Job Description
The role involves leading manufacturing engineering and factory operations for satellite production, overseeing process development, continuous improvement projects, and team management to ensure efficient, high-quality manufacturing of space hardware.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the NPI build process, manufacturing engineering, and factory operations.
- Manage continuous improvement projects, new product launches, and manufacturing support.
- Design, implement, and optimize manufacturing processes, equipment, and factory layout.
- Oversee production line operation, quality assurance, and vendor qualification.
- Manage production costs, schedules, and resource planning.
- Train and guide technicians and engineers, and supervise production staffing.
Requirements
- 8 years of technical hands-on work experience building and growing production teams for scale, quality management, insource outsource strategy, manufacturing throughput and capacity analysis.
- 6 years of supervisory leadership experience managing technicians and junior engineers, with the ability to multitask several projects.
- An advanced degree in a relevant field.
- Experience with manufacturing engineering, process engineering, product design, and extensive New Product Introduction (NPI).
- Experience with complete end-to-end manufacturing documentation, process development, and analysis with deep understanding.
- Ability to provide Design for Manufacturing (DFM) and Design for Excellence (DFx) guidelines to cross-functional teams and ensure manufacturability across the supply chain, partners, and Contract Manufacturers (CMs).
- Professional experience in owned factory operations.
- Experience in the design and selection of production processes, equipment, and consumables.
- Experience with predictive software design packages and 6-Sigma certifications.
- Experience with Superior Project Timeline Consumer Electronics Integrated Project Management adherence.
- Knowledge of PPAP (Production Part Approval Process), Process Capability, GR&R (Gage Repeatability and Reproducibility), PMP (Project Management Professional), basic GD&T (Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing), basic cost estimation management, and process control plans.
- Ability to communicate clearly and advocate effectively.
- Compliance with labor practices and understanding of Cost of Goods Sold (CoGS).
- The position requires access to U.S. and German EU export-controlled information, and the candidate must be able to access all applicable export-controlled information without additional export licensing being required by German, EU, or U.S. authorities.
Benefits & Perks
Paid time off including vacation, holidays and company-wide days off
Employee Wellness Program
Home Office Reimbursement
Monthly Phone and Internet Reimbursement
Tuition Reimbursement and access to LinkedIn Learning
Equity
Volunteering Paid Time Off
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