Senior Manufacturing Engineer

Location
Torrance, Rio Rancho
Workplace
On-site
Compensation
$160k – $200k + equity
Visa
No Visa Sponsorship

About this role

We are looking for a Senior Manufacturing Engineer with 5+ years of experience to own and scale the production of critical components for long-range hypersonic strike systems. You'll join a team of elite engineers at a company with real product-market fit, active government contracts, and a $23M+ Navy order for 50 units delivering in 2027. This is a 0-to-1 manufacturing environment where you'll drive the transition from prototype to scalable production of thousands of units per year. We need someone who has built and scaled manufacturing capacity—not just sustained it—and who thrives when given ownership over meaningful hardware.

What will you be doing?

Own a critical subsystem or component on the vehicle and drive its manufacturing success—defining processes, building capacity, and increasing reliability and efficiency

Develop and scale production processes for complex hardware (composites, solid rocket motors, bonding/epoxy, machined components, or specialty materials processing)

Transition development-stage manufacturing into production-ready assembly lines capable of delivering thousands of units per year

Develop and refine process documentation including build instructions, test procedures, safety standards, and mBOMs

Partner with design engineers to drive DFM decisions and cultivate resources needed to hit production deliverables

What happens next

Skip the application pile. I get you in front of the people who decide.

Confirm the fit

A few questions to make sure this role is the right shape for you. Two minutes.

I pitch you to the company

I write the intro, send it to the founder, and handle the back-and-forth.

A meeting lands on your calendar

When the company wants to meet, I get the call on your calendar. You just show up.

Culture & values

Company is fully on-site, 5 days per week

Team composed of engineers from high-velocity hardware companies including SpaceX alumni, defense tech startups, and automotive manufacturing

Team members are people who have built things from scratch and thrive in fast-moving, ambiguous environments

Transitioning from prototype development to scalable production, indicating a dynamic and evolving work environment

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