Lead, Manufacturing Engineer- Composites

Job Title: LeadManufacturing Engineer

Job Code: 40443

Job Location: Huntsville AL-AMF South

Job Schedule: 4/10: Employees work 10 hour days 4 days a week and 3/12: Employees work 12 hour days 3 days a week

Job Description:

We are seeking a Lead Manufacturing Engineer to work at ournewstate-of-the-artAdvanced Manufacturing Facility (AMF-South) inHuntsville AL which will be our inert manufacturing facility for fabrication and assembly of composite rocket motor hardware.

TheManufacturing Engineer is a senior professional with strong knowledge of job area and broad knowledge of project management. Manages complex projects or processes with general oversight. Communicates within and outside of own function to gain cooperation on operational processes practices and procedures. Makes moderate to substantial improvements to systems and processes. Contributes to achievement of departmental goals and operating plans with direct impact on the departmental results.

This is a dynamic team thatrequiresmotivated self-starting individuals with hands-on experience. Manufacturing Engineers lead process management activities and create associated documentation for their assigned processes. They must be able to follow company procedures and requirements for the manufacture of advanced man-rated and high value aerospace hardware.

Essential Functions:

• Manages large complex and highvisibility manufacturing projects with minimal oversight often involving crossfunctional teams and tight customer or program constraints.
• Leads process development optimization and troubleshooting for advanced fabrication methods composite layup curing machining and assembly.
• Drives significant improvements in manufacturing systems workflows and technologies; may also contribute to the creation of new tools fixtures methods or production concepts.
• Communicates effectively across engineering operations suppliers customers and leadership influencing others to adopt new approaches and process changes.
• Performs complex root cause analysis develops corrective/preventive actions and implements robust longterm solutions involving multiple functional areas.
• Develops and executes operational plans for the manufacturing engineering function with shortterm measurable impact on program and business performance.
• Provides guidance coaching and technical leadership to engineers and technicians across the company supporting skill development within the manufacturing engineering discipline.
• Ensures compliance with industry standards customer requirements and internal quality systems; contributes to audit readiness and manufacturing risk reduction.
• Travel: 5% travel may be required to support suppliers or other manufacturing sites however in times of high demand more travel may be necessary.
• Occasional off-shift work required to support manufacturing schedules.
• Ability to obtain US Secret Security Clearence.

Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree with 9 years Manufacturing Engineering experience Graduate Degree with 6 years Manufacturing Engineering lieu of a degree minimum of 12 years of prior Manufacturing Engineering experience.

Preferred Additional Skills:

• Surface preparation for bonding rubber insulation metallic and composite substrates.
• Experience in composite tape wrapping including process development and machine programming.
• Hand layup and cure of insulation and composite materials.
• Experience writing specifications and supporting procurement for new manufacturing equipment.
• Experience with composite rocket motor nozzle fabrication.
• Structural bonding of metallic and composite substrates.
• Programming operation and qualification of composite cure ovens and/or autoclaves.
• Precision assembly of aerospace hardware.
• Strong GD&T background supporting part validation and tooling/fixture development.
• CAD modeling experience.
• Experience with tape wrap lathes robotic systems presses ovens winders CNC machines cutting tables and/or autoclaves.
• Strong crossfunctional communication skills.
• Strong problemsolving and root cause analysis skills.
• Adaptable to a changing work environment.

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