Flight Assurance Associate Manufacturing Engineer- Midland, TX
Zachary Piper Solutions is seeking an Associate Manufacturing Engineer: Flight Assurance to join a New Space satellite manufacturing company located in Midland, TX. The Associate Manufacturing Engineer will conduct quality engineering activities focused on inspections, validation, and mission assurance for high-volume satellite production.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute quality control processes to ensure safety, performance, and mission reliability of satellite components
- Perform inspections and audits on assemblies and subsystems in cleanroom environments
- Support testing activities (vibration, thermal vacuum) and assist with integration and compliance documentation
- Analyze test data, identify nonconformance's, and contribute to root-cause investigations
- Collaborate with manufacturing teams to improve processes and adapt to rapid production scaling (up to 6 satellites/month)
Skills
- Experience: 0–3 years (recent graduates or interns encouraged)
- Hands-on experience with quality/validation processes
- FEA/simulations
- CAD tools (SolidWorks, ANSYS)
- Compliance documentation
- BS in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or related field
- Must be a U.S. Citizen or Permanent Resident
- Must be eligible to work in the United States and pass a background check
- Exposure to high-volume manufacturing
- Material analysis
- Process optimization
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Sick Leave as required by law
- Holidays
- Relocation assistance ($10,000)
- Unlimited PTO after 90 days
- Restricted Stock Units
- Monthly meal allowance and stipend ($1000 monthly)
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