Chief, Avionics Manufacturing & Production Strategy

InvestedintheMission; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 223,000 - 335,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous PTO

Sick leave

Parental leave

Learning stipend

Equity

Job summary

Relativity Space seeks a senior leader to own avionics manufacturing strategy across the Terran R program. You will build and lead an organization of manufacturing leaders and partner with executive teams to ensure capacity, readiness, and risk are aligned with program goals.

You’ll translate factory realities into forward-looking narratives for company-level decisions, guiding multi-year planning and cross-functional collaboration across engineering, supply chain, quality, and program

Qualifications

• 5+ years in progressive leadership roles leading manufacturing leaders/managers
• Proven track record owning complex electro-mechanical manufacturing and test operations
• Experience scaling a manufacturing org through volume ramp from development to high-rate production
• Ability to translate factory data into risk, timeline confidence, and resource recommendations
• Experience with PCBAs, wire harnesses, and integrated avionics units

Responsibilities

• Set multi-year strategy for avionics manufacturing in partnership with executives
• Build and lead a multi-layered organization of manufacturing leaders
• Own end-to-end manufacturing and test roadmap for avionics hardware
• Drive transition from development to high-rate production, improving yield and cycle time
• Align design, test, systems, and supply chain to ensure manufacturability and testability
• Champion automation and lean practices to improve throughput and traceability

Skills

Manufacturing leadership

Electro-mechanical manufacturing

Strategic planning

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Aerospace, or Manufacturing Engineering

Tools

Automation tools

Lean manufacturing

Production tooling

Job description

Relativity Space seeks a senior leader to own avionics manufacturing strategy across the Terran R program. You will build and lead an organization of manufacturing leaders and partner with executive teams to ensure capacity, readiness, and risk are aligned with program goals.

You’ll translate factory realities into forward-looking narratives for company-level decisions, guiding multi-year planning and cross-functional collaboration across engineering, supply chain, quality, and program