About:

With two manufacturing facilities in Southern California, one in Wisconsin and one in Idaho, they are among a small group of pioneers in this industry, and they continue to lead the way in innovative, lightweight and durable manufacturing solutions. solutions. We offer excellent employee benefits, including paid vacation, paid sick time, holidays, medical, dentaland vision insurance, and a 401k (including ROTH) program.

There is currently an exciting opportunity for a highly qualified Composite Design Engineer to join our innovative manufacturing team in Huntington Beach, Ca. The ideal candidate will have a broad set of technical skills in composites design and fabrication processes ready to tackle some of our industry's most significant challenges and practical hands-on manufacturing experience in hand layup/auto claveand filament winding process methods.

Responsibilities:

· Work with the engineering team to handle multiple concurrent development programs through proposal, development, qualification, and production. Responsible for all technical activities regarding products. From design through development, testing and manufacturing, with the ability to design composite hardware, metallics, including bonding composite to metallics.

· Provide engineering expertise in the areas of tooling, prints, specifications, product maintenance, raw materials, and vendor products throughout the organization.

• Hold regular meetings with the team to review projects for progress measurement, scope control, and ensure execution of goals.
• Develop continual improvement processes for technical and manufacturing development.
• Present Monthly Engineering Program Reviews for programs/projects for presentation to Management Team.

• Monitor project/program reviews of NRE, Design to Cost, and Production Cost performance against budget for hours and material cost.
• Ensure fulfillment of program obligations, including cost, quality and schedules.
• Recommend methods, materials and layouts for improvement based on manufacturing needs and capabilities.

• Interpersonal skills to support customer interactions and suppliers.
• This position will also be responsible for building and updating bill of materials (BOM), authoringfirst articles, and conducting process/product improvement analysis.
• Evaluate new program feasibility and risk management.
• Enforce quality policy and any other responsibilities or duties the employer may require.

Qualifications:

The applicant must have strong composite engineer design skills and demonstrate personal initiative, problem-solving and innovative creative thinking skills. Work closely with other team members to define tasks, review progress, and translate customer requirements into viable designs.

In addition, we require the applicant to have an Engineering Degree with a minimum of 5 years of professional experience working with composite materials. Experience with SolidWorks 3-D models,AutoCAD, finite element analyses (FEA) and simulations.

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