Senior Manufacturing Systems Engineer

Senior Manufacturing Systems Engineer

MicroTau is putting 'shark skin' on planes to save fuel and reduce emissions

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Your Missi**

onMicroTau's mission is to improve the efficiency of the global aviation fleet, saving billions in fuel and megatonnes of CO2 every year. We are hiri
ng 2 x Senior Manufacturing Systems Enginee
rs to lead the design and delivery of manufacturing systems that meet product and manufacturing requirements. For one of these roles, we are particularly seeking a candidate with experience in leading and building teams. You will both report to the Manufacturing Systems Team Lea

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What You Will**

• DoLead the technical definition, design, demonstration, and delivery of robust, repeatable and reproducible manufacturing systems and processes, ensuring target yields and throughputs are m
• et.Drive complex manufacturing system mechanical, optomechanical and control systems designs, generating bill of materials and relevant design files, ensuring that manufacturing systems designed will be reliable, reproducible and meeting our Quality Management System requiremen
• ts.Define and review tests and experiments to verify and validate manufacturing system performance using statistical reasoni
• ng.Mentor MicroTau engineers and review their work to improve team proficiency in the development of manufacturing syst

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What Success Looks**

• LikeFirst Mon
  th: You will be introduced to one of our core manufacturing systems. During this time you will review experimental and test documentation related to the rig. You will also get to know the team and company cult
• ure.First Six Mon
  ths: You will conduct a number of experiments, testing to select mechatronic components for the next generation rig that meets all the manufacturing criteria required for the scale manufacturing of our aviation prod
• uct.First Y
  ear: You will have completed the design, assembly testing and handover of our core manufacturing system for scale manufacturing. You will have developed a manufacturing process that will be used in our scale manufacturing production line. This process will contribute to the production of MicroTau's product at scale. By this time you will be considered the subject matter expert on our mastering processes. Parallel to this you will have also been considered a mentor to many team members, helping them to achieve their professional go

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Abou**

• t YouDegree in a relevant discipline (Mechanical or Mechatronics Engineer
• ing).5+ years work experience in a similar or relevant f
• ield.Highly skilled in designing mechatronic systems, familiar with CAD tools such as SolidWorks and control systems such as PLCs (Beckhoff prefera
• ble).High attention to detail particularly for component selection in mechanical design as well as driving a problem solving pro
• cess.Had prior experience designing mechatronic systems to position optical components down to micron accu
• racy.Hands on, proactive, and solutions focussed mindset with an ability to work independently and collaborati
• vely.Desira
  ble: A track record of mentoring, motivating, and leading junior engin
• eers.
  Note: We are hiring two Senior Manufacturing Systems Engineers. For one of these roles, we are particularly seeking a candidate with experience in leading and building t

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Why You Should Join Mi**

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  pact: Aviation is one of the hardest to abate industries, and its share of global emissions is only growing. Join our mission to improve the efficiency of the global fleet and save millions of tonnes of CO2 every
• year.Techno
  logy: Our technology leverages the drag-reducing properties of shark skin to make aircraft more efficient. You'll be exposed to expertise and developments in materials, photolithography, fluid dynamics, and scale manufact
• uring.
  Team: Our team focuses on achieving our mission. We live our values of lift over drag, active transparency, and changing the boundary conditions, and we welcome new team members who want to do the
• same.Corporate
  Jet: We have (most of) a corporate jet. It won't fly, but it sure does look

cool.