Senior Structural Assembly Manufacturing Engineer

About this role

About Electra Air travel is about to become something more: more direct, more accessible, and more connected to the places where people live, work and want to be. Every day in the U.S., people make 35 million trips of 50–500 miles, stuck in traffic or routed through crowded hubs. Chances are, you've been one of them. At Electra, we're changing that with the EL9, a nine-passenger, hybrid-electric aircraft that takes off and lands in just 150 feet.

Our Ultra Short technology opens up thousands of new places to fly, beyond conventional runways, congested airports and long drives. We're backed by Lockheed Martin, Honeywell and Safran. Operators worldwide have signed intent-to-purchase agreements for the first 2,200 aircraft we produce, and we're moving toward first test flights in 2027. Getting a new kind of aircraft airborne takes more than ambition. It takes our kind of bold: people who think big while working in the real world.

Who move ideas into action and collaborate without silos. Who put people first and make room at the table for everyone. Who challenge one another without diminishing one another. Sound like you? Then look beyond what you thought were your own limits, and help us take flight beyond runways. The Role As Electra's Senior Structural Assembly Manufacturing Engineer, you'll play a key role in developing and industrializing the structural assembly processes for the EL9 aircraft, working from early product development through prototype build, production implementation, and ramp-up.

You'll work closely with Product Engineering during aircraft development to ensure structural designs incorporate Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) principles and can be efficiently, repeatably, and reliably produced. You'll bring a hands-on manufacturing perspective to structural design decisions, evaluating assembly sequence, tolerance management, access, tooling, fastening and joining methods, inspection requirements, producibility, and production risk.

As the EL9 transitions from design into physical hardware, you'll help translate released engineering into executable manufacturing processes and support prototype and initial aircraft builds. You'll work closely with airframe manufacturing suppliers, providing on-site Manufacturing Engineering oversight and liaison support as needed to ensure proper information flow, resolve technical and quality issues, support the incorporation of product changes and support supply chain on contract management.