Lead Manufacturing Engineer - Avionics & Test Verified today
About the role
Based in Long Beach, CA, you'll lead process development, implementation and sustainment of avionics components and assemblies used across all Rocket Lab programs. You'll support the Senior Manufacturing Engineering Manager for Avionics and Space Systems, Production, Test and Design organizations, delivering results for internal leadership, the board and investors.
What you'll do
- Coach, mentor and develop engineers to achieve new heights in their careers
- Conduct weekly, quarterly and yearly reviews with direct employees
- Interview and hire candidates for new roles
- Create team goals and metrics to drive continuous improvement projects
- Lead and organize meetings to drive project completion
- Contribute to design reviews as an expert in design for manufacture, design for test, productivity, supplier capability assessments and quality control
- Oversee introduction and implementation of new products and product revisions
- Perform Value Stream Mapping exercises, Method of Manufacture plans and cell design
- Define and implement factory layouts, equipment selection, FAT, SAT and production commissioning
- Manage capital and facilities justification, project management and implementation
- Lead problem containment and structured root cause and corrective action investigations
- Lead continuous improvement using lean tools and techniques such as 5S
What you'll bring
- Bachelor degree in Engineering (Electrical, Aerospace, Manufacturing or Mechanical preferred)
- 5 or more years of experience in a manufacturing environment
- Personnel leadership experience
- Strong working knowledge of EEE piece parts, PCB, PCBA, electromechanical assembly, tooling, test and quality techniques
- Extensive experience using fundamentals of electronic circuits, design principles and manufacturing techniques to solve component issues in a fast-paced environment
Nice to have
- Advanced engineering degree (Electrical, Aerospace, Manufacturing or Mechanical)
- 8 or more years of experience in a manufacturing environment
- Working experience with environmental acceptance and production acceptance testing such as vibration, shock, thermal and vacuum
- Understanding of instrumentation, interfaces and sensors including power supplies, oscilloscopes, serial devices, switch topologies, accelerometers, thermocouples, RTDs and 4-20mA sensors
- Experience designing, implementing and supporting a production line and build area
- Experience transitioning products from design to production as part of cross-functional teams in fast-paced, iterative design environments
- Demonstrated experience with DFMEA, PFMEA methodologies, Fault Tree Analysis, Pareto analysis, root cause and corrective action
Compensation and benefits
Base salary: $124,000 to $170,000 USD. Total compensation including equity: $175,000 to $205,000 USD.
Benefits include company stock as part of your compensation package, Employee Stock Purchase Program with 15 percent discount, medical plans (HMO, PPO, zero-cost HDHP with HSA contribution), dental and vision coverage, paid vacation and sick time, 11 paid holidays, flexible spending and dependent care accounts, paid parental leave, disability and life insurance, 401(k) retirement plan with company match, subsidized EV charging, onsite fitness centers, discounted gym memberships, complimentary snacks and beverages, 50 percent employee discount on merchandise and other employee discounts.
Working conditions
This position may require prolonged periods of sitting, standing, walking and computer work, with occasional exposure to moderate levels of noise, dust and fumes in production areas.
Employment requirements
To work in US offices: You must be a US citizen, lawful US permanent resident (current Green Card holder), lawfully admitted as a refugee or granted asylum, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the US Department of State and/or US Department of Commerce, as applicable, to conform to US Government space technology export regulations including ITAR.