Senior Manufacturing Engineer: Scale New Aerospace Production

Surge Group; Torrance (CA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

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Job summary

Surge Group is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to own complex manufacturing processes and hardware assemblies. This hands-on, 0-to-1 role focuses on developing new processes, building production capability and scaling from prototype to high-volume manufacturing.

You will work closely with fabrication, assembly and test teams, driving manufacturability improvements and production readiness for critical subsystems in aerospace/defense environments at our Torrance or Rio Rancho sites.

Qualifications

• 5+ years hands-on manufacturing engineering experience.
• Experience scaling manufacturing capacity from prototype to production.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering or related technical field.

Responsibilities

• Own manufacturing processes for critical mechanical hardware from development through scale-up.
• Develop and commission manufacturing equipment, tooling, fixtures and assembly processes.
• Move pilot-stage processes to repeatable, production-ready operations with improved capacity and quality.
• Work hands-on with fabrication, assembly, testing and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with design engineering on manufacturability and production readiness (DFM/DFA).
• Create build instructions, mBOMs, process specs and test procedures.
• Drive technical problems to measurable outcomes as new capability comes online.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

DFM/DFA

Process development

Troubleshooting

Production ramp-up

Fabrication

Assembly

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

Equipment commissioning

Fixtures & tooling

Job description

Surge Group is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to own complex manufacturing processes and hardware assemblies. This hands-on, 0-to-1 role focuses on developing new processes, building production capability and scaling from prototype to high-volume manufacturing.

You will work closely with fabrication, assembly and test teams, driving manufacturability improvements and production readiness for critical subsystems in aerospace/defense environments at our Torrance or Rio Rancho sites.