Propulsion Manufacturing Engineering Manager

As an end-to-end space transportation company, Firefly Aerospace is on a mission to enable our world to launch, land, and operate in space anywhere, anytime. Our launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles provide government and commercial customers with full mission services from low Earth orbit to the surface of the Moon and beyond. Headquartered in north Austin, Texas, Firefly is looking for passionate, hardworking innovators to join our team and help fuel our successful trajectory into space.

SUMMARY

The Firefly Propulsion Manufacturing Engineering (ME) Team is responsible for the fabrication, integration, test, and delivery of fully integrated propulsion systems for the Alpha, MLV launch vehicles and Blue Ghost and Elytra spacecraft vehicles. The individual MEs take profound ownership of propulsion components from the time the design is released to the delivery of a completed product. Propulsion MEs are makers and problem solvers, people who can take an idea on paper and turn it into a fully functioning component ready to support mass production of rockets and spacecraft! This position will be focused on leading a team that is driving manufacturing processes to scale production.

This position is located in at our Manufacturing and Test site in Briggs, TX, north of Cedar Park.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead a team of manufacturing engineers in the fabrication, assembly, and check out of propulsion subassemblies and engines
• Drive continuous process development and improvement with the aim of radically increasing production rate and substantially reducing cost
• Mentor members of the team through investigations of process failures and help drive corrective actions to closure
• Lead the development, test, and qualification of new production processes
• Work closely with the production teams to manage assembly build schedule and constantly improve accuracy by collecting and processing relevant data
• Establish and implement standards for manufacturing readiness reviews, new product integration, and production hand off
• Own and maintain Manufacturing controls within Fireflys Enterprise Resource Planning software
• Drive strategic initiatives to ensure team is operating at most innovative manufacturing technology capabilities.
• Establish and implement standards for tooling and fixturing design, review, and commissioning
• Participate in design reviews to drive design-for-manufacturing initiatives and implement lessons learned

QUALIFICATIONS

Required

• Bachelors degree in Engineering or related technical field
• 7+ years professional work experience with manufacturing complex assemblies or tools
• 1+ years of engineering leadership experience
• Deep knowledge of GD&T best practices and familiarity with ASME Y14.5
• Proven mechanical aptitude
• Able to read and interpret technical drawings and assembly instructions
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills to convey methodologies for assembly and troubleshooting
• Strong interpersonal and conflict resolution skills Must be a team player
• Proven experience with tasks requiring extreme attention to detail and prolonged mental concentration
• Ability to thrive in high stakes, stressful, short deadline environments
• Critical thinking and strong decision making ability
• Demonstrated results with scaling up business operations
• Proven demonstration of acting as process-oriented change agent