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Layup Parts is seeking a Staff Manufacturing Engineer to lead complex customer programs in advanced composites manufacturing. This is a senior technical leadership role where you will own program execution from initial technical evaluation through design-for-manufacturability (DFM), tooling, process development, qualification, production launch, and steady-state manufacturing.
You will drive technical strategy and execution across multiple workstreams, managing technical plans, schedules, milestones, dependencies, and priorities while identifying risks early and maintaining alignment with customer commitments. You will develop and own the complete manufacturing strategy for assigned programs, including tooling concepts, material and process selection, ply documentation, work instructions, equipment requirements, and inspection strategy.
Key responsibilities include translating customer requirements into executable manufacturing plans, communicating technical tradeoffs, providing DFM and cost-down recommendations, and driving technical issues to resolution. You will coordinate across Manufacturing, Production, Quality, Supply Chain, Software, and other engineering teams to ensure readiness across people, equipment, materials, tooling, and documentation. You will lead builds on the production floor, troubleshoot manufacturing issues, close gaps between design intent and production reality, and develop repeatable, scalable processes.
As a senior engineer, you will mentor less-experienced engineers, establish engineering best practices, and help develop the processes, tools, and manufacturing capabilities that enable Layup to take on increasingly complex programs.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 10+ years of manufacturing engineering experience, ideally in aerospace, defense, automotive, motorsports, or similar complex hardware environments
- Demonstrated experience leading complex manufacturing programs from development through production, with ownership beyond a single engineering workstream
- Deep composites manufacturing expertise, including significant hands-on experience with prepreg processes, tooling design, ply development, debulking, adhesive films, intensifiers, caul plates, core splicing, and complex multi-piece molds
- Strong technical foundation in CAD and manufacturing documentation, with ability to independently develop tooling, drawings, processes, and production solutions while reviewing and guiding others' work
- Strong program leadership and communication skills, with experience coordinating across engineering, production, quality, supply chain, and customers to manage priorities, resolve issues, and deliver against schedule
BONUS:
- Experience launching new aerospace or defense programs from prototype/development into rate production
- Experience with machining, additive manufacturing, VARTM, compression molding, trapped rubber molding, wet layup, or other advanced manufacturing processes
- Experience developing new manufacturing capabilities, production lines, equipment, or automation in a rapidly scaling environment
