Manufacturing Engineer - Space Solar

The role

You will develop and own processes, tooling, and inspection techniques to manufacture space solar hardware at high rate. You will work with design engineering teams to influence solar panel architecture through design for manufacturing improvements.

What you will do

• Develop and perform acceptance testing of manufacturing processes, techniques, and tools
• Design and implement precision tooling to eliminate assembly error, improve quality, and minimize cycle time
• Automate novel processes to ensure repeatability on high-rate manufacturing lines
• Work closely with design engineering teams to influence solar panel architecture with design for manufacturing improvements
• Stand up in-process inspection methods, including automated approaches
• Lead the handoff of hardware from development into production
• Simplify specs, streamline workflows, and cut overhead

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in aerospace, manufacturing, materials, mechanical engineering, or a related engineering discipline
• 1+ years of manufacturing and process design experience (internship and academic experience applicable)
• U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department

Nice to have

• Master's degree in an engineering discipline
• Hands-on experience with mixed value stream or high-rate manufacturing lines, focusing on maximizing yield and increasing rate
• Proficiency in mechanical assembly methods, testing, failure mode effects analysis, and troubleshooting
• Prior experience developing, maintaining, and improving weld processes and weld inspection techniques, including automation
• Experience using SQL or other data management tools to inform priorities and measure performance
• Exposure to aerospace, space, or other high-reliability hardware environments

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision, and retirement plans
• Paid time off, holidays, and flexible policies
• Professional growth opportunities through training and development

Before you apply

• To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, you must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv)

About the company

Starpath develops and manufactures the technologies that will enable humans to live on the Moon and Mars. They are building robotic systems that locally produce water, power, and oxygen.