# Senior Build Engineer, Airframe Composites Manufacturing at Astro Mechanica

- Company: Astro Mechanica
- What the company does: We're reinventing aircraft from the engine forward. Backed by Y Combinator and a16z.
- Company website: https://astromecha.co/
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $150K to $190K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-08
- Apply by: 2026-10-23
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/astro-mechanica/8392db88-feab-407f-9d0b-1a0250d544f5
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/astro-mechanica-senior-build-engineer-airframe-composites-manufacturing/

## About the role

Help stand up Astro Mechanica's airframe manufacturing operation from scratch, including facilities, workflows, tooling concepts, equipment and consumables needs, with a focus on both rapid implementation and future scalability Work directly with the airframe engineering and design teams to translate designs, analyses, and requirements into executable manufacturing plans

## What they're looking for

- 7+ years of experience in high variability composite manufacturing, including prototyping and airframe fabrication
- Experience working with composite materials and processes (prepreg layup, wet layup, bonding, curing, trimming, repair, drilling and fastening)
- Experience developing manufacturing processes for complex composite layups and/or aerostructure assemblies from the ground up
- Experience working with metallic airframe components and composite-to-metal interfaces
- Experience building or scaling manufacturing operations, labs, or shops in a development or flight hardware environment
- Experience mentoring and partnering with technicians

Tags: Manufacturing