Firestorm Labs - Democratize the fight with radically-affordable, mission-adaptable power for air, land, and sea. Backed by NEA.
About the role
Every aircraft program has a gap between what engineering releases and what a technician can actually build. This role exists to close it. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- Turn released engineering data into production-ready manufacturing planning: work orders, routings and travelers, manufacturing BOMs, and detailed work instructions
- Work in the gap between engineering and production, and able to hold a technical position with engineers while staying credible with technicians
- Author and maintain step-level work instructions in our digital work instruction system, linked to CAD, and keep them current as the configuration moves
- Interpret and enforce aerospace specifications governing manufacturing processes, engineering requirements, and quality systems, verify the build conforms to what the spec actually calls for
- Plan and support first article and engineering builds. Work the bench alongside technicians, capture every deviation, and drive redlines and change actions to closure
- Design, source, build, and prove out tooling, jigs, fixtures, and gages — from identifying the need through shop acceptance and first use
More about this role
Every aircraft program has a gap between what engineering releases and what a technician can actually build. This role exists to close it.
As a Senior Manufacturing Specialist , you are the connective tissue between design engineering and the shop floor. You'll take released CAD, drawings, and BOMs and turn them into work that a technician can execute the same way twice — routings, travelers, manufacturing BOMs, and step-level work instructions, backed by the tooling and fixtures needed to hold tolerance at rate. Then you'll stand at the bench during the first builds and find out where you got it wrong.
This is a builder's job, not a desk job. You'll spend real time on the floor with a torque driver in your hand. You'll also spend real time redlining documentation, arguing a manufacturability issue back to a design engineer, and laying out a cell that flows. We are looking for two decades of aircraft manufacturing judgment — the kind you get from building airplanes, not from a classroom. No degree is required for this role.
You'll work across the full arc of a product: new aircraft coming out of development, first articles, engineering builds, and platforms already running at...
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