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Integration Engineer - Avionics

Los AngelesOn-siteFull-time

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Avionics Integration Engineer responsible for supporting vehicle avionics hardware from design release through assembly, test, and final delivery; works with cross-functional teams to optimize manufacturability, build processes, and system integration.

About this role

Hermeus is a venture-backed defense aviation company reclaiming the lost art of rapid iterative prototyping to build the fastest aircraft in the world today. By prioritizing relentless hardware iteration, we deliver high-speed systems at the pace of the modern battlefield. We work with the Department of War to provide the high-speed capabilities our nation and its allies need to maintain a durable, asymmetric advantage.

We are seeking an AvionicsIntegration Engineer to support vehicle avionics hardware from design release through assembly, test, and final delivery. In this role, you will be a critical part of a cross-disciplinary team supporting aggressive development timelines for every electrical system on-vehicle. This position influences design and system architecture trades based on manufacturability and performance during test. You will also support standing up our internal AVI shop as we develop and qualify processes to produce harnesses, build boxes, and perform checkouts.

Responsibilities

  • Provide design feedback for manufacturability, assembly, test, integration, and transport
  • Establish and maintain build roadmaps for assemblies you own; to ensure alignment between key stakeholders, drive hardware and tooling on-time deliveries, minimize build serialization, and escalate and eliminate blockers
  • Develop and release build CONOPS, work instructions, standard processes and procedures, and optimize existing processes to enable high quality, high speed execution
  • Support first article builds in a fast-paced, early-development environment
  • Own design, process, and CapEx trades to support build and unlock key capabilities, and contribute to development of long-term, scalable manufacturing systems and infrastructure
  • Drive make-vs.-buy decisions; collaborate with Engineering and Supply Chain
  • Provide hands-on floor support during build and test
  • Drive continuous improvement measures across the factory, including tooling, ERP / MES workflows, and internal standards and specifications

    • Basic Qualifications

  • Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related technical field
  • 3+ years of hands-on experience building hardware in a manufacturing or integration environment
  • Familiar with aerospace assembly best practices
  • Experience writing build and test procedures for technicians and specialists
  • Exposure to electrical harness design and mechanical routing in 3D CAD software
  • Collaborate with integrated product teams to ensure system-level avionics design meets needs for structures, propulsion, and software systems integration and test
  • Comfortable communicating across design, manufacturing, supply chain, test, and logistics teams to ensure hardware quality and pace of execution
  • Self-starter who can define and roll out new processes from scratch, working collaboratively with technicians, engineers, and external vendors
  • Proficient in CAD, basic design or test analysis, and first-principles hand calculations

    • Preferred Skills and Experience

  • Experience supporting aerospace, defense, or other mission-critical mechanical hardware
  • Strong ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and specifications
  • Experience authoring and improving work instructions, travelers, and build documentation
  • Familiarity with PLM/MES systems and production change control in a regulated environment
  • Hands-on exposure to tooling, fixtures, or assembly aids on the manufacturing floor

    • Additional Requirements

  • Must be willing to be hands-on in a manufacturing and test environment daily.
  • Ability to lift up to 25 lbs and work safely around high-pressure systems and industrial equipment.
  • Extended or flexible hours may be required to support critical build and test milestones.

    • Skills

    3+ Years Hands-on Hardware Integration In Manufacturing Or Integration EnvironmentAerospace Assembly Best PracticesBasic Design Or Test AnalysisBuild And Test Procedure AuthoringCAD ProficiencyCapEx And Process Development For Scalable Manufacturing SystemsCross-functional Collaboration Across Design, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Test, LogisticsDesign Or Test AnalysisElectrical Harness DesignERP / MES WorkflowsExperience With Harnesses, Boxes, CheckoutsFirst-principles Hand CalculationsFlow Of Build CONOPS And Work InstructionsHands-on In Manufacturing/test EnvironmentMechanical Routing In 3D CADPLM/MES Systems FamiliarityProduction Change Control In Regulated EnvironmentTooling, Fixtures, Or Assembly Aids On Manufacturing FloorWork Instructions And Travelers Drafting

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