Manufacturing Engineering

We have an outstanding Contract position for a Manufacturing Engineering to join a leading Company located in the Canoga Park, CA surrounding area.

Pay Rate: $52.00

US Citizenship is required.

Candidate must possess an active Secret Security Clearance.

This position will be responsible for mechanical component manufacture assembly and integration into rocket engine and power systems products. Responsibilities include designing and planning of layout component fabrication, assembly and material handling, planning of sequence of operations, and specification procedures. The scope of responsibility will be for several mechanical components or as a process engineer supporting new and developing process that could be utilized on all programs within the company, with the potential to acquire greater responsibility as performance and experience dictate.

• Developing/Designing Support Hardware and Review Engineering Drawings:
  The candidate will utilize design and business software (ProE, CATIA, Vis Mockup, and/or other similar CAD/virtual manufacturing tools/software, MS Office applications such as Word, Excel) to develop, design, review and fabricate hardware in support of the Operation and enabling support processes, and Engineering customer.
• Developing and Implementing Manufacturing, Fabrication and Assembly Processes and Systems. The candidate will develop and implement the process of precision turning operation of complex configurations on a wide range of material types which will include the following:
• Determining tooling requirements to safely facilitate optimum positioning of surfaces for machining, cleaning, packaging and protection for the milling process, support and maintain dimensional requirements, determine machine loading, setups, hardware handling instructions and scheduling.
• Perform risk assessments to ensure risks to personnel and the environment are eliminated and risk to hardware and facility are accurately assessed and communicated to management.
• Determine clean and etching process for a wide variety of materials.
• The candidate will manage processes in accordance with the Lean methodology which will include process certification, process improvement methods (e.g. Kaizen, 3P, VSM, etc.) and other Bluebook elements. They will also prepare Basis of Estimates (BOE) develop and defend to management key strategic manufacturing plans, risk assessments and proposals that target customer and business goals; and differentiate between suppliers based on their technical process (Repeatability, Reliability) and business (Reliability, Rates, CSP, ISO compliant) capability.
• The candidate will determine complex design geometric dimensioning and tolerancing for various machining and measuring methods that meet specifications, tooling and equipment requirements.
• The candidate will develop and implement the process of welding of complex configurations on a wide range of material types. They will also determine tooling requirements for the welding process, and support and maintain dimensional requirements.
• Responsible for entire projects or processes within job area. May be responsible for providing guidance, coaching and training to other employees within job area. May manage projects at this level with responsibility for the delegation of work and the review of others' work product.
• Communicates with contacts within and outside of own department and may occasionally have responsibility for communicating with parties external to the organization (e.g., customers, vendors, etc.).
• Explains and interprets processes and procedures to others within and outside the job area.
• May work to justify and gain cooperation regarding processes, practices and procedures.
• Consists of making moderate enhancements or improvements to systems and processes to solve problems or improve the effectiveness of job area.
• Opportunities for problem solving and innovation are general, and may require an understanding of a broader set of issues but typically are not complex.
• Problems may require an understanding of other job areas.
• Problems are typically solved by drawing from prior experiences, with an analysis of the issues.
• Achieve operational targets with moderate impact on departmental results.
• Contributes to the completion of specific programs and projects. Exerts some influence on the overall objectives of the project.

• Requires proficient knowledge of job area. May have practical knowledge of project management.
• Bachelor's Degree and minimum 4 years of prior relevant experience.
• Graduate Degree and a minimum of 2 years of prior related experience.
• In lieu of a degree, a minimum of 8 years of prior related experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication, including public speaking.
• Organizational/Multi-tasking skills that enhance value stream flow and ensure product value streams are effective at meeting customer and company goals.
• Team building skills – develop relationships across value stream and enabling…