Archived listing. The details below describe a past opening.
Position Overview Red 6 is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Engineer to lead manufacturing development and production readiness activities for internally designed, complex aerospace products. This role will support both in-house production and contract manufacturers (CMs), ensuring products meet strict DOD, aerospace, and industry (J-STD/IPC) standards for manufacturability, producibility, quality, traceability, and performance. This is a hands-on leadership role requiring deep experience with complex assemblies including PCBAs, harnesses, precision mechanical components, and system-level integration.
Key Responsibilities
Manufacturing Development & Production Readiness
- Develop and release manufacturing processes for complex electromechanical assemblies.
- Lead DFM/DFA reviews with Engineering during NPI phases.
- Create and maintain build documentation (drawings, work instructions, routers, BOMs, ECO implementation).
- Establish manufacturing flows for PCBAs, subassemblies, cable/harness assemblies, and system integration.
- Support leaded solder processes where required.
Contract Manufacturer (CM) Management
- Serve as technical manufacturing liaison to CMs.
- Support implementation of blended AML (Red 6-sourced custom parts + CM-procured materials).
- Oversee CM development of assembly processes, tooling, fixtures, and test rack duplication.
- Conduct on-site audits and production readiness reviews.
- Travel to CM facilities to support builds, process validation, and yield improvement.
Compliance & Quality
- Ensure manufacturing processes meet DOD, Aerospace, IPC, J-STD, and internal Red 6 standards.
- Support traceability requirements (serialization, lot tracking, material control).
- Drive root cause and corrective action for production issues.
- Partner with Quality on FAI, process validation, and production qualification.
Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Collaborate with Production, Supply Chain, Procurement, Quality, Test, and Engineering.
- Present production status, risk assessments, and mitigation plan to senior leadership.
- Support capacity planning and production scaling initiatives.
- Support DOD projects as required by contractual obligations.
Required Qualifications
- 7+ years of manufacturing engineering experience in aerospace, defense, or high-reliability electronics.
- Proven experience leading complex electromechanical production programs.
- Strong experience with PCBAs, harnesses, system integration, and mechanical assemblies.
- Experience working with contract manufacturers.
- Experience creating manufacturing documentation and process controls.
- Strong understanding of IPC/J-STD standards and aerospace compliance requirements.
- Excellent communication and executive presentation skills.
- US Citizen (security clearance is a plus).
- Travel is required to CM facilities.
- Experience performing GD&T calculations for mechanical components in accordance with Y14.5
- Qualified candidate must have the ability to obtain a security clearance. This requires U.S. Citizenship
Strongly Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in DOD production programs.
- Lean manufacturing and continuous improvement background.
- Experience with ERP/MRP systems.
- Familiarity with AS9100 environments.