Aerovel Flexrotor - Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Job Description:

Airbus is an international pioneer in the aerospace industry. We are a leader in designing, manufacturing and delivering aerospace products, services and solutions to customers on a global scale. We aim for a better-connected, safer and more prosperous world.

A commercial aircraft manufacturer, with Space and Defense as well as Helicopters Divisions, Airbus is the largest aeronautics and space company in Europe and a worldwide leader.

Airbus has built on its strong European heritage to become truly international - with roughly 180 locations and 12,000 direct suppliers globally. The company has aircraft and helicopter final assembly lines across Asia, Europe and the Americas, and has achieved a more than six fold order book increase since 2000.

Are you ready to soar with us? Aerovel, a trailblazer in the unmanned aircraft industry, is seeking a Senior Manufacturing Engineer to guarantee the conformity of a product/service to the requirements specified by DO, Authorities and our customers, and support on quality on time and on cost delivery by delivering right first time to increase customer loyalty. 

Meet the Team:

The Airbus Helicopters Flexrotor Program offers one of the most sophisticated small tactical unmanned aerial systems (STUAS) with vertical take-off and landing (VTOL). It can be used day or night by US and allied forces for a diverse range of intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance (ISTAR) on land and at sea.

Your Working Environment:

Nestled in the heart of the spectacular Columbia River Gorge in Bingen, WA, our workplace offers innovation and the ability to contribute to game-changing solutions while enjoying the flexibility to spread your wings. Whether it's solving complex challenges, or celebrating victories, you’ll be part of a cohesive crew that thrives on innovation and the beauty that the Northwest has to offer!

How We Care for You:

• Financial Rewards: Competitive base salary, incentive compensation which may include profit sharing schemes, retirement savings plan and the ability to participate in an Employee Stock Ownership Plan (“ESOP”)

• Work/Life Balance: Paid time off including personal time, holidays and a generous paid parental leave program.

• Health & Welfare: Comprehensive insurance coverage including medical (traditional and high-deductible health plans), prescription, dental, vision, life, disability, Employee Assistance Plan (“EAP”) and other supplemental benefit coverages.

• Individual Development: Upskilling and development opportunities through our global Leadership University, including unlimited access to 10,000+ e-learning courses focusing on ways to develop your employability, certifications, career path as well as the opportunity to participate in accelerated development programmes and both national and international mobility.

Your Challenges:

• Lead and develop manufacturing processes, procedures, and workflows for assembly of mechanical and electrical aerospace products, achieving company goals and vision of the 5S manufacturing environment.

• Identify and track risks and issues with manufacturing process quality, consistency, and efficiency; prioritizes, leads and manages resolution of.

• Create, release, version control, and maintain manufacturing work instructions.

• Implement 5S in design of process, tool sets, part kits, and workstations

• Maintain M-BOM, configuration control of, and compliance to engineering design.

• Design tools, fixtures, jigs, and work space for efficient, accurate, and repeatable manufacturing assembly and test.

• Determine in-process quality inspection equipment and steps required to achieve technical specification.

• Conceptualize, design, develop, and fabricate in-process and post-process static and dynamic test equipment for verification of critical to quality features and function.

• Participate in design review with design engineering, providing input where applicable to internal manufacturing

• Provide training to manufacturing staff on new procedures

• Provide manufacturing decision-making information by calculating production, labor, and material costs; reviewing production schedules; estimating future requirements.

• Support new production, and MRO.

• Evaluate manufacturing proce