Components Manufacturing Engineer

Hermeus is seeking a Components Manufacturing Engineer for a full-time role in Los Angeles, California. This opening lets you pioneer fabrication methods for high-performance parts at our Los Angeles site.

The Opportunity

This Components Manufacturing Engineer position at Hermeus in Los Angeles, California offers the chance to create and expand sophisticated production techniques for essential hardware from the ground up. You will guide every stage of component creation starting with early concepts and continuing into volume output while embedding manufacturability into designs and driving refinements for intricate precision assemblies. You will coordinate with design, materials, and production colleagues to move work from prototypes into steady manufacturing and help establish high-caliber production practices for advanced systems. The ideal engineer for this Components Manufacturing Engineer opportunity brings deep technical skill, enjoys hands-on problem solving, and thrives while working independently in a rapid environment built on core engineering logic.

Your Responsibilities

• Create, develop, and expand advanced manufacturing processes for essential hardware
• Own component fabrication completely from initial concept through full production
• Advance design-for-manufacture practices, process innovation, and ongoing improvements for precision mechanical assemblies
• Partner with design, materials, and production teams to connect prototype work with reliable production flows
• Apply hands-on technical insight to solve fabrication issues and set high manufacturing standards for next-generation hardware

Requirements

• Strong technical foundation and practical experience as a hands-on manufacturing engineer for components
• Demonstrated problem-solving skill and the ability to act independently
• Comfort working autonomously in a fast-paced setting guided by first-principles approaches
• Ability to collaborate smoothly with design, materials, and production groups

Why Join Hermeus

Hermeus is a venture-backed defense aviation company that prioritizes rapid iterative hardware development to produce the fastest aircraft available today. Through focused physical iteration the team delivers high-speed systems matched to contemporary operational speeds. Working with the Department of War, Hermeus supplies high-speed capabilities that help the nation and its allies sustain a lasting asymmetric edge. Joining as a Components Manufacturing Engineer in Los Angeles, California places you in a setting focused on turning ambitious hardware goals into manufactured reality.

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