Lead Manufacturing Engineer

Company: Mission Critical Composites
Location: Huntington Beach
Posted on: February 23, 2021

Job Description:

Lead Manufacturing Engineer (Huntington Beach) This is a position for a Lead Manufacturing Engineer with aerospace / defense manufacturing experience with emphasis on use and knowledge of composite materials. Your technical experience, knowledge, passion to build and practical know-how solving composite manufacturing problems from Qualification through First Article to final production will be the key to a long term rewarding and exciting career.We have a great (and cool) company culture. We hire people who enjoy making things happen, can work independently, can multi-task and don't want to get stuck in layers of company hierarchy and bureaucracy.Duties:1. Program/project manufacturing experience coordinating implementation of hot, new composite programs from Qualifying through First Article into full production.2. Respond to RFQ's, prepare full spreadsheet bid estimates, build proposals, analyze SOW's, Digital Product Definitions, specifications, drawings3. Create BOM's, calculate quantities to support material purchasing4. Provide technical support to win new programs, interface with Customers on multiple levels5. Determine test procedures, equipment, tooling, schedules and overall cost6. Supervise work performed, summarize results and prepare reports as requiredExperience Desired: Composites Manufacturing1. Ability to implement and lead a production team through new manufacturing processes, qualification requirements, first articles and hardware acceptance2. . Experience in producing composite parts and test techniques to validate composite manufacturing cure process related to un-bonds, delaminating4. Knowledge and experience in bagging, autoclave cure are important attributes5. Possess knowledge and experience in plying and kitting of carbon and glass phenolic materials and experience in producing honeycomb core structures is a plusEducation/Experience: Bachelor of Science in Engineering (from a United States University) with minimum of 5 years' manufacturing experience in aerospace / defense or commercial market sector (preferably composite manufacturing).Computer Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual should have some working knowledge of MS Office/Excel, CAD, CATIA V, NX Unigraphics. Note: This is not a "design position".

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