Staff Manufacturing Engineer, Primary Structures
Core
Provide Design for Manufacturing feedback to structures teams during development and prototype builds, covering shop floor assembly for primary structures and championing process improvements.
Role type
Staff Manufacturing Engineer (Primary Structures)
Builds
Terran R rocket primary structures and the factory systems to build them
Domain
Aerospace manufacturing / Rocketry
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Design for Manufacturing (DFM), statics, mechanics of materials, process improvement/factory design, fastening and joining, machining, drilling and trim operations, GD&T, risk decision-making for production flow
Preferred skills
Aerospace product forming, welding, new product introduction (NPI) in aerospace hardware, project management in fast-paced environments
Technologies
None explicitly stated
Responsibilities
Provide DFM feedback to structures teams during development and prototype builds; Cover shop floor for primary structure assembly work centers; Champion process improvements across multiple work centers; Create work instructions, specifications, and best practices for high-fidelity processes
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with strategic process ownership
