Astrion
Sr. Manufacturing Engineer
Cape Canaveral, Florida, US
Role snapshot
Astrion is hiring a Sr. Manufacturing Engineer on a full-time basis. This is a role based in Cape Canaveral, Florida, US.
- Company
- Astrion
- Location
- Cape Canaveral, Florida, US
- Job type
- Full-time
- Experience
- 12+ years
- Posted
- Nov 7, 2026
Who this role suits
Experienced professionals who can lead projects, set direction and be accountable for outcomes, not just tasks.
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About the role
Overview
SENIOR MANUFACTURING ENGINEER
LOCATION: Cape Canaveral, FL
JOB STATUS: Full-Time
CLEARANCE: Secret
CERTIFICATION: n/a
TRAVEL: 0-10%
Astrion has an exciting opportunity for a SENIOR MANUFACTURING ENGINER to support a contract that provides full life-cycle support to the United States Space Force (USSF) Space Systems Center (SSC) National Security Space Launch (NSSL) in the CAPE CANAVERAL, FL area.
We assist the Space Force by supporting a multitude of areas, including Systems Engineering & Integration, Acquisition & Program Management Support, Mission Integration Management, System Safety & Environmental Engineering, Systems Security & Information Assurance, Launch Schedule and Risk Management, Certification of New Entrant Launch Vehicles.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS
- Bachelors Degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering and 12+ years of related experience.
- Current DoD Secret clearance. Must have U.S. Citizenship.
- Aerospace quality or manufacturing engineering, military reuse space program processes, reuse launch vehicle hardware, or FAA flight maintenance reuse programs.
- Design, test, manufacture, and operation of systems, processes, personnel, and organizations.
- Performing reviews of design, manufacturing, test, procedures, anomaly resolution.
- Providing risk assessments and actionable recommendations and mitigations.
- Performing acquisition functions such as requirements development and performance assessments.
- Performing systems engineering functions from requirements development through post-flight reporting.
- Operating Manufacturing data systems and providing training and support to customers and colleagues.
- Interacting effectively with USSF, SSC, DCMA, NASA, NRO, LV, subcontractors and Aerospace Corporation.
- Performing Knowledge Capture, Process Definition, preparing and providing training.
- Preparing and giving written and verbal presentations and reports to senior engineers and management.
- Knowledge of LV structures and mechanical systems preferred.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Competency in MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Jira, Confluence, and SharePoint.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Provide Launch Vehicle Industrial and Manufacturing Systems Engineering expertise.
- Apply expertise in Structures, materials, manufacturing, industrial engineering, logistics, test, operations, processes, personnel, and organizations.
- Prepare assessments of Engineering Review Boards including risk recommendations.
- Support Customer acquisition functions such as requirements development, request for proposals, and cost/technical/schedule/performance reports.
- Perform and support systems engineering functions such as requirements definition, design review, test review, risk management, pedigree, hardware acceptance, verification, operations, anomaly resolution, and post-flight analyses.
- Perform manufacturing/industrial engineering functions such as assessment of Launch Vehicle (LV) design, manufacturing methods, procedures, tooling, facilities, infrastructure, personnel qualifications, non-conformance assessment, material review boards, corrective action reports, calibration, environmental controls, quality assurance, non-destructive examinations, safety methods, regulations, supplier management, and transportation.
- Prepare Customer team for, and support manufacturing operations and anomaly resolution.
- Plan, coordinate, brief, support Engineer Review Boards, program reviews, and other meetings.
- Perform technical and engineering data management, such as data mining and reporting.
- Perform Training and Certification including course development, peer review, training, mentoring.
- Collaborate with USSF System Program Offices, Aerospace Corporation, Launch Vehicle Contractors (LVCs), Subcontractors, Launch Sites, and Defense Contract Management Agency (DCMA).
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