Jobs at Kaney Aerospace, Inc.

Lead design and validation of precision ball screw mechanisms across industries. Own architecture, materials, FEA/CAE, failure analysis, testing strategy, manufacturability, and compliance while mentoring teams and interfacing with customers and manufacturing.

Directs company-wide quality systems to maintain ISO 9001 and AS9100 certification, ensure customer and regulatory compliance, and drive continuous improvement. Oversees audits, corrective actions, document control, gauge calibration, supplier evaluations, quality planning, customer complaints, and manufacturing process improvements. Partners with engineering, manufacturing, suppliers, and customers on quality issues, cost reduction, new products, and process changes.

Design and deliver fractional-horsepower motors and motor-drive electronics for aerospace actuators. Develop motor models, mixed-signal schematics, real-time firmware, and control algorithms. Lead testing, HIL, qualification, and ensure compliance with aerospace standards (DO-160, DO-254, ARP4754). Support integration, safety analyses, and production readiness.

Manage assigned Aerospace & Defense accounts to grow sales of fiber optic gyro products through relationship building, prospecting, proposal writing, contract management, cross-functional collaboration, forecasting, and frequent travel. Develop sales plans, support technical/customer discussions, train representatives, and maintain CRM records to meet tactical and strategic quotas.

Design and develop high-reliability mixed-signal electronic hardware for aerospace electromechanical actuation systems. Responsibilities include analog/digital schematics, PCB layout and release, component selection, circuit analysis, EMC/environmental compliance (DO-160/DO-254), verification and validation (bench, environmental, HIL), troubleshooting, certification support, and maintaining technical documentation.

Serve as primary quality contact for assigned programs/customers, investigate and resolve customer quality concerns, develop and track corrective actions, perform audits, manage supplier quality, prepare PPAP/MSA documentation, and support continuous improvement and compliance to quality standards.

Support and improve manufacturing processes for existing and new products using lean principles. Develop methods, tooling, process documentation, time standards, cost estimates, and capital justifications. Maintain routings and work orders, mentor shop-floor personnel, coordinate with vendors and management, and support Safety, Quality, Cost, and Delivery continuous improvement.

Lead mechanical design, analysis, and testing of electromechanical actuators. Perform trade studies, FEA and hand calculations, CAD modeling, tolerance analyses, testing, root-cause investigations, and IPT leadership while mentoring junior engineers and ensuring manufacturability, reliability, and compliance.

Supports manufacturing flow by monitoring schedules, expediting jobs, staging materials, updating ERP, coordinating across Production, Quality, and Shipping, assisting inventory counts, operating material handling equipment, and supporting continuous improvement and production documentation.

Design and validate precision ball screw assemblies: create CAD models and drawings, perform engineering calculations and FEA, support prototyping and testing, investigate failures, and collaborate with manufacturing to improve producibility and performance.

Perform precision dimensional inspections and in-machine measurements of aerospace ball screws and components, develop inspection and FAI documentation, validate machining processes and Cp/Cpk, lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions, ensure AS9100/AS9102 compliance, and support supplier and manufacturing quality activities.

Set up, program, and operate cylindrical, centerless, thread, and surface grinders to produce high-precision ball screw components. Develop and optimize grinding processes, select wheels and dressing parameters, compensate for heat-treat and prior machining effects, perform dimensional and surface inspections, troubleshoot defects, document setups, and mentor junior machinists while ensuring quality and safety.