Engineering Drafter, Change Coordinator

Tactical Systems - Torrance, CA - Full Time

Intellisense Systems, Inc. is a privately held company with a proven track record of developing and deploying innovative products that successfully operate in the most extreme environments. We are a fast-growing Southern California technology innovator that solves tough, mission-critical challenges for our customers in the aerospace, defense, and commercial markets. We design, develop, and manufacture advanced products for ground, maritime, and airborne applications.

This position is a dual-track role requiring a high-cadence technical expert (70% drafting, 30% change coordination). The ideal candidate is a "closer"—a self-starting professional with a passion for precision draftsmanship and the technical acumen to manage complex configurations with minimal supervision. You will lead the creation of production-level design drawings and manage the end-to-end lifecycle of engineering change requests using Solid Works and advanced PDM/PLM tools.

This is an on-site role located in Torrance, CA.

• Master-level preparation, or modification of complex CAD models and production design drawings (MIL STD level 2 &
  3), BOMs and documents with MCAD (Solid Works preferred) and MSOffice tools as needed per CM and drafting standards including ASME Y14-100, Y14.5 (GD&T), Y14.24 ensuring 100% accuracy
• Collaborate on 2D and 3D models, sketches, layouts, and assemblies with the engineering team.
• Take full ownership of the "Closing" phase: create process, status, and audit Change Orders (COs) to ensure they are consistent, compliant, and ready for production release.
• Drawings/ layouts that show the details for a wide variety of commodities including machined parts, sheet metal, injection molded parts, laser cut parts, rapid prototype or 3D printed parts, wire harnesses and cable assemblies, mechanical tools and assemblies.
• Create, input and extract part and bill of material (BOM) data from Engineering Drawings/Solid Works PLM into and from various CM databases including CM/PLM (QCBD), and ERP (Costpoint).
• Assist Configuration Management in organizing and maintaining product design and technical files for products in production needing sustainment (all types;
  Solid Works drawings, 3D models, Source control drawings, vendor item control drawings, tabulated drawings, etc.). Experience with any PLM/PDM/CM databases or tools especially Solid Works PDM is a plus.
• Create, process, status, and update engineering change requests (ECRs), change orders (COs), and Configuration Items per CM procedures in support of engineering programs and quality management system (ISO
  9001: AS9100).
• Review and validate, with help from configuration manager and engineering, change orders for consistency including change description, classification, and efficiency.
• Review change items (drawing and documents) submitted on Change Orders for consistency with CM and corporate/Industry standard drafting styles.
• Review for consistency, with help from Configuration Manager, the Change Impact Analysis on COs and ECRs with engineering, planning and production staff.
• May work with IT to facilitate PDM database management, including new employee account creation, project permissions, file state management, and assistance with the process of updating software during new version rollouts.
• Job responsibilities within our organization are dynamic. This may not be a complete list of duties. Other responsibilities and duties may be assigned by your supervisor or upper management at any time.

• Technical AS Degree in Drafting/Design or equivalent certification.
• 5+ years of hands-on experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment, specifically in a "Lead" or "Senior" capacity.
• Capable of producing high quality manufacturing drawings that apply ASME standards e.g., Y14.5 using GD&T.
• Expert-level proficiency in Solid Works and PDM Administration. Proficiency in secondary tools like AutoCAD, Inventor, or Pro-Engineer is highly preferred. Solid Works Certifications are a bonus: CSWE – Modeling, CWSPA – Drawing Tools to demonstrate proficiency with drafting and CAD model manipulation.
• Ability to utilize…