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Manufacturing Engineering, ECLSS
$86K–$196K
Long Beach, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Oct 30, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years; 2–4+ years for Manufacturing Engineer II; 4–6+ years for Senior Manufacturing Engineer.
- Education
- B.S. in mechanical, aerospace, manufacturing or electrical engineering, physics, mathematics, or a related technical field.
About the job
Builds and improves manufacturing processes for environmental control and life support system (ECLSS) fluid hardware used in human-rated space stations.
What you'll do
- Build, assemble, integrate, and test ECLSS fluid hardware, from first articles through flight hardware.
- Define manufacturing processes and maintain assembly instructions, travelers, and inspection plans; resolve build issues with design and quality teams.
- Develop tooling, support suppliers, train technicians, and improve production yield, time, and scrap using data.
What they ask for
- B.S. in a stated technical field or a related technical field.
- 2+ years of manufacturing experience managing a product/product line across multiple work centers and/or departments, with fluid, pressurized, propulsion, or environmental control hardware in design, manufacturing, or test.
- Hands-on fabrication, assembly, and/or integration experience; CAD proficiency.
- Experience with CAD tools and ability to review designs, generate manufacturing documentation, and design assembly or test tooling.
Nice to have
- Hands-on hardware-building or testing experience, including through student teams; experience with aerospace, spacecraft, propulsion, or other safety-critical/high-reliability hardware.
- Familiarity with Siemens NX and Teamcenter; exposure to Ansys or similar tools; awareness of listed aerospace standards; proficiency applying GD&T.
Pay
$86,100.00 - $122,220.00 (base salary); $112,340.00 - $159,468.00 (base salary); $137,760.00 - $195,552.00 (base salary)
Tools
Siemens NX, Teamcenter, Ansys, GD&T, IPC, SMC-S-016, NASA-STD-5001, MIL-STD-810
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