Senior Manufacturing Engineer, Barracuda
Core
Design and optimize manufacturing processes for autonomous air vehicles (AAVs) and weapons systems, ensuring high-quality production from prototyping to scale.
Role type
Senior Manufacturing Engineer (Defense Hardware)
Builds
Autonomous air vehicles (Barracuda family) and missile systems for U.S. military and allies
Domain
Defense technology, autonomous systems, hardware manufacturing
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | infrastructure
Required skills
Design for Manufacturability (DFM), tool design and selection, process creation and optimization, vendor sourcing, quality planning, documentation management, capacity planning, continuous improvement analysis, hardware fabrication (machining/fabrication/soldering/assembly)
Preferred skills
Harness & PCBA fabrication, SMT process setup/monitoring, R/C and autonomous flight vehicle experience, large-scale change management, security clearance maintenance
Technologies
SMT processes, flight controllers, autonomous flight systems
Responsibilities
Execute manufacturing from prototyping to full-scale production; Collaborate with design engineers to integrate DFM best practices; Own documentation for hardware production at scale (MBOMs, work instructions); Analyze metrics for cost reduction and capacity increase; Travel to suppliers for sourcing and process implementation
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC