Manufacturing Engineer, Composites

As a Composites Manufacturing Engineer with Poseidon Aerospace, you will play a key role in bridging design and fabrication for advanced aerospace structures. This hands-on position focuses on developing and supporting composite manufacturing processes, tooling, and assembly methods used to produce prototype and production airframe components.

Requirements

• Design, fabricate and procure tooling, molds, jigs, and fixtures required for fabrication and assembly.
• Develop and document manufacturing processes for composite airframe components, including layup, bonding, curing, trimming, drilling, and assembly.
• Collaborate closely with design engineering to ensure manufacturability, structural integrity, and production efficiency of composite parts and assemblies.
• Work directly with technicians on the floor to support prototype builds, troubleshoot issues, and optimize build quality and efficiency.
• Define material handling, kitting, and cure cycle parameters to ensure process consistency and compliance with specifications.
• Support prototype builds and transition new designs to production, troubleshooting issues on the shop floor.
• Develop detailed work instructions, travelers, and manufacturing documentation.
• Analyze process capability and identify opportunities for cost reduction, yield improvement, and defect prevention.
• Support non-conformance investigations and implement corrective/preventive actions.
• Interface with suppliers on composite materials, tooling, and equipment.
• Provide training, mentoring and technical guidance to production technicians on new processes or tooling.
• Maintain accurate BOM information for all airframe components and subsystems.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, lean manufacturing efforts, and digital manufacturing integration.