We have an outstanding Contract position for a Manufacturing Engineer to join a leading Company located in the Palmdale, CA surrounding area.
Pay Rate: $22 - $120
**US Citizenship is required.**
**Candidate must possess an Active Secret Security Clearance.**
Responsibilities:
- Performs in a collaborative environment to develop and author manufacturing processes, procedures, and production layouts for assemblies, equipment installation, processing, fabrication, and material handling.
- Leverages understanding of materials and processes to define operations procedures and build sequences to drive operational excellence.
- Evaluates the performance of equipment and tools to verify their efficiency and investigates and initiates corrective action for problems and deficiencies to ensure operational excellence.
- Provides input to product design regarding design concepts and specification requirements to best utilize equipment and manufacturing techniques.
- Works within a model-based engineering environment (3DX).
- Position requires periodic travel.
- Must have extensive experience in aerospace manufacturing operations. Must have the personal attributes conducive to working within an IPT (Integrated Product Team).
- Must have the ability, technical background, and confidence to work independently and make critical program decisions.
- Preferred experience with complete integrated air vehicle designs.
Basic Hiring Criteria:
- Secret security clearance; Ability to obtain SAP within 6 weeks of submission.
- Minimum 3 years of experience with 3DX usage.
- Minimum 10 years of cumulative experience working with structural assembly/fabrication tools for aerospace vehicles or similar.
- Highly proficient in GD&T and blueprint reading.
- Familiar with customer processes and procedures.
- Development/prototype/first article, program support (new product introduction).
- Metallic part machining working knowledge.
Desired Qualifications:
- Tool fabrication.
- Authoring tool usage instructions or assembly work instructions.
- Manufacturing engineering-type production floor support.
- Aircraft assembly.
Benefits offered to vary by the contract. Depending on your temporary assignment, benefits may include direct deposit, free career counseling services, 401(k), select paid holidays, short-term disability insurance, skills training, employee referral bonus, affordable medical coverage plan, and DailyPay (in some locations). For a full description of benefits available to you, be sure to talk with your recruiter.