Composites Engineer

The role

You will own the engineering, development, and production of ultra-light deployable composite structures. This role involves design, analysis, and hands-on manufacturing to take concepts from CAD to flight hardware.

What you will do

• Own the engineering and process development for all in-house composite structures
• Develop, validate, and optimize laminate schedules, cure cycles, and layup techniques
• Design tooling, molds, fixtures, and inspection methods for thin high-precision composite parts
• Run experiments to characterize materials and processes
• Implement manufacturing controls including travelers, process specs, inspection criteria, and QA workflows
• Diagnose and resolve unusual composite manufacturing and structural issues
• Collaborate with technicians to ensure manufacturability and performance alignment
• Support fabrication on the floor
• Drive continual improvement in surface quality, dimensional tolerance, repeatability, and yield
• Support development and maintenance of capital equipment

Required qualifications

• 4–6 years of composites engineering experience spanning design, processing, and manufacturing
• Strong background in composite materials engineering, aerospace structures, or manufacturing engineering
• Hands-on experience with composite processing: layup, cure, debulk, trimming, bonding, inspection
• Experience developing tooling, mold design, or fixture design for composite components
• Familiarity with structural analysis of composite parts (FEA, laminate theory, material allowables)
• Experience setting or improving manufacturing processes, specs, and quality control methods
• Comfort working in fast-paced R&D environments with rapid iteration

Nice to have

• Experience designing and producing thin high-precision composite laminates (prepreg preferred)
• Experience with spacecraft, high-performance deployable structures, or other extreme-environment hardware is a bonus

Benefits

• Broad choice of medical/dental/vision coverage, Reflect covers 100% of each base-policy
• Access to HSA, FSA, and 401K
• Unlimited paid time off
• Healthy lunches provided daily

About the company

Reflect Orbital is an Equal Opportunity Employer. The company's success hinges on its team.