Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Aerospace Propulsion

Energy Jobline ZR; Berthoud (CO); On-site; USD 105,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Paid Parental Leave

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance

HSA/FSA

Employer Paid Life/AD&D

Voluntary Life and Emergency Medical

EAP Program

401k with Company Match

Job summary

Ursa Major seeks a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to lead development and manufacturing efforts for aerospace and defense propulsion systems at our Berthoud, CO facility. The role emphasizes process improvement, scalability, and hands-on fabrication, assembly, and test across high-reliability hardware.

The successful candidate will work with design, quality, and staff to implement design-for-manufacturing principles, establish robust work instructions, and drive automation and continuous

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 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

High-reliability hardware

MES/ERP familiarity

Work instructions

Production/test equipment

Fabrication/assembly/integration/test

Lean Six Sigma

Materials processing

A&D lifecycle

NDT

GD&T

Education

Bachelors or Graduate degree in Mechanical, Industrial, or Aerospace Engineering

Job description

Ursa Major seeks a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to lead development and manufacturing efforts for aerospace and defense propulsion systems at our Berthoud, CO facility. The role emphasizes process improvement, scalability, and hands-on fabrication, assembly, and test across high-reliability hardware.

The successful candidate will work with design, quality, and staff to implement design-for-manufacturing principles, establish robust work instructions, and drive automation and continuous