Composites Manufacturing Engineer III

• Huntington Beach

The Composites Manufacturing Engineer III will be required to formulate conceptual designs of challenging, complex aerospace products to meet all customer system requirements. Responsibilities to include but are not limited to: determining complex bill of materials, sequence of assembly, selection of required equipment, solving production problems, analyzing current manufacturing planning processes, designing/reviewing necessary tooling, creating manufacturing document, and developing working relationships with a multi-disciplined team of people.

Karman Space & Defense provides concept-to-production solutions for mission-critical systems on spacecraft, launch vehicles, missiles, hypersonics, and integrated defense systems. We believe that solving the industry’s most complex and mission-critical challenges requires relentless determination and a willingness to push the boundaries of possibility. Karman Space & Defense brings to bear unparalleled production capabilities, unmatched engineering expertise, and unflinching analysis to render the impossible, possible.

• Medical, Dental, Vision
• Company Paid Life Insurance
• 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan
• Paid Time Off (PTO)
• Paid Holidays
• Tuition Reimbursement

• Hands-on oversight of the day-to-day status of assigned projects to ensure team objectives and customer requirements are met.
• Review customer drawings and specifications to evaluate them for producibility and economic factors relating to product design and fabrication costs and preparing solutions for co-engineering products with customers.
• Formulation of conceptual designs for aerospace products or systems to meet all customer specified requirements.
• Develop products process fabrication/control documentation.
• Design/draft for required tooling to meet program production rate and quality requirements.
• Act as the SME (Subject Matter Expert) and technical interface with customers for program status updates, program reviews, and problem/solution meetings.
• Assist in root cause analysis for any failure of product requirement and development of corrective action.
• Peer review build documentation and tooling design.
• Develop detailed and complex proposals in support of customer RFQs and/or RFIs.

• Must have exceptional time management
• 5 years of previous experience in aerospace manufacturing or composite design required
• Must be a US Citizen with the ability to obtain a clearance - current or active security clearance is a plus
• Experience with aerospace composite manufacturing methodologies – autoclave and press molding experience are a plus
• Mid-size corporation internal processes/systems knowledge
• Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T) and blueprint reading expertise
• Modeling/Drafting expertise
• Experience on designing molds, assembly fixtures, machining fixtures, or other tooling used for composite processing
• Reading and interpreting Engineering Specifications (Drawings, Material Specifications, Processing Specifications, etc.)
• Some experience in design-for-manufacturing and assembly methodology, for small programs and programs at rate
• Knowledge of developing composite parts and assemblies for military and/or commercial systems
• Must be flexible and able to manage multiple priorities on multiple projects simultaneously
• Proficiency in the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
• One-on-one customer support experience
• Ability to work independently with some supervision
• Ability to work on own initiative with minimal direction
• Desire to innovate and be an out of the box thinker
• Hands-on engineer mentality with a passion for design/fabrication of cutting-edge hardware
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, root cause analysis and risk assessments with a strong attention to detail
• Must possess strong analytical approach to problem solving to deliver innovative solutions
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, certain positions may require applicants to be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card…