Manufacturing Engineer II, Machine Shop

Job Description

ABOUT FIREFLY AEROSPACE As an end to end space transportation company Firefly Aerospace is on a mission to enable our world to launch land and operate in space anywhere anytime Our launch vehicles lunar landers and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the surface of the Moon and beyond Headquartered in north Austin Texas Firefly is looking for passionate hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space SUMMARY As part of a small fast paced and passionate team you will be the key to rocket component production You will be responsible for driving design feedback and communication between engineers and manufacturing Input provided by you can determine the success or failure of individual components and assemblies Location for this role is at our Manufacturing site in Briggs TX 25 minutes north of Cedar Park TX RESPONSIBILITIES Act as liaison between the machine shop and the engineering team Provide feedback to responsible engineers and ensure the most time efficient and cost efficient method of producing components Ensure on time delivery of rocket components from CAD models to tangible componentsassemblies ready for testing Research new manufacturing methods and production related processes Work with the design team to ensure manufacturability of the components Manage lookaheads for long lead tasks Improve processes and cycle times Implement quick changeover improvements Be fully accountable for a set of hardware Create work instructions Identify issues work with quality to provide and execute corrective actions Work with Tooling and Programming to ensure job readiness Conceptual design and sourcing of work holding QUALIFICATIONS Required Bachelors degree in engineering or 5 years of experience working in a machine shop environment implementing the aforementioned responsibilities Experience with CAD software such as Pro E CATIA Autodesk Inventor SolidWorks or NX Exceptional people interaction skills A passion for creating building and making things happen Advanced level of understanding of GD\&T per ASME Y145 Standards Ability to develop CAD models and create engineering drawings Desired Direct experience with process development inCastingForgingMetallic 3D printingSheet metalExperience with budgetary and schedule planningSome CNC Programming experienceTooling expertiseExperience programming CNC machinesExperience setting up and running CNC machinesData analysisCapacity planningStartup experienceAerospace experience