Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Composites — Flight-Ready Production

Castelion Corporation; Torrance (CA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Castelion Corporation is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to establish in-house manufacturing capability for composite components at our LA Manufacturing - Composites site in Torrance, CA. You will qualify layup processes, release work instructions, and develop tooling to produce flight-ready hardware.

You will lead process development, design production tooling, and collaborate across design, materials, quality, and supply chain to ensure manufacturability, quality, and on-time program

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in aerospace, manufacturing, materials, mechanical engineering or physics.
• 3+ years of experience building aerospace-grade composite components from scratch.

Responsibilities

• Develop, validate, and implement manufacturing processes for composite structures (layup, vacuum bagging, curing, trimming, bonding, assembly).
• Design and develop production tooling, fixtures, molds, and manufacturing aids for in-house production.
• Generate and release work instructions, process specs, and manufacturing documentation.
• Troubleshoot manufacturing issues and drive quality, yield, throughput, and cost improvements.
• Lead transition of composite components from development/external suppliers to internal production.
• Establish process controls, standards, and inspection requirements for consistent quality.
• Support equipment selection, factory development, and workflow optimization for efficient manufacturing.
• Collaborate with design and materials engineering for DFM feedback and manufacturability.

Skills

Composite manufacturing

Process development

DFM feedback

Tooling design

Troubleshooting

Documentation

Cross-functional

Education

Bachelor's or advanced degree in engineering or physics

Tools

SVN

Confluence

JIRA

Job description

Castelion Corporation is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to establish in-house manufacturing capability for composite components at our LA Manufacturing - Composites site in Torrance, CA. You will qualify layup processes, release work instructions, and develop tooling to produce flight-ready hardware.

You will lead process development, design production tooling, and collaborate across design, materials, quality, and supply chain to ensure manufacturability, quality, and on-time program