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Manufacturing Engineer Avionics Instrumentation Specialist

4 weeks ago


Hawthorne, California, United States SpaceX Full time

At SpaceX, we're pushing the boundaries of space technology to make humanity a multi-planetary species. As a Manufacturing Engineer Avionics Instrumentation Specialist, you'll play a critical role in designing and producing the cutting-edge instruments that will help us achieve this goal.


Key Responsibilities:
  • Develop and implement design and production guidelines, requirements, and procedures to ensure high-quality instrument production.
  • Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support new product design reviews, focusing on design for manufacturability and assembly line layout.
  • Define and develop manufacturing flows for electromechanical components, leveraging takt, cycle, and lead time concepts to optimize production efficiency.
  • Lead the setup and operation of work centers for assembly of instrumentation components, ensuring seamless integration and high-quality output.
  • Design and develop production processes, tooling, and documentation, using a process validation approach to ensure consistent process outcomes.
  • Design mechanical tooling, fixtures, and electrical test racks to support instrument production and testing.
  • Rapidly resolve novel instrumentation challenges and troubleshoot acceleration, pressure, acoustic, strain, position, and thermal sensors.
  • Perform hands-on hardware integration and testing to ensure instrument functionality and quality.

Requirements:
  • Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, or electrical engineering.
  • 3 years of hands-on fabrication, assembly, and testing experience.

Preferred Skills and Experience:
  • Experience identifying and solving sensor signal quality issues.
  • Experience with environmental test lab equipment, such as thermal, pressure, and vibration test equipment.
  • Hands-on electronic or electro-mechanical experience.
  • Working experience with calibration processes, including understanding test uncertainty, non-linearity, hysteresis, thermal effects, etc.
  • Expertise in wire-bonding and/or soldering.
  • Working familiarity with production cleaning processes.
  • Experience with electron beam and/or laser welding.
  • Experience with Matlab, Excel, Labview, and National Instruments hardware.
  • Experience with fabrication, assembly, and/or testing.

Additional Requirements:
  • Position may require extended work hours and weekend work.
  • Some travel may be required.

SpaceX is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to diversity, equity, and inclusion in the workplace. We welcome applications from qualified candidates who share our passion for space exploration and innovation.