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Salary: USD 90,000 - 150,000 / annual
Mach Industries, founded in 2023, is a rapidly growing defense technology company with ~350 employees developing next-generation autonomous defense platforms. The company operates with startup agility while focusing on scalable, decentralized defense systems for the U.S. and its allies.
You will develop methods and strategies that enable complex defense hardware to be assembled, integrated, tested, and fielded reliably throughout the product lifecycle. This is a hands-on role spanning design engineering, manufacturing engineering, test engineering, operations, program management, and field support. You will work directly with integration builds, production environments, test activities, and hardware failure investigations in Victorville.
Key responsibilities include:
- Define integration strategies establishing readiness for components, assemblies, and production
- Conduct risk assessments and inspection plan reviews for complex products
- Develop and improve control plans and methods for integrating complete systems
- Support component integration, built-to-print assembly, and validation activities
- Monitor yield, build health, and process robustness to identify risks
- Lead root-cause and corrective-action investigations for machined, assembly, integration, test, and production issues
- Serve as focal point for the existing quality management system (QMS) and scaling QMS
- Collect and analyze build, test, and field data to improve repeatability and reliability
- Lead collection of quality system metrics and audits
- Up to 30% travel; available to work extended hours and weekends as needed
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing, quality, or equivalent professional experience
- 2+ years of experience in manufacturing engineering, quality engineering, reliability engineering, or related hardware environment
- Experience with root-cause analysis, corrective action, or comparable risk and failure-investigation methods
- Experience with CNC, welding, and special processes (NDE, PT, MT)
- Experience analyzing build, test, or production data to identify process risks and improvement opportunities
- Ability to collaborate with design, manufacturing, test, operations, and program teams
- Ability to work hands-on with complex hardware in integration, production, test, and failure-investigation environments
- Must be U.S. citizen, national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee (ITAR requirement)
Preferred qualifications:
- Experience integrating aerospace, defense, propulsion, robotics, or complex electromechanical hardware
- Experience with interface failure characterization, process capture, control plans, RCCA, or reliability-growth methods
- Knowledge of GD&T, design-for-assembly, engineering drawings, specifications, or configuration-control practices
- Experience supporting built-to-print assembly, final test, field containment, or nonconformance investigations
- Experience in startup, high-growth manufacturing, or regulated hardware environments
