Senior Manufacturing Engineer — Aerospace & Defense Leader

Industrious Ventures; Berthoud (CO); Hybrid; USD 105,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO - Vacation, Sick, Public

Parental and Adoptive Leave

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

Tax Advantage Accounts (HSA/FSA)

Disability / Life Insurance

401k with Company Match

Equity Grants in the Company

Job summary

Ursa Major in Colorado is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to join the Operations Team, leading development and manufacturing efforts on next-generation products and systems in aerospace and defense. The role focuses on process improvement, scalability, and hands-on manufacturing experience in fabrication, assembly, integration and test.

The position is on-site at our Berthoud, Colorado facility, with responsibilities across design-for-manufacturing collaboration, BOMs, and change

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Graduate degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Aerospace Engineering.
• 5+ years experience designing or manufacturing high reliability hardware and complex assemblies
• Familiarity with Manufacturing Execution System (MES) and ERP systems
• Experience developing work instructions and process specifications
• Experience with production and test equipment design and operation
• Hands-on experience with hardware fabrication, assembly, integration and test
• Hands-on experience in high-growth development and production manufacturing environments
• Experience with inspection methods, common inspection tools, and GD&T per ASME Y14.5
• Experience with Lean Manufacturing, Lean Transformation, Six Sigma, or Toyota Production Systems
• Experience with material processes including welding, brazing, anodizing, plating, heat treating, forging, casting, machining, metal 3D printing
• Experience with aerospace & defense hardware development lifecycle
• Experience with non-destructive inspection (e.g. fluorescent penetrant inspection, radiography, ultrasonic, etc.)

Responsibilities

• Own and support manufacturing process development and champion industry best practices
• Establish and communicate design for manufacturing principles in a collaboration with design engineering, quality, and technical staff
• Accelerate manufacturing capabilities with consideration for quality, capacity, scalability, ergonomics, and automation
• Take a hands-on role in the manufacturing process, including prototype builds, documenting work instructions, designing and implementing tooling, and supporting continuous improvement initiatives
• Develop and implement test procedures to validate product requirements and performance
• Own manufacturing BOMs, routings, process planning, and process change management
• Author manufacturing process documentation appropriate for product maturity and design phase of the program
• Support AI&T infrastructure and growth with a focus on manufacturing readiness

Skills

5+ years experience with high-reliabil

Lean Manufacturing

Six Sigma / TPS

DFX / design for manufacturing

Fabrication / assembly / test

GDT ASME Y14.5

MES / ERP familiarity

Process documentation

Production & test equipment design

High-growth manufacturing env

Education

Bachelor's or Graduate degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Aerospace Engineering

Tools

MES

ERP systems

Job description

Ursa Major in Colorado is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to join the Operations Team, leading development and manufacturing efforts on next-generation products and systems in aerospace and defense. The role focuses on process improvement, scalability, and hands-on manufacturing experience in fabrication, assembly, integration and test.

The position is on-site at our Berthoud, Colorado facility, with responsibilities across design-for-manufacturing collaboration, BOMs, and change