Manufacturing Engineer

Manufacturing Engineer Location:

Riverside, CA Manufacturing Engineer Hourly rate: $56.85 Senior Manufacturing Engineer Hourly rate: $75.80 Contractor benefits: Medical, Vision, Dental, 401k Travel up to 30% between Chula Vista, CA

• Riverside, CA
• San Marcos, TX
• Foley, AL
• Mexicali, MX.

Manufacturing Engineer Required Qualifications:

• B.S. in a relevant engineering subject (Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial, or other)
• 3+ years of experience as a Manufacturing Engineer within an aerospace production environment.
• Hands-on experience with metallic and/or composite fabrication, assembly processes, and engineering support on the shop floor.
• Demonstrated proficiency applying lean manufacturing principles and structured problem solving methods (e.g., RCCA, 5 Why, fishbone, kaizen).
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work cross functionally and influence without authority.

Manufacturing Engineer Responsibilities:

• Provide daily shop floor engineering support to ensure manufacturing flow, resolve issues, and maintain production schedules.
• Lead and support process standardization, optimization, and continuous improvement initiatives across fabrication and assembly operations.
• Collaborate closely with Engineering, Quality, and Operations to disposition nonconformances, implement corrective actions, and maintain configuration control.
• Apply lean manufacturing principles to eliminate waste, improve throughput, and enhance process stability.
• Support development and updates of manufacturing plans, standard work, tooling requirements, and process documentation.
• Leverage digital manufacturing tools for process analysis, model interrogation, and configuration management.
• Coordinate and support activities across both the Riverside and Chula Vista facilities, requiring regular inter-site travel.

Senior Manufacturing Engineer Required Qualifications:

• B.S. in a relevant engineering subject (Mechanical, Aerospace, Industrial, or other).
• 8+ years of experience as a Manufacturing Engineer in an aerospace development or production environment.
• Strong understanding of DFM principles, configuration management, and manufacturing documentation (BOMs, routings, processes).
• Experience supporting both in house manufacturing and suppliers.
• Ability to troubleshoot manufacturing issues and drive resolution in a fast paced development environment.
• Strong communication, cross functional collaboration, and technical problem solving skills.

Senior Manufacturing Engineer Responsibilities:

• Provide manufacturing engineering leadership across development lifecycle phases, from PDR through hardware delivery.
• Drive Design for Manufacturing (DFM) principles into engineering designs to ensure producibility, affordability, and repeatability.
• Develop and maintain item master data, including material definitions, tooling requirements, bills of material (BOM), and manufacturing routings.
• Ensure alignment between the as designed and as built configuration, managing change control and maintaining configuration integrity.
• Serve as a manufacturing liaison engineer for both make and buy components, supporting engineering, supply chain, and supplier development teams.
• Support build planning and preparation activities, including tooling readiness, manufacturing plan validation, and production readiness assessments.
• Provide onsite support for first article builds at company facilities and supplier locations, resolving manufacturing issues in real time.
• Collaborate across Engineering, Quality, Operations, and Program teams to enable successful hardware integration for the JetZero program.

Must be U.S. Person for purposes of Export Compliance . #

ECL Pay:

$56.85

• $75.

80 per hour

Benefits:

401(k) Dental insurance Health insurance Vision insurance

Education:

Bachelor's (Required)

Experience:

Manufacturing engineering: 3 years (Required)

Aviation:

3 years (Required) Ability to

Commute:

Riverside, CA 92503 (Required) Willingness to travel: 25% (Required)

Work Location:

In person