Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Integration & Test

About the position

The Manufacturing team owns all process development, fabrication strategy, and production equipment for Terran R, our next generation, reusable rocket. This team has a wide variety of responsibilities - from factory floor layout, to developing complex tooling for novel processes, and interfacing with our vehicle engineering team to heavily influence design of the rocket. We leverage our deep expertise to translate engineering requirements into highly optimized production lines, working cross functionally to consistently enhance the vehicle program.

Responsibilities

• Own a major integrated assembly and its child subassemblies from design release through integration to shipment-lay out the build and test flow to ensure an efficient, high-quality product flow capable of scaling with time.
• Drive the assembly's first integration effort through design integration, process development, mBOM management, and build and test work order creation.
• Establish the assembly's station within the inaugural work cell by considering assembly operations, tooling and capital equipment requirements, and rate targets.
• Manage the assembly build, integration, non-reactive testing, and delivery of flight ready stages of Terran R to test and launch sites.
• Author test procedures and act as test conductor to verify as-installed hardware health and build integrity.
• Assist with developing the business tools and processes that will be used to manufacture the first launch vehicle. In parallel, help to define and pilot the long-term ERP, MES, and QMS solutions that will enable high-quality, efficient vehicle manufacturing.

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in aerospace, mechanical, manufacturing engineering, or equivalent.
• 5+ years of experience building and testing hardware in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience interfacing with design engineering, manufacturing, and production personnel to get the highest quality output.
• Working knowledge of subsystems including structures, high pressure gas systems, and avionics.
• Self-starter that has demonstrated the ability to define and own a process from scratch and roll out that process through adept communication to a diverse team.
• Expert in at least 2 of the following: trim and drill operations, LOX cleanliness, tube bending, COPV handling and testing, leak checking, sensor check-outs, integrated testing, high voltage systems (320V+), high pressure pneumatic systems, mating operations, lifting or crane operations, tool design and fab, subassembly build, etc.

Nice-to-haves

• Ability to take an analog-oriented test plan, a strong understanding of the controlling device, and use a scripting language (ex. python) to develop graphical user interfaces (GUIs) and automate system checkouts.
• Working understanding of avionics hardware and initialization processes.
• Experience planning and test conducting hazardous operations.
• Experience in leading, executing, and managing projects in a fast-paced environment.