2026 Early Career Manufacturing Engineer
$86,000–$114,000 year
On-siteCosta Mesa, California, United States
Costa Mesa, California, United StatesOn-siteFull Time$86,000–$114,000 yearAssociates DegreeDefense TechnologyLarge
Full TimeAssociates DegreeLargeDefense Technology
Job Summary
Provide daily sustaining support for Unmanned Aerial Systems product lines, resolving real-time mechanical, electrical, and software issues. Collaborate with design engineers to drive manufacturing best practices from concept through rate production and develop novel tooling for structural fabrication. Write scale manufacturing documentation including work instructions and quality plans while analyzing metrics for continuous improvement in cost and capacity. Contribute to end-customer hardware design and interconnects, instilling a culture of innovation and accountability within the product team.
Required Qualifications
- A degree in a technical field such as engineering or manufacturing
- 1+ years of experience in a relevant field, preferably manufacturing or design of electromechanical hardware
- Demonstrated ability to deliver electromechanical hardware in a resource-constrained environment
- Demonstrated in-kind or direct team leadership skills, with backing examples
- Experience physically manufacturing hardware via any means (machining, fabrication, soldering, assembly, etc.)
- A genuine interest in manufacturing, thirst for learning, and high degree of ownership
- U.S. Person status
Desired Qualifications
- Experience building successful production operations from scratch, often working with very little definition
- Harness & PCBA fabrication experience
- Proven competency in mechanical system design and analysis
- Ownership of a complex bill of materials for an electromechanical product
- Interesting work on personal or extracurricular project
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