Transparent Search Group
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Torrance, California, US
Role snapshot
Transparent Search Group is hiring a Senior Manufacturing Engineer on a full-time basis. This is an on-site role based in Torrance, California, US.
- Company
- Transparent Search Group
- Location
- Torrance, California, US
- Work mode
- On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Posted
- Sep 24, 2026
Who this role suits
Practitioners with a few years behind them who can work independently, make trade-offs and help newer teammates.
How to prepare your application
- Prepare examples of decisions you drove, how you measured the result, and how you worked with other teams.
- Be ready to discuss trade-offs and scope, not only the tools you have used.
- Read what Transparent Search Group publishes about its product or team, so you can say clearly why this role and this company.
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About the role
Senior Manufacturing Engineer
Company: Confidential — defense production company
Location: Torrance, CA or Rio Rancho, NM (in office 5 days per week)
Compensation: $160,000 - $200,000 + competitive equity
Employment Type: Full-time
Visa Sponsorship: Not available (US citizens and green card holders)
About the Company
The client is a modern defense production company building long-range hypersonic strike systems to close a critical national security gap. Founded in 2021 under a philosophy of "peace through deterrence," it is one of the few hypersonics companies to move beyond concepts to production, with active government contracts including a $23M+ Navy order for 50 units delivering in 2027.
The client has raised $1B+ through its Series C.
The Role
The client is hiring Senior Manufacturing Engineers (5+ years) to own and scale production of critical components for long-range hypersonic strike systems. In a 0-to-1 manufacturing environment, you will drive the transition from prototype to scalable production of thousands of units a year. The client needs people who have built and scaled manufacturing capacity, not just sustained it.
What You Will Do
- Own a critical subsystem or component and drive its manufacturing: defining processes, building capacity and improving reliability and efficiency.
- Develop and scale production processes for complex hardware (composites, solid rocket motors, bonding/epoxy, machined components or specialty materials).
- Turn development-stage manufacturing into production-ready assembly lines.
- Write and refine build instructions, test procedures, safety standards and mBOMs.
- Partner with design engineers on DFM and secure the resources to hit production deliverables.
What You Bring
- 5+ years of manufacturing engineering experience
- A record of building and scaling manufacturing capacity for complex hardware
- Experience with composites, energetics, bonding, machining or specialty materials processing
- NX, Teamcenter or similar CAD/PDM tools
- US citizenship or green card (defense work)
- Ability to work on-site 5 days a week in Torrance, CA or Rio Rancho, NM
Tech Stack
NX, Teamcenter, CAD/PDM
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