Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Space Solar

The role

You will own critical processes on the space solar manufacturing line to scale from prototype to high-rate flight production. You will set technical direction for process development, drive yield and rate, and mentor a manufacturing engineering team.

What you will do

• Own technical strategy for key manufacturing processes from development through high-rate production
• Drive yield, rate, and cost across the solar manufacturing line
• Design and qualify precision tooling and automated cells
• Lead automation initiatives for novel processes
• Partner with design engineering through design for manufacturing (DFM)
• Stand up in-process inspection systems
• Lead the handoff of solar hardware from development into production
• Mentor manufacturing engineers and grow the team's capability
• Simplify specs, streamline workflows, and cut overhead

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's or advanced degree in aerospace, manufacturing, materials, mechanical, electrical, or a related engineering discipline
• 6+ years of manufacturing and process design experience
• Track record of taking manufacturing processes from prototype through qualification and into stable, high-rate production
• Experience leading technical work across cross-functional teams

Nice to have

• Master's degree in an engineering discipline
• Direct experience manufacturing photovoltaic hardware
• Deep expertise in cell interconnect joining processes
• Hands-on experience scaling a manufacturing line from low-rate prototype to high-rate production
• Experience leading automation programs
• Proficiency with coverglass attach, encapsulation, and adhesive/RTV bonding processes
• Strong background in electrical characterization of solar cells and panels
• Proficiency in FMEA, statistical process control (Cp/Cpk), and root-cause investigation methodologies
• Experience using SQL or other data management tools
• Prior experience mentoring or leading manufacturing engineers

Benefits

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

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. lawful permanent resident, Refugee, or Asylee, or be eligible to obtain required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

About the company

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