10,084 Build Engineer jobs in the United States

The Advanced Manufacturing Company of America ("Amca") is a legacy business, built for the future. We're putting engineers back in charge of aerospace and defense and rapidly delivering what the industry needs next.

Overview:

You will take new product designs and bring them to life. Your primary function will be to assist Design Engineering with figuring out how to take new product designs and manufacture them at our production facilities to expand Amca's product catalog.

Responsibilities:

• Own prototyping and first builds of new hardware designs
  
  • Work with customers to understand end-use applications and challenge requirements as needed
  • Take full ownership of manufacturing and build of new product designs
  • Prototype new components with manufacturability, integration, and performance as core constraints
  • Work with test engineering to assist in any test tooling needed
  • Work closely with design engineers to ensure new designs are manufacturable at production facilities and DFM feedback is implemented
  • Manage tooling drawing revisions, BOM structure, and part configuration in accordance with aerospace standards and internal design controls
  • Continue to provide feedback on Amca designs to ensure they are fully optimized for reliability and cost
• Support build and manufacturing processes in our internal shop
  
  • Help with equipment selection
  • Assist with equipment onboarding
  • Become primary point of contact for certain manufacturing processes
• Support Amca with subsidiary diligence and company development
  
  • Evaluate product catalogs and help determine where largest opportunities lie for catalog expansion
  • Assist in the evaluation of subsidiary design, manufacturing, and test capabilities

• Exceptionally curious and fast learner; able to contribute across diverse part categories and manufacturing processes.
• Demonstrated ability to use engineering first principles to challenge and simplify requirements.
• Hands-on and practical-comfortable building, testing, and troubleshooting in real-world environments.
• Independent and creative; thrives with ownership and minimal oversight.
• Experience with mechanical design, applying first-principles thinking to structural, thermal fluid, and production constraints.
• Proficient in CAD, PLM/PDM systems, and geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T).
• Experience in hands calcs and basic FEM.

• Act as the engineering owner for prototype builds across multiple products.
• Lead hands-on prototype builds on the shop floor, solving issues in real time.
• Translate design intent into practical build steps, processes, and checklists for technicians.
• Debug and resolve design/manufacturability issues directly with design engineers.
• Actively participate in design reviews to ensure manufacturability of design concepts.
• Capture lessons learned and feed them back into the design and production system.
• Source and coordinate quick-turn parts and prototype tooling.
• Partner with technicians to train, enforce standard work, and improve safety/ergonomics.

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, manufacturing engineering, or equivalent experience.
• 1+ years in production manufacturing, process engineering, or industrialization (internship and school projects experience qualifies).
• Strong troubleshooting, problem-solving, and communication skills.
• Familiarity with GD&T, tolerance analysis, and process capability.
• Hands-on experience with shop floor processes (machining, welding, composites, additive manufacturing, assembly, test).
• Willingness to be on the floor daily, working shoulder-to-shoulder with technicians.

• Experience in aerospace, defense, automotive, or other high-rate production environments.
• Ability to operate autonomously in ambiguity with minimal documentation.
• "Get it built" mindset with a bias for speed.

K2 Space is building large, high-powered spacecraft for the next generation of space development. Backed by Lightspeed Venture Partners, Altimeter Capital, and many others ($200M raised to date), we intend to mass produce the highest-powered satellite platforms ever built for missions across LEO to Deep Space.

The rise of launch vehicles like Falcon 9 and Starship enables the move from an era of mass constraint to one of mass abundance. We believe this new era requires spacecraft with a fundamentally different design in order to fully utilize the massive rockets coming to market.

We're a team that believes the future lies in building large, high-powered satellites that can handle multiple orbits. This is a necessity if we ever want to develop the solar system, and become a Kardashev Type II (K2) civilization.

If you are a motivated individual who thrives in a fast-paced environment and you're excited about contributing to the success of a groundbreaking Series B space startup, we'd love for you to apply.

The Role

As a Build Engineer, you'll support the build of several subsystems for the Gravitas mission, K2's first flight of the Mega class satellite. You'll partner with Production to develop the build flow for your systems and help identify opportunities to increase build efficiency. Our ideal candidate is able to juggle competing priorities and interact positively with a wide array of people.

Responsibilities

• Develop integration planning and build flows for several vehicle systems
• Work closely with production to implement solutions that increase build efficiency
• Collaborate with engineers and technicians to disposition nonconformances and evaluate any corrective actions
• Support proto-qual testing
• Evaluate proposed designs for manufacturability and integration

• Bachelor's degree in electrical, aerospace, mechanical, computer, or other engineering discipline
• 2+ years of experience in an integration engineering role (includes internships and hardware-intensive extracurricular projects)
• Experience creating, improving, or deleting production process and workflows
• Experience interacting with CAD software and CAD models
• Excellent interpersonal and negotiation skills
• Expert multitasking skills with the ability to juggle priorities while maintaining focus to deliver against program goals

• Experience working in a clean room and with ESD-sensitive equipment
• Experience or exposure in a test or automation role
• Experience with GraphQL
• Proficient in Python and/or Rust
• Experience with Linux systems

• Base salary range for this role is $00,000 - 135,000 + equity in the company
• Salary will be based on several factors including, but not limited to: knowledge and skills, education, and experience level
• Comprehensive benefits package including unlimited paid time off, medical/dental/vision coverage, life insurance, paid parental leave, and many other perks

Greengrass Exp

Focus: Improve CI/CD pipelines and build automation.

Aerospace domain is preferred (it’s not Mandatory).

Focus: Improve CI/CD pipelines and build automation.

Technologies: Jenkins, Subversion, Git.

Design, implement, and maintain automated build systems for embedded software projects.

Manage source control systems (Git, SVN) and branching strategies for multi-team development.

Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines using tools like Jenkins, GitLab CI, or Azure DevOps.

Collaborate with software developers, QA engineers, and system integrators to streamline software delivery.

Ensure traceability and reproducibility of software builds in compliance with aerospace standards.

Support integration and deployment of software on embedded hardware platforms.

Monitor build performance and troubleshoot build failures across multiple environments.

Maintain documentation for build processes, tools, and configuration management

Hermeus is a venture capital-backed aerospace and defense technology company. The business is focused on building high-speed products that sustainably deliver asymmetric advantage to the Department of Defense and allied partners. Utilizing an iterative development approach to aircraft, Hermeus' high-Mach and hypersonic aircraft aim to deliver capabilities at a pace not seen in the U.S. since the 1950s.

This role sits at the intersection of engineering design, manufacturing, integration and test for flight vehicles. You'll be embedded with design and production teams, owning everything from hardware design, tooling, testing and flight readiness to process development and vehicle assembly. We are hiring entry-level through senior-level.

Responsibilities

• Lead detailed project planning and drive hardware delivery on aggressive timelines.
• Collaborate directly with high level design concepts turning them into detailed designs including final geometry, material selection and DFM.
• Drive the transition from prototype to production for complex aerospace assemblies.
• Ruthlessly question process complexity-delete parts, eliminate waste, simplify flow.
• Design and implement full-stack build processes-factory layout, tooling, test flow, and vehicle integration.
• Develop and run test procedures for flight hardware.
• Serve as a force multiplier across production, test, and design teams.

• Strong engineering first principles.
• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, manufacturing, or related engineering field.
• Hands-on experience with physical hardware (internships, labs, project teams all count).
• Proven ability to design, build, break, and iterate quickly.
• Comfort with CAD, test equipment, hand tools.
• Familiarity with manufacturing processes (machining, welding, forming, etc.) and GD&T fundamentals.

• Designed and released flight hardware.
• Familiarity with Siemens Teamcenter and NX.
• Leadership experience on project teams or in mentorship roles.
• You've built something that's flown, broken, or both.
• Experience standing up production lines or test infrastructure in a fast-paced environment.

• Must be available to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed to support critical milestones.
• Must be willing to travel to test sites, other Hermeus offices, and partner locations as needed (up to 25% travel)
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Hermeus is a venture capital-backed aerospace and defense technology company. The business is focused on building high-speed products that sustainably deliver asymmetric advantage to the Department of Defense and allied partners. Utilizing an iterative development approach to aircraft, Hermeus' high-Mach and hypersonic aircraft aim to deliver capabilities at a pace not seen in the U.S. since the 1950s.

This role sits at the intersection of engineering design, manufacturing, integration and test for flight vehicles. You'll be embedded with design and production teams, owning everything from hardware design, tooling, testing and flight readiness to process development and vehicle assembly. We are hiring entry-level through senior-level.

Responsibilities

• Lead detailed project planning and drive hardware delivery on aggressive timelines.
• Collaborate directly with high level design concepts turning them into detailed designs including final geometry, material selection and DFM.
• Drive the transition from prototype to production for complex aerospace assemblies.
• Ruthlessly question process complexity-delete parts, eliminate waste, simplify flow.
• Design and implement full-stack build processes-factory layout, tooling, test flow, and vehicle integration.
• Develop and run test procedures for flight hardware.
• Serve as a force multiplier across production, test, and design teams.

• Strong engineering first principles.
• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, manufacturing, or related engineering field.
• Hands-on experience with physical hardware (internships, labs, project teams all count).
• Proven ability to design, build, break, and iterate quickly.
• Comfort with CAD, test equipment, hand tools.
• Familiarity with manufacturing processes (machining, welding, forming, etc.) and GD&T fundamentals.

• Designed and released flight hardware.
• Familiarity with Siemens Teamcenter and NX.
• Leadership experience on project teams or in mentorship roles.
• You've built something that's flown, broken, or both.
• Experience standing up production lines or test infrastructure in a fast-paced environment.

• Must be available to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed to support critical milestones.
• Must be willing to travel to test sites, other Hermeus offices, and partner locations as needed (up to 25% travel)
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• Contract Duration: 12+ months with potential to extend
• At least 4 days a week onsite in Tukwila, Washington (near Seatac)
• Hourly Rate: $45 - $60/hour DOE

• Execute life cycle process for network equipment including OS patching and upgrades.
• Perform installations and configurations of enterprise network devices, including routers, switches, and firewalls.
• Deliver and maintain reporting on completion of work and upcoming tasks.
• Coordinate with Station (Airport) leadership and staff and Field Services teams to organize outage windows to complete the work.
• Create proper change request, execution plan and timeline and obtain approvals for the work.
• Obtain system performance baselines prior to any work being performed.
• Verifying out-of-band management is reachable and backup and recovery processes are executed prior to the change.
• Ensure the site's network and critical systems are functional and maintained after the work has been completed.
• Update documentation as necessary regarding any relevant changes to the production environment, including updating SolarWinds and the NetOps team when necessary.
• Track to completion of all deliverables for the project.
• Maintain a high level of detail and organization in all work completed; from configuration to labeling.
• Be able to work from the office 4 days a week on a regular basis.

• 4 years of hands-on experience with Cisco IOS and Juniper OS route/switch infrastructure and Fortinet firewalls or related experience in a large enterprise environment with hundreds of firewalls using centralized management.
• Recent Working knowledge of Layer 2 switching technologies, VLANs, stacking configuration and checks, spanning-tree, and Cisco and Juniper switching best practices and procedures.
• Have working experience with Wi-fi technologies from Cisco and/or Juniper.
• Good understanding of Layer 3 routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, etc), SD-WAN and VPN technologies.
• Experience using TFTP, SCP for file transfers.
• Excellent troubleshooting skills.
• Excellent verbal, written, and presentation skills.

• Familiarity with ITIL process and procedures.
• A minimum of 1 year of experience in the airline industry in a networking capacity.
• Experience with Solarwinds, OpenGear OBM, and Bomgar remote client access.
• Familiarity with Forescout, Infoblox and ZPE OBM is a plus

• Excellent ownership of the work from start to finish
• Excellent attention to detail
• Able to methodically manage and organize instruction, projects and deployments
• Great attitude with a team work ethic!
• Embody our values to own safety, do the right thing, be kind-hearted, deliver performance, and be remarkable

• ZPE
  1. OOB modems
  2. OBM
• Juniper
  1. Switches: EX2300, EX3400, EX4100, EX4400
  2. WAP: Mist
• Cisco
  1. Switches: 2960x, 9200, 9300
  2. WAP: 9124, 9120, 9124, etc
• Fortinet/Fortigate
  1. Firewalls: 80F, 100F, 400F, 81F
  2. Modem: FortiExtender
• Cradlepoint
  1. Modem: W1850, E300, E3000, legacy

• Solarwinds
• Cisco WLC
• Infoblox
• Fortimanager
• SecureCRT
• Forescout
• Ivanti
• TACACS+

Hermeus is a venture capital-backed aerospace and defense technology company. The business is focused on building high-speed products that sustainably deliver asymmetric advantage to the Department of Defense and allied partners. Utilizing an iterative development approach to aircraft, Hermeus' high-Mach and hypersonic aircraft aim to deliver capabilities at a pace not seen in the U.S. since the 1950s.

This role sits at the intersection of engineering design, manufacturing, integration and test for flight vehicles. You'll be embedded with design and production teams, owning everything from hardware design, tooling, testing and flight readiness to process development and vehicle assembly. We are hiring entry-level through senior-level.

Responsibilities

• Lead detailed project planning and drive hardware delivery on aggressive timelines.
• Collaborate directly with high level design concepts turning them into detailed designs including final geometry, material selection and DFM.
• Drive the transition from prototype to production for complex aerospace assemblies.
• Ruthlessly question process complexity-delete parts, eliminate waste, simplify flow.
• Design and implement full-stack build processes-factory layout, tooling, test flow, and vehicle integration.
• Develop and run test procedures for flight hardware.
• Serve as a force multiplier across production, test, and design teams.

• Strong engineering first principles.
• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, aerospace, manufacturing, or related engineering field.
• Hands-on experience with physical hardware (internships, labs, project teams all count).
• Proven ability to design, build, break, and iterate quickly.
• Comfort with CAD, test equipment, hand tools.
• Familiarity with manufacturing processes (machining, welding, forming, etc.) and GD&T fundamentals.

• Designed and released flight hardware.
• Familiarity with Siemens Teamcenter and NX.
• Leadership experience on project teams or in mentorship roles.
• You've built something that's flown, broken, or both.
• Experience standing up production lines or test infrastructure in a fast-paced environment.

• Must be available to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed to support critical milestones.
• Must be willing to travel to test sites, other Hermeus offices, and partner locations as needed (up to 25% travel)
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The Advanced Manufacturing Company of America ("Amca") is a legacy business, built for the future. We're putting engineers back in charge of aerospace and defense and rapidly delivering what the industry needs next.

Overview:

You will take new product designs and bring them to life. You will concurrently design Amca products and manufacturing processes with the Design and Test Engineering teams. You'll provide engineering knowledge to quickly execute new product designs and manufacture them at our production facilities to expand Amca's product catalog.

Responsibilities:

• Own prototyping and first builds of new hardware designs

• Work with Design Engineering teams to understand end-use applications and challenge requirements as needed

• Take full ownership of manufacturing and build of new product designs

• Prototype new components with manufacturability, integration, and performance as core constraints

• Work with Test Engineering teams to assist in creating any test tooling needed

• Work closely with Design Engineers to ensure that new designs are manufacturable at production facilities, and that DFM feedback is implemented

• Manage tooling configurations (drawing revisions, BOM structure, and part configuration) in accordance with aerospace standards and internal design and documentation controls

• Provide continuous feedback to Amca engineering teams to ensure that are products and processes fully optimized for reliability and cost

• Support build and manufacturing processes in our internal shops

• Assist with equipment selection and equipment onboarding

• Own manufacturing processes as the subject matter expert

• Support Amca with subsidiary diligence and company development

• Evaluate product catalogs to help determine where the largest opportunities lie for catalog expansion

• Assist in the evaluation of subsidiary design and manufacturing engineering

• Work with cross functional engineering teams to expand manufacturing capabilities

• Exceptionally curious and fast learner.

• Able to contribute across diverse part categories and manufacturing processes.

• Demonstrated ability to use engineering first principles to challenge and simplify requirements.

• Hands-on and practical - comfortable building, testing, and troubleshooting in real-world environments.

• Independent and creative; thrives with ownership and minimal oversight.

• Experience with mechanical design as well as manufacturing processes, applying first-principles thinking to structural, thermal, material and production constraints.

• Proficient in CAD, PLM/PDM systems, geometric dimensioning and tolerancing (GD&T) and Materials & Processing (M&P).