Job Title: Manufacturing Engineer

Job Description

Project Kuiper is an initiative to launch a constellation of Low Earth Orbit satellites that will provide low-latency, high-speed broadband connectivity to unserved and underserved communities around the world. As a First Line Support - Manufacturing Engineer, you will be directly responsible for building, testing, qualifying, and producing next-generation spacecraft. You will utilize innovative solutions and cutting-edge technology to solve difficult manufacturing and engineering problems on a daily basis at both a systems and specialized level. You will be the first line of support for all technical challenges faced by the production team, using your expertise to rapidly respond to and solve product issues that slow down factory throughput. You will convert first-line troubleshooting into structural improvement projects to improve recovery time and eliminate disturbances through collaboration with other technical functions. This position works a 4x10 schedule (four days worked per week, 10 hours worked per day) and is assigned to the back-half-days production schedule working Wednesday through Saturday, 6am to 4:30pm.

Responsibilities

• Support operations teams by being the first technical point of contact for production disturbances, unblocking production issues, and finding structural solutions to prevent their recurrence.
• Process defective material for engineering evaluation to determine the path forward.
• Modify shop orders to enable continuous production execution.
• Develop and improve troubleshooting documentation for production test hardware.

Essential Skills

• Familiarity with Low Rate Manufacturing Environments and New Product Introduction.
• Knowledge of Lean manufacturing practices and principles.
• Experience with Root Cause Analysis Techniques such as Fishbone, Fault Tree, and DMAIC.
• Strong analytical skills.
• Strong communication and writing skills.
• Experience with Electrical System Design and Metrology.
• Experience with Mechanical Design and Failure Analysis.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Experience with SAP or similar ERP software.
• Experience with NX Unigraphics or similar CAD software.
• Experience with Aerospace or Optical Manufacturing.
• Experience with Python Programming Language.
• Experience with Fiber Optic Systems.
• Experience with Statistical Analysis Software such as Minitab.

Work Environment

75% of time will be spent on the production floor working with technician teams to solve all types of technical blockers, from test report reviews to defect material triage and ERP blockers. 25% of time will be spent performing independent development work such as data analysis on disturbances and improving troubleshooting documentation. This position is 100% onsite in Redmond, WA and works a 4x10 schedule, assigned to the back-half-days production schedule (Wednesday through Saturday, 6am to 4:30pm).