Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Communications & Power Industries (CPI); Hudson (MA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

CPI Radant Technologies, a division of Communications & Power Industries, is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to support the production of composite radomes and related components for aerospace programs. The role emphasizes quality control, process improvement, and cross-functional collaboration to ensure reliable, compliant manufacturing.

The ideal candidate will have aerospace engineering experience, LEAN manufacturing expertise, and familiarity with quality assurance tools and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or equivalent; 5+ years of related engineering experience.
• Strong knowledge of LEAN manufacturing and quality systems.
• Experience with Six Sigma, DOE, SPC, and quality tools.
• Familiarity with AS9100D or aerospace quality standards.

Responsibilities

• Provide Manufacturing Engineering support across programs with a focus on airborne products.
• Develop and implement qualification, reliability, and FMEA plans.
• Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for quality issues.
• Interface with customers, DERs, and suppliers to ensure quality compliance.

Skills

Lean manufacturing

Quality assurance

Six Sigma

DOE

SPC

CMM Faro Arm

NDI

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering

Tools

MS Word

Excel

PowerPoint

Access

Job description

Job Description

CPI Radant Technologies is actively seeking a qualified individual to join our team as a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, specializing in composite products for both commercial and government programs within the Aerospace industry. This role primarily focuses on supporting the production of Radomes and other composite components by implementing and maintaining quality control procedures, analyzing production processes for efficiency and reliability, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to address quality issues and drive continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in aerospace engineering, LEAN manufacturing, quality assurance principles, and manufacturing processes.

Job Description

CPI Radant Technologies is actively seeking a qualified individual to join our team as a Senior Manufacturing Engineer, specializing in composite products for both commercial and government programs within the Aerospace industry. This role primarily focuses on supporting the production of Radomes and other composite components by implementing and maintaining quality control procedures, analyzing production processes for efficiency and reliability, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to address quality issues and drive continuous improvement. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in aerospace engineering, LEAN manufacturing, quality assurance principles, and manufacturing processes.

Company Overview

CPI Radant is the radome-and-composite-structures division of Communications & Power Industries LLC (CPI). They are formally known as CPI Radant Technologies Division, and they serve the aerospace, defense, naval, and commercial industries by designing, manufacturing, testing and supporting advanced composite radomes, reflectors and structural composite products.

What We Do

Radomes are special "domes" made of composite materials that protect antennas and radar systems from the environment while allowing electromagnetic signals to pass. CPI Radant produces these for critical applications, meaning:

• They enable secure communications and radar/electronic-warfare capabilities for military and commercial aerospace platforms.
• Their manufacturing includes large apertures and high-frequency performance.
• Their advances in composite manufacturing and large structures feed into modern aircraft, satellites, naval vessels, etc.

Job Responsibilities

You Will Be Responsible For

• Providing Manufacturing Engineering support across various programs, product lines, and production process areas, with a primary focus on Airborne products.
• Support objectives related to customer advocacy, regulatory compliance, and competitiveness.
• Regularly interface with Program Management, Engineering, Operations, and Customers to ensure thorough understanding, documentation, flow-down, and implementation of CPI Radant’s Operating Procedures, Process Specifications, and Quality Management System.
• Experience with Airborne Customer Documentation requirements and FAA Certification projects required, including FAA Conformity Inspections, interface with the MIDO, and interface with DER’s, DAR’s, or ODA.
• Develop Qualification, Reliability, and FMEA plans/processes.
• Experience with new product development initiatives.
• Serve as a liaison with customers, DER’s, DAR’s, MIDO, and suppliers on all program activities.
• Support Engineering and Operations to ensure compliance with relevant quality management system requirements.
• Participate in supporting subcontractors to confirm compliance with quality requirements, including reviewing trend analyses, conducting root cause and corrective action analyses, and initiating corrective/preventive actions.
• Conduct design review activities, assessing inspectability, consistency, adequacy, accuracy, and conformance to customer requirements, and provide recommendations for improvement.
• Analyze product and process failures, ensuring effective root cause analysis and implementation of corrective and preventive actions for internal and external customers, including performing MRB duties and participating in continual improvement activities such as 5S and Kaizen lean methods.
• Interface with Engineering and Operations to ensure the transfer to Production of new products aligns with approved data.

YOU ARE THE RIGHT PERSON FOR THIS JOB IF YOU HAVE

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Aerospace, or equivalent discipline from a four-year college or university, along with a minimum of five+ years of related engineering experience and/or training.
• Proficient in computer application software, including MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access.
• Experience with new product development is required.
• Working knowledge of quality concepts and tools such as Six Sigma, Total Quality Management (TQM), Quality Function Deployment (QFD), Statistical Process Control (SPC), Design of Experiments (DOE), Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM - Faro Arm), and Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI).
• Understanding of mechanical and electrical engineering principles and systems integration.
• Familiarity with government and industry specifications, standards, and regulations, especially as they apply to complex systems.
• Knowledge of AS9100D requirements.
• Salary: $125000 - $145000
• Must be a U.S. Citizen.

Preferred Additional Skills

• Prior Aerospace experience is highly desired.
• ASQ Certified Quality Engineer credential.
• Experience with Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP).
• Strong computer skills, including proficiency in Windows interface and the Microsoft Office package (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access).
• Excellent analytical skills, particularly with Excel.
• Excellent communication skills in written, verbal, and presentation formats.

The successful candidate must be a "U.S. Person as defined under ITAR and EAR."

In order to be a U.S. Person for ITAR and EAR purposes, you must (i) be a citizen or national of the United States; or (ii) be a lawful permanent resident of the United States; or (iii) a protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

SHAPING THE FUTURE THROUGH INNOVATION AND DISCOVERY!

With a history spanning more than seven decades, Communications & Power Industries’ thousands of products have impacted people’s lives in numerous unseen ways every day. Our highly engineered products serve as the backbone of modern-day commercial and military communications systems, assist in diagnosing medical conditions, empower scientific discoveries and space exploration, and much more.

CPI is headquartered in Plano, Texas and is a global manufacturer of electronic components and subsystems. We have manufacturing locations in the United States, Canada, Europe, and Asia. With a heritage of technological excellence, our team serves customers in the communications, defense, medical, industrial, and scientific markets.

What We Offer

Whether you are a seasoned professional or just embarking on your career, CPI is an ideal place to expand your knowledge and expertise. We cultivate a healthy, dynamic, and team-oriented environment that empowers our employees to develop, create and deliver innovative, reliable technology solutions to power, connect, protect, and support a better tomorrow.

We offer our employees an attractive compensation package with competitive salaries and comprehensive benefits, including health and wellness programs, career development, generous retirement savings plan with company match and more!

Who We Are

We value the unique and diverse skills, qualities, and backgrounds that each employee brings to CPI, and we respect each employee as an integral member of our growing team. CPI is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all current and prospective employees, as well as to promoting a culture of inclusion and respect for everyone. We celebrate the innovation that diversity creates in the work environment, and we recognize that each employee brings their own unique capabilities, experiences, and perspectives to the organization. It is this variety that adds value to our teams, as well as to our stakeholders. We welcome and encourage applicants to reach their full potential with us.

CPI is proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affnltive Action employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, transgender status, sexual stereotypes, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability or other applicable legally protected characteristics.