Salient Motion

Salient Motion

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Torrance, CA · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 30 days ago
Supply ChainProcess ImprovementERPSolidWorksGD&TAvionicsMechanical DesignActuatorsLean Manufacturing

About the role

  • If you're excited about disrupting legacy industries, and passionate about motor control technology, let's chat!

Responsibilities

  • Process Development: Create, document, and continuously improve manufacturing processes, work instructions, and assembly procedures for electromagnetic actuators, gearboxes, and avionics enclosures.
  • DFM/DFA Advocacy: Partner with mechanical design engineers from early concept stages to drive Design for Manufacturability (DFM) and Design for Assembly (DFA), reducing cost and cycle time without compromising performance.
  • Tooling & Fixtures: Design and procure production tooling, jigs, and fixtures to enable repeatable, high-quality assembly of precision mechanisms including gears, bearings, lead screws, braking systems, and encoders.
  • Supply Chain & Quality: Collaborate closely with external suppliers and machine shops to qualify vendors, review first articles, and manage non-conformances and manufacturing deviations to maintain rigorous quality standards.
  • work with design teams to ensure GD&T callouts per ASME Y14.5 are manufacturable and inspection-ready.
  • Continuous Improvement: Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions (RCCA) for production escapes
  • implement lean manufacturing principles to reduce waste and improve throughput.
  • You will be a critical link between design and the shop floor, ensuring parts are built right, on time, and at scale.
  • GD&T & Drawing Review: Interpret and redline 2D engineering drawings; work with design teams to ensure GD&T callouts per ASME Y14.5 are manufacturable and inspection-ready.
  • Continuous Improvement: Drive root cause analysis and corrective actions (RCCA) for production escapes; implement lean manufacturing principles to reduce waste and improve throughput.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
  • ability to read, interpret, and provide feedback on complex 2D drawings.
  • Familiarity with AS9100, FAIR/PPAP processes, and inspection methodologies including CMM and functional gauging.
  • Ability to go play any position on the field and cover the gaps you see opening
  • Hands-on production experience with precision gearboxes, including lubrication processes, backlash measurement, and AGMA-compliant inspection.
  • CAD Proficiency: Working knowledge of SolidWorks or equivalent 3D CAD tools for reviewing designs and creating manufacturing aids.

Nice to have

  • Test Equipment: Experience designing or procuring custom test fixtures and writing formal inspection/test procedures.
  • Gearbox & Drivetrain: Hands-on production experience with precision gearboxes, including lubrication processes, backlash measurement, and AGMA-compliant inspection.
  • Lean/Six Sigma: Formal training or certification in lean manufacturing or Six Sigma methodologies.
  • 5+ years of manufacturing engineering experience in a precision, low-to-mid volume production environment, ideally in aerospace, defense, or industrial automation.

Benefits

  • Education: Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical discipline.

Company info

  • We are pioneering modular motion technologies to power the next generation of innovation for Industrial, Aerospace and Defense. If you're excited about disrupting legacy industries, and passionate about motor control technology, let's chat!
  • We are at the forefront of innovation, crafting exclusive motion control components that propel the industrial, aerospace, and defense sectors into the future.
  • A couple other things:
  • We offer a lot of autonomy
  • We are pioneering modular motion technologies to power the next generation of innovation for Industrial, Aerospace and Defense.
  • We like to run lean for impact
  • We have great benefits
  • We are well funded, and already generating revenue
  • We're currently in Torrance, CA, but will be moving into a new facility in Hawthorne, CA in the summer!
  • We are seeking a hands-on Manufacturing Engineer to own and optimize the production processes for our precision motion control components. You will be a critical link between design and the shop floor, ensuring parts are built right, on time, and at scale.
  • We are seeking a hands-on Manufacturing Engineer to own and optimize the production processes for our precision motion control components.
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