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Lead Build Engineer, Composites

Huntington Beach, CA💼 Full-time🗓 2026-04-02 → 2026-09-27

Core

Lead hands-on build, integration, and testing of advanced composite structures (airframes, tanks, ducts) from prototype to mass production for defense platforms.

Role type

Senior hands-on IC build engineer (composites)

Builds

Advanced composite structures and assemblies for autonomous defense platforms

Domain

Defense / Aerospace manufacturing

Deliverable

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

Required skills

Composite structure build, bonding operations, fastening, trimming, fit-up, tolerance closure, layup (manual/automated), cure cycles, failure investigation, process iteration, tooling definition, work instruction creation, structural/functional testing

Preferred skills

Prepreg layup, oven/autoclave cure, resin infusion/RTM, filament winding, composite failure modes analysis, tooling design, NDI methods, CNC trimming, ply book interpretation, GD&T reading

Technologies

Autoclave, oven, CNC, ultrasound, CT, thermography

Responsibilities

Lead hands-on build of composite structures, drive daily execution against build schedules, define and execute bonding/fastening/trimming operations, lead fit-up and tolerance closure, develop and refine composite processes, plan and execute structural/functional tests, own failure investigations and corrective actions, define build sequences and tooling requirements, support line bring-up and operator training

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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