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Senior Equipment Engineer

Santa Ana, CA (OC-42)💼 Full-time💰 $146,000–$146,000🗓 2026-07-28 → 2026-09-26

Core

Designing and developing next-generation equipment, tooling, factory layouts, and production systems for maritime defense vehicles.

Role type

Senior Equipment Engineer (Manufacturing Technology)

Builds

Production lines and manufacturing facilities for deployable static and moving surface, undersea, and sea-to-air vehicles.

Domain

Defense / Maritime Manufacturing

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Manufacturing equipment design, tooling development, production system design, simulation modeling, digital thread development, facility creation, hands-on manufacturing environment work, project leadership, cross-functional collaboration

Preferred skills

Architecture and infrastructure engineering partnership, process improvement and ROI justification, lean manufacturing and linear flow principles, automation development for assembly and integration, design of large-scale production facilities, fixturing and equipment design

Technologies

Computer aided design, simulation, computer graphics, digital thread

Responsibilities

Design factory layouts and discreet designs for movement, holding, and processing systems; Question production system designs to ensure cost- and schedule-effectiveness; Support design, development, construction, commissioning, and start-up of production systems at new factory sites; Provide support on product manufacturing processes, material flow, and new technologies; Lead hands-on project completion; Drive collaboration with manufacturing, product design, operations, facilities, and external vendors

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