Senior Structural Assembly Manufacturing Engineer

About the role

As a Senior Structural Assembly Manufacturing Engineer, you will play a key role in developing and industrializing structural assembly processes for the EL9 hybrid-electric aircraft. You will collaborate with Product Engineering to ensure designs incorporate DFMA principles and support the transition from prototype build to production implementation. This role involves providing manufacturing oversight at supplier sites and establishing structural assembly supply chain capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Product Engineering to ensure structural designs incorporate DFMA principles.
• Review structural designs, drawings, and engineering changes from a manufacturing perspective.
• Participate in design trade studies and concept reviews to identify manufacturing constraints.
• Provide Manufacturing Engineering oversight and liaison support at airframe and structural suppliers.
• Work with Tooling Engineering to define assembly tooling concepts and requirements.
• Support prototype fabrication, development aircraft assembly, and production implementation.
• Coordinate technical resolution of manufacturing issues and nonconformances with cross-functional stakeholders.
• Capture lessons learned to drive improvements in product design and manufacturing processes.

Required skills

• Aerospace manufacturing
• Structural assembly
• DFMA
• GD&T
• Manufacturing engineering
• Tooling
• Tolerance management

Nice to have

• Clean-sheet aircraft development
• Digital manufacturing tools
• PLM
• MES
• AS9100
• Root cause corrective action
• Supplier industrialization

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Aerospace, Aeronautical, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related engineering field

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Long-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Sick leave
• 401(k)

About the Company

Electra is developing the EL9, a nine-passenger, hybrid-electric aircraft capable of taking off and landing in just 150 feet. The company is backed by Lockheed Martin, Honeywell, and Safran, with a focus on opening new travel routes beyond conventional runways.