Fluids and Mechanisms Manufacturing Engineer

About the position

Hermeus is an aerospace and defense technology company founded to radically accelerate air travel by delivering hypersonic aircraft. The company aims to develop hypersonic aircraft quickly and cost-effectively by integrating hardware-rich, iterative development with modern computing and autonomy. This approach has been validated through design, build, and test of the company's first combined turbojet-ramjet engine and is now being scaled through its first flight vehicle program, Quarterhorse. Hermeus is also developing Darkhorse - an uncrewed hypersonic aircraft designed to deliver unique asymmetric capabilities to the warfighter. The Manufacturing Team at Hermeus are the boots on the ground. We have a vast array of experiences ranging from welding, additive, tube bending, machining, integration, and avionics. We are a lean team who are responsible for building a vehicle that will fly. We provide crucial design feedback to our engineering team and can rapidly iterate on design and assembly.

Responsibilities

• Lead improvement projects to ensure safety, reliability, and process capability goals are achieved, maintained, and improved.
• Be a vital part of the relationship between engineering and technician teams.
• Provide input into the design and development of new and existing hardware and take a lead role in manufacturing and integration of current and next-generation vehicles.
• Drive root-cause analysis and corrective action recommendations/implementation.
• Apply process improvement methodologies and tools to reduce manufacturing build hours and quality issues; increase production rates; and remove waste from complex processes.
• Manage projects and execute to tight timelines while effectively communicating with and influencing stakeholders.
• Train technicians, engineers, and leaders on best-in-class operations practices by leading process improvement workshops and providing training and information briefs on key topics.
• Work with design engineers to evaluate designs for manufacturability and test requirements, then implement in a rapidly evolving production environment.
• Ideate and implement tooling and test solutions, enabling high-quality built hardware.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering or a technical discipline.
• 3+ years of experience in aviation or aerospace manufacturing environment.
• Strong communication skills and ability to read and provide feedback on technical documents.
• Ability to work overtime and weekends as needed.
• Comfortable stooping, bending, and standing while working directly with hardware on the floor.
• Ability to make appropriate assumptions and perform trade studies using first principles and engineering fundamentals to create rationale for clear recommendations.
• Experience with high volume manufacturing, or design for manufacture and product development life cycle, or quality tools including root cause and corrective action, PFMEAs, QMS and process auditing and statistical analysis of quality metrics.
• Experience with metallic manufacturing techniques and equipment for processes such as CNC fabrication, welding (orbital tube and TIG), precision cleaning, forming, inspection, etc.
• Demonstrated experience with CAD and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).
• Working knowledge of Python or other coding languages.
• Experience in control and monitoring of complex automated systems and risk assessment/reduction of the system.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in a startup development environment.
• Experience working in a flight development program.
• Experience working with Inconel and Titanium.
• Experience working with 3D-printed parts, castings, or forgings.
• Experience transitioning parts from the first article to production.

Benefits

• $110,000 - $140,000 a year