Manufacturing Process Engineer - LRP Line Manager

Location: Lowell

US Citizen or Permanent Resident

In-Person

Starts Immediately

Your Role at Orb:

Design a low-rate manufacturing line for American-made UAVs. Fixtures, tooling, processes, equipment from 0 to 250 units per quarter.

Join us in returning to a 1940's design cadence, reducing new aircraft development cycle time, and reindustrializing the Midwest as America's Low Altitude OEM. We're leveraging our region's industrial might and airspace to build aircraft that become decentralized infrastructure. Orb is a small mission-driven team where your initiative, creativity, and dedication will be used to reach every village on the planet with power, logistics, and communications.

Key Responsibilities:

• Line and Process Design
• Tooling and Fixture Design
• Equipment Selection and Purchase
• Automated Testing Design
• Quality Assurance Processes
• Technician Hiring and Management
• Design for Manufacturing Consultation with the Product Team

Desired Skills and Qualifications:

• Experience in CAD (NX, Autodesk)
• Proven Experience in Process Engineering for Low-Rate Production
• Ability to Own and Design a Manufacturing Line
• Lean Six Sigma/GD&T Experience.
• Strong root cause analysis skills and experience.
• Mastery Of Quality/Manufacturing Tools (FMEA, SPC [Statistical Process Control]).
• Familiarity With Metrology Processes and Tools.
• NPI (New Product Integration) And Lifecycle Management Experience and Knowledge

$75,000 - $100,000 a year

+ Options and Incentives

Build cathedrals, put the kingdom first, and play to win at Orb Aerospace

About Orb Aerospace: Orb was started with the mission to bring aviation to the 80% of the world that's never had it; turning autonomous aircraft into tools to decentralize infrastructure, connect continents, protect soldiers, provide for families, and run economies."Less like the flying taxis, more like the flying cowboys," Orb is at the intersection of manned and unmanned aviation, reindustrializing the Midwest, and building the- future we know is possible and want to live in.

About Node One: Node One is a small team of engineers and operators who have dedicated their lives to solving some of the world's hardest problems through a new kind of aviation - Orb's live-work-fly R&D HQ. Node One is all about reducing the cycle time to design, build, and fly aircraft from years to months and building the systems and platforms we'll use to reach every village on the planet.

We stand on the shoulders of giants. Their great work allows us to accomplish ours. If you've been a rocket/airplane nerd and have a passion for designing, building, and flying airframes, autopilots, power systems, and embedded systems, or you love to push a new product through new manufacturing methods to a new market, come join the team at Node One and make history.

Orb Employees Are:

High Agency and Biased Towards Action

Have a History of Self-Starting, Pacing, and Finishing Projects

Thrive with Autonomy to Design New Solutions to Partially Defined Problems

Are Curious and Continue Learning

Have Integrity and a Desire to Serve Others

Standard Benefits Package:

Orb provides a monthly flat rate towards medical, dental, and vision

$500 flat rate for individuals; $850 flat rate for married/family

Medical, Vision, Dental, Short/Long Term Disability, and Group/Voluntary Life Insurance

Opt-In 401K Options (Pre-Tax or Roth) with a 3% Employer Match

Perks:

Support in Getting your Pilots License and Ratings

Support for Continuing Education

Annual Customer Demos all over the World

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.