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To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a Composite Manufacturing Engineer (ME) level II or Sr. to support design, integration, testing, and maintenance of one of our carrier or hypersonic vehicles electrical and avionics systems; as a ME you will be responsible for the following:

• Work Instructions, detailed documentation to be released to the composite production shop for manufacturing related information for production, testing or tooling.
  • Ability to fully define a manufacturing process step-by-step
  • Ability to identify alternate part numbers
  • Ability to produce engineering documentation following industry standards (Section Views, Detail Views, flag notes, etc.)
  • Process improvement documentation to establish production line standardization efforts
• Experience with Composite materials; Carbon, Fiberglass, Pre-impregnated material, BMI, Foam core, honeycomb etc.
• Experience with autoclave and out of autoclave curing processes processing.
• Ability to develop tools/shop-aids to fabricated composite detail part, assemblies and final assembles
  • Aerospace Industry Standards implementation
  • Desktop and Shop Aid documentation to support current workflows
• Liaison between Design Engineering and Production shop to ensure design intent is met, while providing clear process and direction to the shop fabrication shop.
  • Redline released engineering documentation
• Source and support purchasing efforts from released engineering documentation and manufacturing related tasks for Shop support (Shop setup activities, tooling, etc.)
• Evaluation of a broad range of technical data, interaction with different disciplines involved in the design, purchasing, manufacturing, integration, and testing of our vehicle(s).
• Analyze and verify all the engineering requirements are met to estimate time of fabrication and producibility between the margins of cost and schedule

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES

• Create work instructions to fabricate, install or modify or develop composite components to support Stratolaunch programs
• Create drawings and work instructions for tooling that supports the build phase of a production effort
• Reference 3D CAD models and integrate into 2D environments.
• Support the shop by acting as the engineering liaison to troubleshoot documentation issues and provide real-time support on the shop floor
• Troubleshoot tooling and composite process, parts and non-conformance to resolve
• Develop test plans to support concepts, new techniques or planned process
• Support hypersonic vehicle integrated testing, as required
• Support composite design effort, as required
• Contribute to Shop layout, set up and improvement efforts, as required
• Regular and comprehensive communication to leadership
• Contribute to the integration of complex aerospace systems
• Travel, as needed, to support the department
• Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity and fulfillment of commitments

QUALIFICATIONS & SKILLS

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential responsibility satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required Qualifications:

• Knowledge of, and experience with, one or more of these disciplines: composites, composite tooling, experimental vehicle build
• Experience with Aerospace production documentation (drawings and work orders)
• Experience with PDM systems, Engineering control and revision control release processes
• Experience integrating new composite techniques form concept through process
• Experience with the creation of shop work instructions
• Familiarity with common aerospace hardware/adhesives such as click-bond fasteners, structural adhesives, and latest composite techniques
• Direct hands-on experience with aircraft composite repair, inspections and replacement of composite structure.
• Facilitation skills and ability to communicate technical challenges and guidance to varied audiences to gain support or resolve concerns
• Ability to work on your own initiative and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals
• Complex aerospace composite development
• Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
• Willingness and ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance

Preferred Qualifications:

• Active security clearance

Required Skills:

• Composite Materials, process and fabrication
• Shop equipment: Ovens, composite tools and fabrication support tools
• Familiarity with 3D CAD
• MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)

Preferred Skills:

• Siemens Capital/Mentor Graphics
• 3D CAD modeling experience - NX, CATIA, or Solidworks
• Familiarity with configuration management systems - Jira (preferred)

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

Level II ($98,100-$128,700): Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 2-5 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Sr Level ($117,000-$153,500): Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 5-10 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Staff Level ($152,500-$200,000): Bachelor's degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 10-20 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience

Special remarks regarding work environment, if applicable

Position on-site based in Mojave, CA

Travel, as needed, to support the department, travel estimated to be <5%

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