[Hiring] Associate Manufacturing Engineer @Otto Aviation
Mar 27, 2025 - Otto Aviation is hiring a remote Associate Manufacturing Engineer. 💸 Salary: unspecified. 📍Location: USA.
Role Description
As an Associate Manufacturing Engineer on the Fuselage Integration team, you will play a key role in the scale up of Otto Aviation’s high volume aircraft production line. You will help the Otto team develop and implement the processes, tools, and ideas required to scale up from several aircraft per year to hundreds of aircraft per year.
- Create build & flow documents
- Identify required production tools
- Create manufacturing BOMs
- Author work instructions
- Determine build schedules
- Execute build of flight hardware on the production flow
- Work in a cross functional team role with tooling engineering, facilities engineering, and project management functions
What You'll Do
- Make key contributions to the development of Otto’s high-output production system that will produce aircraft at high rates of up to 225 vehicles per year
- Work closely with the design, systems, and stress teams to ensure that manufacturability is guiding all facets of the airframe design
- Author clear, explicit, and easy-to-follow manufacturing work instructions
- Support the development and build of the FAIT (Final Assembly and Integration Technology) facility layout for future aircraft production
- Work closely with the production team on the shop floor to quickly address issues and resolve technical challenges
- Collaborate with design, systems, tooling, and manufacturing teams to support the assembly and integration planning of Flight Test Vehicle builds and future high-rate production
- Follow the build onto the floor and be part of the technical point of contact during build execution
- Perform potential trade studies with vehicle level and subsystem design teams to better enable fabrication and integration of parts into the aircraft
Qualifications
- B.S. in mechanical engineering, manufacturing engineering, or similar field
- 0-2 years of relevant work experience preferably working on aircraft or spacecraft structural assembly, fluids integration, avionics integration, or similar experience
- Experience with a variety of hardware manufacturing practices including drilling, shimming, fastening, fluids integration, avionics integration, instrumentation, precision cleaning, non-destructive testing, leak testing, and machining
- Proven ability building trusting and effective working relationships that improve team performance and deliver results
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Strong organizational and analytical skills
Bonus Points If
- Strong experience with composites manufacturing (lamination, bonding, drilling and fastening)
- Experience with automated/robotic manufacturing systems
- Familiarity with aerospace manufacturing, processing, and materials
- Hands on experience in aircraft or spacecraft build and/or assembly
- Experience with aircraft or spacecraft development, production, and/or operations
- Proficiency in 3DX, Delmia, Catia, or similar CAD software
Interpersonal Skills
- Active Listening: Practice to gain insight and truly understand all project stakeholders
- Critical Thinking: Make prompt, informed and value-based decisions for the project
- Organization: Focus on agenda, schedules, frameworks, and methodologies, as well as communicating tasks, updates, progress, and blockers
- Problem Solving: Assess issues from different vantage points and formulate the best solution in addressing specific challenges
- Self-Motivation: Exude the highest level of commitment and motivation to see it through from start to finish
- Teamwork and Team Building: Establish a collaborative culture where people with unique personalities and skills happily work together and accountable to shared goal
- Strong Business Communication: Use the right language, tone and storytelling techniques when communicating, describing, or explaining issues over email, chat, reports, presentations and other forms and channels of communication
- Ability to work with domestic/international suppliers/partners effectively
Where You'll Be
Otto Aviation is currently a remote workplace culture, with plans to secure a permanent headquarters for our corporate office in the next 2-3 years.
Benefits
- Competitive salaries
- Subsidized medical, dental, and vision coverage
- 401(k) opportunities
- Paid short term disability
- Voluntary long term disability and additional term life
- 15 paid days off
- 15 paid holidays
- Paid sick leave
- Potential bonuses and stock options depending on seniority and role
Company Description
OTTO is developing the world’s first fifth-generation business jet, designed for sustainability through the innovative use of advanced super-laminar aerodynamics and high-precision, net-shaped composites. Flight tests of our technology demonstrator validate a dramatic reduction in fuel burn and allow a sizeable improvement in cabin comfort. Otto Aviation is designing world-class aircraft from first principles physics and delivering ground-breaking aircraft and economic performance.
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Salary
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unspecified
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Remote
Location
USA
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Job Type
full-time
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Posted
Mar 27, 2025
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| 📍 | Be aware of the location restriction for this remote position: USA |
| ‼ | Beware of scams! When applying for jobs, you should NEVER have to pay anything. Learn more. |
