Propulsion Systems Manufacturing Engineer
Stratolaunch · Mojave, CA
- Level
- Engineer
- Team
- Manufacturing
- Base pay
- $98k–$129k
- Degree
- Required (or equivalent experience)
- Experience asked
- 5+ years
- Industry
- Aerospace & defense
- Posted
- 30+ days ago
The role in 30 seconds
An engineer-level manufacturing role at Stratolaunch (aerospace & defense) in Mojave, CA. Create work instructions to fabricate, install or modify propulsion systems.
- They ask for
- 5+ years · degree required (or equivalent experience)
- Tools it names
- Tooling, SolidWorks, CATIA / NX
- Base pay
- $98k–$129k
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How this role compares
Against 277 other live manufacturing postings in California.
- Base pay
- About 14% below similar roles
- Experience asked
- Typical (5+ years)
Typical $109k–$153k, from 100 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- ✓ Tooling 59%
- ✓ New product launch 54%
- Root cause 45%
- Automation 35%
- ✓ CATIA / NX 34%
- Machining 33%
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This plant: Stratolaunch in Mojave
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Full description from StratolaunchAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
requirements
are met to estimate time of fabrication and producibility between the margins of cost and schedule
Responsibilities
- ◆Create work instructions to fabricate, install or modify propulsion systems
- ◆Create drawings and work instructions for tooling that supports the build phase of a production effort
- ◆Reference 3D CAD models and integrate into 2D environments.
- ◆Support the shop by acting as the engineering liaison to troubleshoot documentation issues and provide real-time support on the shop floor
- ◆Troubleshoot propulsion mechanical systems and ground test integration
- ◆Develop test plans and procedures, as required to support systems, functionality and ATP procedures
- ◆Support hypersonic vehicle integrated testing, as required
- ◆Support system design effort, as required
- ◆Contribute to Shop layout, set up and improvement efforts, as required
- ◆Regular and comprehensive communication to leadership
- ◆Contribute to the integration of complex aerospace systems
- ◆Travel, as needed, to support the department
- ◆Demonstrate honesty, responsibility, integrity and fulfillment of commitments
Qualifications
& SKILLS
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential responsibility satisfactorily. The
requirements
listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Required Qualifications
- ✓Knowledge of, and experience with, one or more of these disciplines: vehicle systems, hydraulics, pneumatics, electrotechnical, flight controls for experimental aircraft and/or launch vehicle integration
- ✓Experience with Aerospace production documentation (drawings and work orders)
- ✓Experience with PDM systems, Engineering control and revision control release processes
- ✓Experience integrating launch vehicle or aircraft electrical power systems
- ✓Experience with the creation of shop work instructions
- ✓Familiarity with common aerospace hardware such as connectors, relays, and wire types, structures
- ✓Direct hands-on experience with aircraft Propulsion Systems, installation and best practices
- ✓Experience with solid Rocket motors (SRM) and hybrid Rocket motor (HRM)
- ✓Facilitation skills and ability to communicate technical challenges and guidance to varied audiences to gain support or resolve concerns
- ✓Ability to work on your own initiative and prioritize tasking to fit within the business goals
- ✓Complex aerospace system development
- ✓Ability to quickly adapt to changing priorities
- ✓Willingness and ability to obtain and maintain a security clearance
Preferred Qualifications
- ✓Active security clearance
Required Skills
- ✓Lab equipment: Oscilloscopes, multimeters, AC/DC power supplies, signal generators
- ✓Familiarity with 3D CAD
- ✓MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook)
Education & experience
Level II ($98,100-$128,700): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 2-5 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
Sr Level ($117,000-$153,500): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 5-10 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
Staff Level ($152,500-$200,000): Bachelor’s degree (B.S.) from accredited institution and 10-20 years of engineering experience, OR equivalent combination of education and experience
Special remarks
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Stratolaunch is a technology accelerator that engineers operationally realistic testing at Mach 5+. Our air-launched, Talon testbeds are reusable, cost-effective platforms that enable routine access to the hypersonic environment. We deliver flight data critical to validating system performance and achieving rapid technology deployment. Together with our customers, we drive innovations that are imperative to advancing national security.
To help achieve these efforts, Stratolaunch is seeking a Propulsion Systems Manufacturing Engineer (ME) level II or Sr to support design, integration, testing, and maintenance of one of our carrier or hypersonic vehicles electrical and avionics systems; as a ME you will be responsible for the following:
- •Work Instructions, detailed documentation to be released to the electrical and production shop for manufacturing related information for production, testing or tooling.
- •Ability to fully define a manufacturing process step-by-step
- •Ability to identify alternate part numbers
- •Ability to produce engineering documentation following industry standards (Section Views, Detail Views, flag notes, etc.)
- •Process improvement documentation to establish production line standardization efforts
- •Experience with Propulsion Vehicle systems, system interface and integration
- •Solid rocket Motor (SRM) and Hybrid Rocket Motor (HRM) experience
- •Propulsion manufacturing processes to define company practices and preferred manufacturing methods (Shop)
- •Aerospace Industry Standards implementation
- •Desktop and Shop Aid documentation to support current workflows
- •Liaison engineering support manufacturing shop to provide technicians with sufficient support to complete the task on hand
- •Explain Propulsion manufacturing processes from Stratolaunch and Aerospace industry standards
- •Redline released engineering documentation
- •Source and support purchase of propulsion components from released engineering documentation and manufacturing related tasks for Shop support (Shop setup activities, tooling, etc.)
- •Evaluation of a broad range of technical data, interaction with different disciplines involved in the design, purchasing, manufacturing, integration, and testing of our vehicle(s).
- •Analyze and verify all the engineering
Preferred Skills
- +Siemens Capital/Mentor Graphics
- +3D CAD modeling experience – NX, CATIA, or Solidworks
- +LabVIEW
- +Familiarity with configuration management systems – Jira (preferred)