Associate Manufacturing Engineer
GKN Aerospace
full-time
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Location Type: Office
Location: Garden Grove • California • United States
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Salary
💰 $83,535 - $104,419 per year
About the role
- Support the team with APQP and AS9145 activities.
- Assist in preparing and updating PFMEAs, control plans, and process flow diagrams.
- Help compile First Article Inspection Reports (FAIR) for AS9102 compliance.
- Follow strict clean room protocols where applicable.
- Perform basic SPC data collection and monitoring.
- Assist senior engineers with troubleshooting and process maintenance for lamination processes.
- Support activities involving metal deposition methods such as vacuum metalizing, thermal spray, plating, or additive manufacturing.
- Assist with functional or protective coating processes.
- Support acrylic bonding, forming, or finishing operations.
- Interpret engineering drawings with guidance from senior engineers.
- Support simple tooling updates and CAD modeling (Siemens NX preferred).
- Assist in creating and maintaining work instructions and controlled documents.
- Participate in MRB/PRB investigations and help gather data for nonconformance resolution.
- Support internal/external audits and layered process audits.
- Ensure compliance with AS9100, ISO9001, and site quality procedures.
- Contribute to Lean and shop-floor improvement initiatives.
- Participate in root cause analysis activities such as 8D, 5-Whys, and Fishbone.
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams to support ongoing projects.
- Assist in preparing technical summaries, reports, and presentations.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Aerospace, Chemical, or related engineering field; will consider 8 years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
- 1–3 years of experience in a manufacturing or engineering environment.
- Exposure to lamination, coatings, metal deposition, or acrylic-based processes.
- Basic understanding of APQP, PFMEA, SPC, or FAIR documentation.
- Familiarity with ISO9000 or AS9100 quality systems is a plus.
- Strong communication skills in English, both written and verbal.
- Must be a U.S. Person per ITAR regulations.
- Willingness to travel occasionally (<5%).
- Experience with CAD tools; Siemens NX preferred.
- Exposure to clean room work or MSA techniques.
- Understanding of Design for Manufacturability principles.
- Participation in Lean or Six Sigma projects.
- Strong organizational and time-management skills.
- Ability to explain technical concepts to non-technical team members.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
APQPAS9145PFMEAcontrol plansprocess flow diagramsFirst Article Inspection ReportsSPClamination processesmetal deposition methodsCAD modeling
Soft Skills
communication skillsorganizational skillstime-management skillscollaborationtroubleshootingroot cause analysistechnical explanation