Continuous Improvement Engineer II

ABOUT FIREFLY AEROSPACE

As an end-to-end responsive space company, Firefly Aerospace is on a mission to enable our world to launch, land, and operate in space - anywhere, anytime. Our small- to medium-lift launch vehicles, lunar landers, and orbital vehicles allow us to service the entire lifecycle of government and commercial missions from low Earth orbit to the Moon and beyond. We utilize carbon composite structures, patented propulsion technologies, and common components across our vehicles to iterate quickly, improve reliability, and deliver payloads at a lower cost.

SUMMARY

This position is responsible to support the company's continuous improvement goals and initiatives. Acts as a central resource for continuous improvement, assists with day-to-day production support and projects. Responsible to manage all activities for a continuous improvement philosophy, productivity, and implementation. A technical background combined with product/leadership skills is needed. This position will interact with all areas of the business. This includes but not limited to: engineering, marketing/sales, operations, quality assurance, documentation, training and supply chain.

Our Purpose

Create and instill a continuous improvement culture throughout Firefly to drive out waste, build a steady and predictable pace of product output, and develop future Firefly leaders Our Mission

To serve those performing the value-added work by continuously innovating and improving Our Core Values

Be curious, not judgmental: we seek to understand and assume positive intent

Go to Gemba: we go to where the work happens

Commit to the experiment: we have a bias for action and learn by trying

Never stop learning: we look for, share, and embrace new ideas

Lead by example: we are accountable until the task is done, done, really done

Have fun: we trust each other and bring our full weird selves to work RESPONSIBILITIES

Identify areas for improvement, utilize continuous improvement methodologies to work with stakeholders and execute solutions

Identify manufacturing cost reductions and provide ROI justifications for change

Optimize a wide variety of processes to reach product quality, efficiency and process repeatability

Execute LEAN manufacturing techniques and design

Optimize work flow and cell designs and introduce cost-effective automation for productivity

Plan, execute and manage projects to completion through continuous improvement

Communicate continuous improvement group's philosophy, vision and expectations

Develop and sustain employees training and development on continuous improvement concepts

Develop measurement systems supporting continuous improvement philosophy

Lead value stream mapping exercises to determine and record business improvement areas

Develop and implement project plans to achieve Future State

Support floor layouts of new spaces and current workflows

Support production scaleup and ramp QUALIFICATIONS

Required

Bachelor's degree in Industrial, Manufacturing, Mechanical Engineering or equivalent

Minimum of 3 years with proven experience utilizing Lean Manufacturing initiatives

Experience in identify waste in manufacturing processes

Ability to understand and lead implementation of new processes

Ability to analyze complex manufacturing data and propose changes leading to higher efficiency

Experience motivating teams to execute on corporate and team level goals

Self-motivated to implement goals with little supervision

Strong communication, presentation and interpersonal skills to interact with all areas of business

Strong Analytical & technical skills for all product support activities

Multi-tasking skills are required to manage multiple projects and various project activities

Highly hands-on and strong mechanical aptitude Desired

Certification in Six Sigma and/or Lean Manufacturing

Experience in Agile methodologies

Experience implementing new key process indicators

Experience in rapidly accelerating production

3+ years in Aerospace

Firefly offers outstanding benefits for our employees, including generous health, dental and vision plans with low plan deductibles, parental leave, educational reimbursement, short term disability, and flexible PTO options.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

Firefly Aerospace, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Firefly is governed based on merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.