The Marvin Group · 14 hours ago
MANAGER, FABRICATION AND ASSEMBLY (R&D)
Inglewood, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$135K/yr - $180K/yr
5+ years expThe Marvin Group is a leading defense contractor focused on military aerospace and vehicles. The Manager of R&D Fabrication and Assembly will lead and manage build activities for high mix, low volume hardware assemblies required for Engineering Development Programs, ensuring successful execution of these projects.
Information Technology
No H1B
U.S. Citizen Only
Responsibilities
Owns, leads, manages, and coordinates build activities for all high mix, low volume product assemblies required by Programs for Research & Development Engineering: including prototypes, test articles, and customer deliverables
Develops and/or enhances Work Instructions, Standard Practices, and other process documentation in collaboration with other disciplines within MEC to streamline the R&D build process, and to optimize and reduce time between kickoff of build activity to completion of hardware builds
Finds and implements creative solutions to challenges in build activity through MEC’s ERP System, SAP
Manages Direct and Dotted line Reports to support fulfillment of build activity: Material Program Managers (MPM) and Material Expeditors
Organizes and direct activity across cross-functional teams, including MPMs, Material Expeditors, Production Planning, Quality, Receiving Inspection, Schedulers, and Risk & Opportunity to ensure hardware is fabricated and assembled within cost and schedule budgets
Responsible for all material movement required to ensure assembly floor is equipped with product assembly kits to assemble R&D hardware. Includes ensuring Quality Notices (QN) levied against noncompliant material and internal/external Rework Jobs (R-Jobs) to repair/rework material are supported, managed, and followed through to meet build schedules
Liaison with Technical Program Managers (TPM) to ensure configuration of hardware builds aligns to latest released Bill of Material (BOM) from R&D Engineering and to Contractual requirements
Highlights technical, hardware, and other issues precluding successful build activity to appropriate internal and external Stakeholders: TPM, Systems Engineering, R&D Engineering, Test Engineering, Quality Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Subject Matter Experts, Supply Chain, External Suppliers, etc. Coordinates cross-functional meetings, actions, and follow up activity to identify and resolve issues and implement corrective actions
Leads and participates in strategic planning sessions and program reviews to inform the R&D Engineering Organization of build activity health for Engineering Development Programs. Summarizes status, challenges, outlook, alignment to schedule, support needed, and other relevant information
Interfaces with Test Engineering function to coordinate handoffs from build activity to test activity for in-process testing and final acceptance testing of hardware builds
Comfortable in a concurrent engineering environment, where design, assembly, and test may occur simultaneously
Other tasks and duties as assigned
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Business, Operations, STEM (e.g., Manufacturing Engineering), or Project Management. Various educational backgrounds will be considered contingent on relevant experience
A minimum 5 years of experience in fabrication and assembly of complex hardware systems, preferably aerospace and/or defense products
A minimum 5 years of experience leading teams to support high mix, low volume hardware assembly processes
Aerospace & Defense manufacturing industry experience
Ability to read and interpret engineering BOMs, manufacturing routings, etc. to understand and guide fabrication and assembly processes for hardware builds
Experience using an Enterprise Resource Planning system, preferably SAP, to lead and manage hardware build activity
Strong analytical, problem solving, and communication skills (verbal and written)
Ability to identify challenges in hardware build activity, and translate them into actionable information for relevant Stakeholders
Ability to summarize large information sets associated with hardware build activity into high impact, actionable summaries for relevant Stakeholders
Self-starter that leads and motivates a team focused on hardware builds for Engineering Development Programs, balancing multiple priorities in a fast-paced technical development environment
Preferred
Working knowledge of assembly of pneumatics, mechanical, and electromechanical systems and structures
Previous experience supporting DoD acquisition programs and/or aerospace systems development
Knowledge of airborne weapon systems and /or weapon carriage equipment
Experience supporting an R&D function
Company
The Marvin Group
The Marvin Group is a vertically integrated, privately held small business headquartered in Southern California.
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Marvin P. Gussman
Founder
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