NWI Aerostructures Tech Stack
Aerospace wing structures and assemblies—machining, forming, and integrated assembly
NWI Aerostructures manufactures complex machined components and wing-structure assemblies for OEMs, operating dual facilities in Kansas and Tennessee with a manufacturing-heavy workforce focused on high-speed and long-part machining, autoclave forming, and automated fastening. The tech stack is deeply operational—Epicor ERP, Mastercam, CATIA, Vericut, and custom CNC/PLC environments—reflecting a business that has built product-focused logistics and quality systems rather than software infrastructure; active hiring leans heavily toward manufacturing (28 roles) with sparse engineering support, while projects center on NPI launches, process stability, and compliance (AS9100/NADCAP), signaling execution pressure on a growing shop floor.
Tech Stack 18 technologies
What NWI Aerostructures Is Building
◆Challenges
- Ensuring compliance with as9100/nadcap
- Reducing defects due to workmanship
- Meeting customer schedule
- Productivity improvement
- Scrap reduction
- Process stability
- Staffing shortage
- Machine downtime due to scheduling issues
- Inventory control to avoid downtime
- Legacy cnc system processes
▲Active Projects
- Program prove-outs and first-article validation
- 5s and fod initiatives
- Npi launches
- Mrb process
- Holding fixture design
- Manufacturing process plan development
- Ncr root cause resolution
- Continuous improvement for productivity and scrap reduction
- Development and integration of new machining techniques and manufacturing methods
- Development of processes and procedures for new machines and products
