Senior Manufacturing Engineer – Aerospace Scale-Up, Irvine

Neon Aerospace; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 165,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation

Full health benefits

401K

Job summary

Neon Aero seeks a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to lead industrialization of complex hardware in Irvine, CA. You will bridge Design Engineering and shop floor, ensuring manufacturability, cost targets, and scalable production.

You will develop processes, tooling, build plans and work instructions, working hands-on with hardware, suppliers, Quality, and Production. Six+ years in manufacturing engineering is preferred, with strong DFM/DFA and GD&T capabilities.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering or related technical field.
• Minimum 6 years of manufacturing engineering experience.
• Experience in Consumer or Commercial Industries is preferred.
• Experience taking products from development through production release.
• Deep manufacturing engineering expertise across DFM/DFA, process development, tooling, work instructions, and production readiness.
• Advanced engineering drawing interpretation and GD&T capability.
• Hands-on experience solving shop-floor manufacturing problems and supporting hardware builds.
• Experience with supplier process development, First Article builds, and production readiness.

Responsibilities

• Lead the industrialization of complex mechanical and electromechanical products from development through production release.
• Develop manufacturing processes, tooling, build plans, work instructions, and production systems.
• Collaborate with Design Engineering, Quality, Production, and Supply Chain to ensure manufacturability and cost targets.
• Establish manufacturing standards and capabilities to support growth of Neon’s Systems business.
• Solve complex manufacturing problems independently and influence product design.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

DFM/DFA

GD&T

Root cause analysis

Shop-floor problem solving

Education

Bachelor's in Mechanical Engineering

Tools

First Article

Metrology

Job description

Neon Aero seeks a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to lead industrialization of complex hardware in Irvine, CA. You will bridge Design Engineering and shop floor, ensuring manufacturability, cost targets, and scalable production.

You will develop processes, tooling, build plans and work instructions, working hands-on with hardware, suppliers, Quality, and Production. Six+ years in manufacturing engineering is preferred, with strong DFM/DFA and GD&T capabilities.