Manufacturing Engineer

We're Hiring: Manufacturing Engineer

Full-Time | Core Team

LAT Aerospace | Aircraft

LAT Aerospace is developing next-generation aerospace systems from first principles. This includes a hybrid electric aircraft that takes off and lands within a space of a parking lot, Defence systems built from ground up and scalable Gas Turbine Engines.

The Manufacturing Engineer role sits at the intersection of manufacturing engineering, supply chain, production planning, and operations. You will be responsible for building the systems that allow our engineering team to move fast without compromising quality, reliability, or execution.

What you'll do

• Develop and streamline manufacturing processes for composite and metallic aircraft structures.

• Own the manufacturing workflow from engineering drawings and BOMs through fabrication, assembly, inspection, and delivery.

• Develop composite manufacturing processes including layup, tooling, curing, trimming, bonding, and finishing.

• Plan production schedules and optimize machine, tooling, workshop, and technician utilization.

• Work closely with design and structures engineers on DFM/DFA and manufacturing-driven design improvements.

• Manage machine shops, composite technicians, vendors, and external manufacturing partners.

• Identify and eliminate manufacturing bottlenecks, rework, and quality issues.

• Develop work instructions, inspection procedures, manufacturing documentation, and quality processes.

• Support rapid prototype builds while developing repeatable processes for subsequent aircraft builds.

• Track manufacturing lead time, yield, quality, and throughput and continuously improve the production system.

What we're looking for

• 4+ years of hands-on experience in aircraft manufacturing or production engineering going through multiple build and assemble cycles.

• Strong hands-on experience with composite aircraft structures and manufacturing processes.

• Experience with composite materials, prepregs, layup, tooling, curing, bonding, trimming, and inspection.

• Experience working with aircraft structures, preferably wings, fuselage, empennage, or other primary/secondary structures.

• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, engineering drawings, tolerances, and DFM/DFA.

• Experience in training technicians, machine shops, suppliers, and external manufacturing partners.

• Comfortable working with manufacturing machinery including CNCs, Oven, and/or Autoclave.

• Comfortable working directly on the shop floor and with prototype hardware.

• Ability to balance speed, quality, cost, and on-time delivery in a rapidly changing environment.

• Experience with UAVs, general aviation, commercial aircraft, or other aerospace structures is preferred.

Why LAT?

• No hierarchy beyond strength of ideas.

• Rapid hardware iteration culture.

• Own the complete journey from engineering design to flight-ready hardware.

This Manufacturing Engineer role develops production processes and workflows for aircraft structures, spanning engineering drawings, fabrication, assembly, inspection, and delivery. The work combines hands-on composite manufacturing, production planning, quality improvement, and coordination with engineering teams and external manufacturing partners.

Role at a glance

Skills mentioned

What you will likely work on

• Develop and improve processes for composite and metallic aircraft structures, including composite layup, tooling, curing, bonding, and finishing.
• Carry production workflows from drawings and bills of materials through fabrication, assembly, inspection, and delivery.
• Plan schedules and make effective use of machines, tooling, workshop capacity, and technicians.
• Partner with design and structures engineers on DFM/DFA and manufacturing-led design changes.
• Coordinate machine shops, technicians, suppliers, and external manufacturing partners.
• Resolve bottlenecks, rework, and quality issues; create work instructions, inspection procedures, and manufacturing documentation.
• Support prototype builds while establishing repeatable methods for later aircraft builds.
• Monitor lead time, yield, quality, and throughput to improve production.

Good fit signals

• At least four years of hands-on aircraft manufacturing or production engineering experience, including multiple build-and-assembly cycles.
• Strong practical experience with composite aircraft structures and their manufacturing processes.
• Familiarity with aircraft structures such as wings, fuselage, or empennage is useful; experience across these structures is preferred.
• Experience training technicians, machine shops, suppliers, or external manufacturing partners.
• Comfort working directly on a shop floor and with prototype hardware, balancing speed, quality, cost, and delivery.