Associate Manufacturing Engineer

Aitech • Los Angeles, CA • 3h ago

About The Position

Aitech Defense Systems is renowned for its innovation in rugged embedded systems, designed to operate reliably in the challenging environments of military, defense, aerospace, and space applications. Founded in 1983, Aitech has a rich history of pioneering advancements such as the world's first conduction-cooled MIL-SPEC VMEbus board and has continually evolved its product line to include state-of-the-art SBCs, GPGPU-based AI applications, and advanced cybersecurity for mission-critical systems.

Joining us means you'll be working at the forefront of technology with projects that span across land, sea, air, and space, supporting some of the top prime contractors in the industry. This opportunity will allow you to contribute to groundbreaking projects and push the boundaries of embedded computing technology!

Primary Responsibilities:

Provide technical support in troubleshooting existing manufacturing processes and/or product lines to achieve customer quality standards and profit objectives.

Assist in optimizing manufacturing efficiency and quality standards through the implementation of improved processes, materials, methods and facilities

Support Production to ensure products are built to specifications and engineering documents.

Provide feedback to improve product design for ease of manufacturing, optimization of cost, and time to manufacture product

Partner with engineering, production, materials and program management on cost out projects

Prepare engineering changes as required to support manufacturing and quality of parts produced

Identify and if necessary, design and deploy tooling to aid in production processes

Ensure standardization and compliance to engineering, customer and company specification for processes employed in the production of interior products

Perform engineering analyses and apply problem-solving methods to support new product development and sustaining production

Perform root cause and corrective action on parts and processes that are not in control

Identify new equipment, tool designs, and processes to improve consistency, accuracy, and cycle times

Design tooling, fixtures and jigs to improve manufacturing.

Interface directly with assemblers, production supervisors, leads, and management on a routine basis

Working knowledge of Lean Manufacturing

Plans, directs, and coordinates manufacturing processes utilizing knowledge of product design, materials and parts, fabrication processes, tooling and production equipment capabilities, assembly methods, and quality control standards

Evaluates manufacturing processes by designing and conducting research programs; applying knowledge of product design, fabrication, assembly, tooling, and materials; conferring with equipment vendors; soliciting observations from operator

Coordinate with suppliers and external resources needed in developing and implementing new processes and improving existing processes

The expected annual salary range for this role is $85,000 to $100,000 a year.

Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

Requirements

Recommended Experience:

Minimum 5+ years' experience in Aerospace and Defense industry

Ability to read and decipher blueprints, drawings, procedures, and GD&T.

Strong process management, process improvement, problem solving and cost reduction skills

Knowledge in design of jigs and tooling used for assembly of the final product

Must have knowledge of materials and metals processing, including Heat Treat and Coatings for aerospace requirements

Must be able to perform basic measurement and inspection processes

Must be able to demonstrate knowledge and experience in creation of manufacturing Planning for product realization

Must have experience with MIL-STD documents, reading and interpretation of ASME Y14.5

Must be able to write engineering reports that include analysis and results

Have excellent verbal and written communication skills

CAD experience in Orcad and Autocad.

Knowledge of Microsoft products is essential

Recommended Education:

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