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Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Maritime Systems

Santa Ana, CA (OC-42)💼 Full-time💰 $146,000–$146,000🗓 2026-07-18 → 2026-07-31

Core

Designing, building, and scaling defense hardware including static equipment, ground vehicles, and flight systems through the full manufacturing value chain.

Role type

Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Defense Hardware)

Builds

Static equipment, moving ground equipment, and flight vehicles for U.S. and allied military capabilities

Domain

Defense technology / Electromechanical hardware manufacturing

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Design for Manufacturability, tool design, process creation & optimization, vendor sourcing, quality planning, work documentation, electromechanical hardware fabrication, contract manufacturer management, hands-on hardware building, mechanical/electrical design contribution

Preferred skills

PCBA fabrication, SMT process setup/monitoring, R/C and autonomous flight vehicle experience, control systems knowledge, software scripting

Technologies

Lattice OS, SMT processes, flight controllers

Responsibilities

Own manufacturing value chain for specific products, develop novel tooling for fabrication/assembly, create process flows for complex assemblies, write manufacturing documentation, work with contract manufacturers, build prototype hardware with technicians, travel to suppliers for sourcing and quality implementation

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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