Job Description

About Castelion

Castelion is bringing a new approach to defense
development and production: one that focuses on short, iterative design cycles,
rapid testing in development, and modern commercial manufacturing strategies
for production at scale. We're designing, building, and testing next generation
long range strike weapons systems to give America and its Allies a definitive
edge and deter future conflicts.

Senior Manufacturing Engineer - Machining

Castelion is seeking an expert in the machining and design of complex mechanisms for our in-house hypersonic vehicle development. This role will work closely with design engineering and technician teams to build and execute on testing and validation efforts to keep pace with the research and development timetable of our products. You will be apart of a team responsible for serving as a critical node in implementing feedback from testing and validation efforts, streamlining designs and implementing manufacturing changes to quickly mature our products for flight testing and production. Desire for product and process ownership is a must in this role.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with component design engineering teams to determine the manufacturing and testing feasibility of product
• Operate as a
  standalone resource responsible for a family of mechanisms
• Architect,
  mature and develop testing and validation procedures for a wide array of
  complex mechanisms
• Generate
  concept proposals in alignment with R&D efforts to help attribute
  requirements gathering
• Down select
  solutions generated based on quantifiable vehicle attributes, system cost and
  weight
• Propose and
  defend solutions in engineering review meetings
• Develop and
  refine process documentation including build instructions, test and validation
  procedures, health and safety standards, and mBOMs
• Create,
  maintain, and communicate detailed production plans and schedules
• Work closely
  with supply chain to develop new and existing suppliers as needed
• Design,
  develop and implement production tooling and equipment
• Participate in
  design reviews to drive design for manufacturing (DFM)
• Oversee
  introduction and implementation of new products and manufacturing capabilities
• Analyze and
  resolve manufacturing issues and non-conformances
• Develop,
  mentor, and train peers and colleagues  

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelors
  degree in mechanical, aerospace, or manufacturing engineering, or other
  technical degree.
• 5+
  years of mechanisms manufacturing, testing and validation experience
• Experience
  with operations/product line management
• Demonstrated
  direct or indirect leadership
• Proficiency
  in CAD/CAM software (NX preferred)
• Experience
  in selection, procurement, and implementation/validation of manufacturing
  equipment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience
  in mechanisms design, testing and validation from high volume production
  environments
• Experience
  developing comprehensive testing and validation procedures and the required
  documentation processes
• Experience
  in qualification and acceptance testing of complex aerospace mechanisms
• Working
  experience with capacity modeling, process mapping, Lean/Six Sigma and value
  stream mapping
• Experience
  in transitioning development processes to rate production 

Leadership Qualities

• Bias to Action
  and Creative Problem Solving. Desire and experience questioning assumptions in
  ways that lead to break through ideas that are ultimately implemented.
  Successfully bring in applicable processes/concepts/materials from other
  industries to achieve efficiency gains. Ability to personally resolve
  minor issues in development without requiring significant support.
• High
  Commitment, High Initiative. A successful candidate will have a genuine passion
  for Castelion's mission and consistently look for ways to contribute to
  the company's technical goals and prevent hardware blockers. Ability to
  work in a fast paced, autonomously driven, and demanding atmosphere.
  Strong sense of accountability and integrity.
• Clear
  Communicator. Proactively
  communicates blockers. Trusted in previous roles to be voice of company
  with regulators, suppliers, gate keepers and customers. Capable of
  tactfully managing relationships with stakeholders to achieve
  company-desired outcomes without compromising relationships. Emails, IMs
  and verbal interactions are logical, drive clarity, and detailed enough to
  eliminate ambiguity.

ITAR Requirements

• To
  conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S.
  citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card
  holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. §
  1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S.
  Department of State.

Employment with Castelion is governed on the basis of
competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race,
color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability
status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or
physical disability or any other legally protected status.

All employees are granted long-term stock incentives
as part of their employment at Castelion. All employees receive access to
comprehensive medical, vision, and dental insurance, and the company offers
four weeks of paid time off per year.