Senior Manufacturing Standards Engineer - Aerospace

Archer; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 152,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Archer is seeking a Staff Manufacturing Engineer to standardize and scale manufacturing methods across the Manufacturing Design Engineering (MDE) organization in our San Jose facility. You will define common frameworks for planning, work instructions, and build readiness, while partnering with Design, Quality, Supply Chain, and Certification teams to ensure practical, scalable standards.

You will lead facility planning standards, tooling requirements, and test equipment approaches, ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Manufacturing Engineering, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience in aerospace manufacturing engineering or a similarly complex, regulated environment.
• Deep hands-on experience with manufacturing planning, process definition, work instructions, tooling, and production support.
• Proven ability to define and implement standardized engineering methods across multiple teams or programs.
• Strong systems thinking and documentation skills, with the ability to translate complex operations into clear, repeatable standards.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with experience influencing without direct authority.
• Familiarity with FAA certification considerations and their impact on manufacturing processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop, document, and maintain standardized manufacturing engineering methods and best practices across the Manufacturing Design Engineering (MDE) organization.
• Define common frameworks for manufacturing planning, process definition, work instruction structure, and build readiness across development, certification, and production phases.
• Lead the definition of facility planning standards, including space allocation, line layouts, material flow, aisleways, egress, and infrastructure requirements.
• Define and standardize tooling and ground support equipment (GSE) requirements, including classification, readiness criteria, and integration into manufacturing plans.
• Develop standardized approaches for test and functional test equipment, ensuring alignment with build sequencing, quality, and certification requirements.
• Partner closely with MDE functional teams, Industrialization, Quality, Facilities, and Operations to ensure standards are practical, scalable, and aligned with execution realities.
• Support governance of standards adoption, identify gaps through build feedback, and drive continuous improvement based on data and lessons learned.
• Act as a technical resource and mentor for MDE engineers, enabling consistent execution across programs and teams.

Skills

Manufacturing planning

Process definition

Work instructions

Tooling

Production support

Systems thinking

Documentation

Effective communication

FAA considerations

Education

Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

NX

Teamcenter

SAP

Job description

Archer is seeking a Staff Manufacturing Engineer to standardize and scale manufacturing methods across the Manufacturing Design Engineering (MDE) organization in our San Jose facility. You will define common frameworks for planning, work instructions, and build readiness, while partnering with Design, Quality, Supply Chain, and Certification teams to ensure practical, scalable standards.

You will lead facility planning standards, tooling requirements, and test equipment approaches, ensuring