Engineering Technician - San Diego California

Company: 804 Technology
Location: San Diego, California
Posted On: 05/10/2025

Job Summary

The following information aims to provide potential candidates with a better understanding of the requirements for this role.
The Engineering Technician is responsible for the activities associated with maintenance of manufacturing processes and operations for existing composite aerospace products and assemblies. This includes ensuring the actions assigned by the lead engineer and/ or the value stream manager to produce quality products that meet customer requirements at minimum costs.

The Engineering Technician maintains methods, operation sequences and processes in the manufacture and fabrication of parts which will include the estimation of manufacturing costs, time standards and the ability to recommend tooling and process requirements for new and existing products.

The ET acts as a liaison with internal and external customers in releasing new processes, and works with the production lead to ensure efficient manufacturing operations. Additionally, the ET will provide technical support to integrated product team members for Material Review Board (MRB) activities, technical documentation and technical report writing, and other engineering functions as required.


Job Core ResponsibilitiesTechnical Engineering lead of MRB for the production programs they are assigned. This includes reviewing parts and the nonconformance documentation to validate the condition and works to define a path to resolving the issue or dispositions the part(s).
Daily interaction with lead engineering and Production lead to establish clear lines of communication and define technical tasks and provide status updates.
Other identified or assigned program tasks as directed by the engineering lead or VSM.
Seeks guidance from engineering lead and/ or Director of Engineering for MRB part dispositioning, modification of rework supplemental instructions, and travelers.
Supports production processes monitoring through SPC and data analysis of KPI's.
Provide root cause and corrective action for out-of-control processes in support of AS9100 and NADCAP requirements.



Job SpecificationsEducation: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Aerospace Engineering, or Industrial Engineering
Experience: 0-1 year of manufacturing engineering experience in a manufacturing environment. Any experience with layup, molding, machining, and inspection of composite materials is a plus.


Required Skills:Self-starter with excellent time management skills and ability to establish objectives and specify the strategies and actions to achieve these objectives
Documents processes and records activities sufficiently to support Engineering Change notices
Is an integral team member, yet also be able to function independently where objects are defined
Be able to make technical, data-driven decisions and execute with Engineering lead or management support
Uses logic to analyze or identify underlying principles, reasons or facts from data to draw conclusions Understand, follow and adhere to corporate Quality Management System on a daily basis.
Knowledge of data acquisition systems to record temperature, position, and pressure organized, self-motivated, strong attention to detail and high level of accuracy
Ability to manage multiple duties set priorities and follow tasks through completion
Capable of working in an environment in which demands and priorities change based on customer requests



Preferred Skills:Previous internship experience with an aerospace composite molding manufacture in an Engineering role.
Experience with NADCAP quality management system requirements for composite molding and bonding
Experience with Minitab, Made to Manage (or other ERP systems), and ply nesting software (Cutworks, Patternsmith, NS2, etc.) More...

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