About the role
We’re a fast growing manufacturing startup (30%+ MoM growth) working with top aerospace and defense teams, and we’re hiring a mechanical engineer to help scale how complex parts go from CAD to reality.
This is a highly technical, hands-on role. In a normal day, you’ll
- Read and interpret 2D drawings and CAD
- Identify manufacturing risks before parts ever get to a supplier
- Match parts to the right supplier and process using tons of real data
- Work directly with customer and manufacturers to resolve issues
- Run supplier operations from RFQ to quote to production management to delivery
- Help turn human engineering judgment (aka all of the above) into reliable, automated software systems
What you’ll work on
You’ll operate across engineering, operations, and product, and help build out internal processes and tools from scratch. This isn’t a typical CAD-only mechanical design role. You’ll wear hardware engineering, software engineering, and supply chain hats as needed.
Core Responsibilities
- Evaluate parts for manufacturability
- Read and interpret 2D drawings and 3D CAD to understand customer requirements (GD&T, material, finish, setup, etc.)
- Flag manufacturing risks early (need to elaborate more here)
- Supplier matching and qualification
- Match customer requirements to suppliers in the Vendra network based on capabilities, real-time capacity, and past experience
- Help qualify new suppliers and processes (what they can build well, not just what they claim)
- Build structure around capturing supplier experience (past performance, on-time-delivery, etc.) and feed it into our matching systems
