Progressive Engineer SME

Position Title:

Progressive Engineer SME

Location: Oahu, Hawaii

Hui Huliau is a nonprofit Native Hawaiian Organization (NHO) and community service organization whose business activities principally benefit Native Hawaiians. As an NHO we operate under U. S. Small Business Administration (SBA) regulations and own small businesses that participate in the SBA 8(a) Business Development Program for minority owned companies. Our small businesses provide a variety of contracted services to the U.

S. Military, U. S. Civilian agencies, and commercial customers at locations worldwide. Profits from Hui Huliau's for‑profit subsidiaries help sustain important education, social, economic, and cultural preservation programs that serve Native Hawaiians in the Waianae community. The Waianae Coast on the western side of the island of Oahu has the highest per capita percentage of Native Hawaiians in the world and the highest poverty and unemployment rate in the State of Hawaii.

Our mission to strengthen our communities, make a positive impact on the lives we touch, and provide a brighter future for the Native Hawaiian people through education, economic opportunities, and the preservation of the Hawaiian language and culture. Hui Huliau employees help us achieve this mission by providing outstanding service to our customers.

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The HHDS Progressive Engineer SME (PES) is accountable for leading the development and implementation of high precision mechanical manufacturing processes across to support the DOD. In this highly visible hands‑on role, you will have direct frequent communication and collaboration with DOD Industrial Design, Product Design, and Manufacturing Design partners, as well as our worldwide suppliers.

The PES role is empowered and expected to bring creativity to DOD's manufacturing approach, enabling DOD to deliver our best work to as many customers as possible!

As a PES, you’ll lead the creation, evaluation, and implementation of end‑to‑end manufacturing solutions for key design features on DOD's products. You will ensure DOD's manufacturing solutions meet their product quality, cost, yield, capacity, schedule, and environmental goals.

• Evaluate product and design goals to understand the dimensional, cosmetic, and functional priorities for the product.
• Collaborate with various industry partners and USG suppliers to align on a manufacturing development strategy with clear goals, expectations, and schedules.
• Identify and validate suitable fabrication equipment and processes to meet all DODs design and operational requirements.
• Develop and document processes including all parameters, consumables, and secondary operation requirements to meet defined specifications.
• Conduct process optimization, using data and hands‑on approaches together to find solutions to sophisticated challenges.
• Communicate ongoing process development status to functional teams and lead discussions to align design requirements with manufacturing capability.
• Provide leadership at global manufacturing sites during development and production ramp, traveling internationally, identifying root causes of open issues, and driving corrective actions to timely resolution.
• Collaborate with internal partners and equipment suppliers to develop and refine metal convergent manufacturing processes and equipment.
• Optimize convergent manufacturing processes for DOD, dimensional quality, reliability, and throughput requirements. Develop methods to model and characterize key performance indicators in convergent manufacturing.
• Support Product Design in development of metal alloys for additive manufacturing applying knowledge of convergent manufacturing systems and powdered metallurgy.
• Provide expert level support to project teams utilizing metal additive manufacturing to bring designs from concept to limited production.
• Develop best‑in‑class qualification plans and procedures to qualify convergent manufacturing equipment and materials applying DQ/IQ/OQ/PQ.

Education and Experience:

2+ years of experience in metal additive manufacturing related technical roles.…