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Solar Panel/ Array Process Manufacturing Engineer (Experienced or Senior)

Boeing
USA - Sylmar, CA, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 21 Nov 2025
💰 $174,800/yr($105,400/yr$174,800/yr)

About the role

Solar Panel/ Array Process Manufacturing Engineer (Experienced or Senior)

Company:

Spectrolab, Inc.

The Boeing Precision Engagement Systems Team is currently looking for a Panel/ Array Process Manufacturing Engineer (Experienced or Senior) to join the team based in Sylmar, CA.

Boeing is the world's largest aerospace company and leading manufacturer of commercial airplanes and defense, space and security systems. We are engineers and technicians. Skilled scientists and thinkers. Bold innovators and dreamers. Join us, and you can build something better for yourself, for our customers and for the world.

As a small wholly owned subsidiary of The Boeing Company, Spectrolab offers the daily variety of work, direct interaction with manufacturing, customers, and suppliers, and family feel of a small company, while offering the benefits and stability of a recognized global industrial champion.

As a member of our Manufacturing/Process Engineering team, you will have the opportunity to work on projects covering the entire range of Spectrolab’s products: everything from large and small solar cell assemblies, panels and arrays for a variety of space applications using the world’s highest efficiency solar cells to airborne searchlight/gimbal systems and ground-based high-intensity illuminated test systems. You will also have the opportunity to directly contribute to development programs and to help shape our next-generation improvements in product, process and tooling design.

Position Responsibilities:

  • Develops and implements production processes and generates/maintains process documentation to ensure correct and consistent process application in production

  • Analyzes design/build concepts to evaluate producible design/build definitions

  • Participates in gated process/product reviews and presents PFMECA and process/training readiness information to both internal and external customers

  • Leads and implements manufacturing plans and assists in developing and maintaining manufacturing training requirements

  • Supports definition of required tooling methodologies to ensure consistent process application

  • Conducts producibility and variation analyses to ensure that manufacturing process capability matches requirements

  • Assists in providing producibility information for inclusion in project plans and helps document producibility best practices

  • Identifies leading edge technologies, materials or process improvements and targeted automation to improve ergonomics, safety, cost, and schedule

  • Develops and monitors SPC and process paretos to identify and correct process drift and identify and implement continuous improvements to product and process

  • Resolves technical problems of significant impact to performance, cost or schedule

This position is expected to be 100% onsite. The selected candidate will be required to work onsite at the listed location.

This position must meet Export Control compliance requirements, therefore a “US Person” as defined by 22 C.F.R. § 120.15 is required. “US Person” includes US Citizen, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee.

Basic Qualifications (Required Skills/Experience):

  • Bachelor of Science degree from an accredited course of study in engineering, engineering technology (includes manufacturing engineering technology), chemistry, physics, mathematics, data science, or computer science

  • 3+ years of experience in manufacturing or production engineering role

  • 1+ years of experience in assembly or mechanical work

Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience):

  • 5+ years related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience

  • General Array Integration and Test operations support

  • Maintaining production procedure and documentation

  • Experience Leading or participating in LEAN events (AIW, 3P etc.)

  • Experience with Factory Automation business capabilities such as machine tool integration and/or fabrication

  • Experience leading RCCA investigations

  • Experience with Database design/development (SQL preferred)

  • Experience as process trainer (maintain training record)

  • Familiarity with AS9100, NASA, AIAA, and other Aerospace standards

  • Experience in hands on troubleshooting & resolving of process and/or test and/or software issues

Drug Free Workplace:

Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where post offer applicants and employees are subject to testing for marijuana, cocaine, opioids, amphetamines, PCP, and alcoho

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