations as required by program needs.

Responsabilités

• Partner with Product Engineering throughout aircraft development to ensure structural designs incorporate Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) principles and support efficient, repeatable, and scalable production.
• Review aircraft structural designs, assemblies, drawings, models, and engineering changes from a manufacturing perspective, providing recommendations related to producibility, assembly sequence, access, tolerance stack-up, fastening and joining methods, tooling, inspection, and production risk.
• Participate in design trade studies, concept reviews, and design reviews, representing Manufacturing Engineering and identifying manufacturing constraints and opportunities early in the development cycle.
• Provide Manufacturing Engineering oversight and liaison support at airframe and structural suppliers, working directly with supplier manufacturing teams to clarify design and manufacturing intent, resolve producibility and assembly issues, and maintain program execution.
• Work closely with the airframe supplier Tooling Engineering to define assembly tooling concepts, requirements, locating strategies, interfaces, and implementation plans.
• Review supplier manufacturing approaches, build plans, assembly processes, tooling concepts, and production readiness to ensure alignment with Electra's engineering requirements and program objectives.
• Support prototype fabrication, development aircraft assembly, first builds, and production implementation, providing hands-on Manufacturing Engineering support to resolve issues encountered during structural assembly.
• Coordinate technical resolution of manufacturing issues and nonconformances with Product Engineering, Stress, Quality, Supplier Quality, Supply Chain, and other stakeholders.
• Capture manufacturing lessons learned and supplier feedback from prototype and initial production builds and drive those learnings back into product design, manufacturing processes, tooling, and planning.
• Support structural assembly production ramp-up by identifying constraints, resolving manufacturing issues, improving assembly processes, and driving improvements in quality, cost, schedule, and production rate.
• Contribute to the development and continuous improvement of Electra manufacturing engineering standards, methods, processes, and best practices.

Connaissances

DFMA application

Producibility analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Problem-solving

Production ramp-up

Assembly planning

Supplier collaboration

Communication

Formation

Bachelors in Mechanical/Aerospace/Aeronautical/Manufacturing Eng

Outils

PLM/MES systems

3D CAD modeling

Description du poste

Electra seeks a Senior Structural Assembly Manufacturing Engineer to develop and industrialize structural assembly processes for the EL9 aircraft, from early development through prototype build, production implementation, and ramp-up.

You will work with Product Engineering to ensure DFMA-friendly designs, evaluate assembly sequences, tolerances, tooling, and inspection, and translate engineering releases into manufacturing processes. Travel to supplier sites may be required.