Avionics - Manufacturing Engineer

A thriving economy in space is needed to make life on Earth more vibrant, sustainable, and equitable. Space technology will enable global access to information, solutions to climate change, answers to global food security, products that transform healthcare, clean energy production, and more. Today, rocket launch options are slow, expensive, and unreliable. Stoke is building the world's most efficient fully and rapidly reusable rocket designed to fly daily that will radically increase access to space and open up the space economy to safeguard our precious home, Earth.

Description

The avionics system is the backbone of highly reusable, operable, and reliable space systems. As a manufacturing engineer at a young space company, you will be responsible for designing systems to deliver Stoke's avionics components on time and meeting all requirements, including application-appropriate quality. In addition to designing and iterating on tooling and processes, you will be a prime point of contact between the Avionics organization rest of the production and test organizations. You will seek out state-of-the-art solutions to difficult problems and you will assist in the definition of company standards for avionics development and production. You must be ready to stay focused, move fast, self-direct, and learn on the fly.

Responsibilities

• Lead the procurement, assembly, acceptance testing, and integration and testing of avionics flight components and harnessing
• Author, execute, and maintain work instructions for complex assembles
• Manage and maintain quality of vendor provided products and services
• Design and adapt right-sized manufacturing processes appropriate to the hardware's maturity by using a combination of high volume and development manufacturing processes and techniques
• Execute production readiness reviews and own hardware configuration after production readiness review
• Integrate with design teams driving design for manufacturability, test, and integration
• Work with experts from other teams and departments to ensure that systems are fielded and / or commissioned on time while meeting all requirements; challenge assumptions and build strong professional relationships
• Participate in engine and vehicle integrated test and launch operations
• Track and investigate failures in production, test, and flight, identifying and mitigating the immediate and underlying root causes and implementing corrective actions reduce risk and improve reliability of designs and processes

Qualifications

Benefits

Compensation

Target Levels :

Our job posts are intentionally written to attract a wide variety of experience levels, and we make decisions about the right fit on a per-candidate basis.

Your actual level and base salary will be decided based on your specific experience and skill level.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR), you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Equal Opportunity

The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, including with respect to disability and veteran status. It is committed to compliance with all equal opportunity laws, including the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) and Title VII. It does not discriminate on the basis of nationality, race, citizenship, immigration status, or any other protected class when it comes to employment practices, including hiring.

Employment at the Company is contingent upon satisfactory completion of reference and backgroundchecks, and on your ability to prove your identity and authorization to work in the U.S. for the Company. Employees must comply with the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services employment verification requirements, and, therefore, they must complete an Employment Eligibility Verification Form I-9 at the start of employment and re-verify authorization to work periodically.

Separate from this I-9 process, this position entails access to certain technology and technical data that is restricted under U.S. export control laws and regulations. Employment or continued employment may be conditioned on your legal authorization to work with or have access to export control materials as necessary to perform your job.

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