Lead, Development Planning, Production

Trueanomalyinc; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health

Dental

Vision

PTO & holidays

401K

Parental Leave

Job summary

True Anomaly, Long Beach, CA, seeks a technical heavyweight to shape the physical backbone of our production facilities. You will act as a force multiplier for the Production Engineering team, guiding smarter infrastructure and layout decisions to gain flexibility, cost savings, and speed.

You will align internal and external stakeholders, plan for long horizons, and ensure designs support growth while maintaining safety and quality across sites. Accountability extends to vendors and teams alike.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in manufacturing or critical infrastructure design.
• Degree in architecture, engineering, or construction.
• Deep technical fluency in production line design, infrastructure requirements, and manufacturing facility build-out.
• Proven ability to navigate ambiguity and drive progress with incomplete information.
• Experience with long-term master planning and managing long-lead requirements.
• Proven ability to evaluate and rethink layouts against long-term operational objectives.
• Track record of driving cost, flexibility, throughput, and speed gains through smart layout and engineering decisions.
• Demonstrated ability to hold external vendors and cross-functional partners accountable to data and deliverables.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and govern facility standards across multiple sites.
• Experience partnering closely with manufacturing or production engineering teams.
• Experience scaling production facilities in a high-growth environment.
• Ability to own projects from concept through commissioning.

Responsibilities

• Lead the strategic design and build-out of the facilities components of the manufacturing/production pipeline.
• Navigate ambiguity by partnering with internal and external stakeholders to drive progress even when inputs are incomplete.
• Support long-term master planning to determine where programs are best located and ahead of long-lead requirements.
• Challenge and pressure-test layouts against long-term objectives to serve future production needs.
• Drive the manufacturing engineering team toward layout and engineering decisions that maximize flexibility, cost savings, throughput, and speed.
• Hold external vendors and internal cross-functional partners accountable to data and deliverables.
• Develop, implement, and govern production facility standards across sites for consistency and scalability.
• Design and deliver production environments prioritizing growth, safety, and productivity.
• Own the facilities scope of line build-out from concept through commissioning.

Skills

Production line design

Infrastructure requirements

Facility build-out

Ambiguity navigation

Master planning

Vendor management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in Architecture/Engineering/Construction

Job description

Space is a warfighting domain. True Anomaly seeks those with the talent and ambition to build the technology that secures it.

OUR MISSION

True Anomaly delivers decisive capabilities for space superiority. We build autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors — enabling the U.S. and its Allies to secure the space environment and counter threats from the ultimate high ground.

OUR VALUES

• Be the offset.We create asymmetric advantages with creativity and ingenuity.
• What would it take?We challenge assumptions to deliver ambitious results.
• It’s the people.Our team is our competitive advantage and we are better together.

YOUR MISSION

We are looking for a technical heavyweight to shape the physical backbone of how we build our products. You think in systems, not just rooms — when you look at a line layout, you don't just ask whether it works today, you ask whether it serves where we're headed. You'll be the forcemultiplier for our Production Engineering team, pushing toward smarter, leaner infrastructure and layout decisions that buy us flexibility, cost savings, and speed. You thrive in ambiguity: you rarely get every input upfront, but you know how to work internal and external stakeholders tokeep progress moving despite the gaps. You think in long horizons too — master planning where engineering programs are best suited to live, and getting ahead of long-lead requirements before they become bottlenecks. And you hold people accountable — external vendors and internalpartners alike — to deliver the data and rigor that every program request demands.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Lead the strategic design and build-out of the facilities components of the manufacturing/production pipeline, working hand-in-hand with Production Engineering to determine infrastructure requirements and line design. Navigate ambiguity by partnering with internal and external stakeholders to drive progress even when design inputs are incomplete. Support long-term master planning to determine where engineering programs are best located, getting ahead of long-lead requirements before they constrain the schedule. Challenge and pressure-test layouts against long-term objectives, ensuring programming and design serve where production is headed — not just where it is today. Drive the manufacturing engineering team toward layout and engineering decisions that maximize flexibility, cost savings, throughput, and speed. Hold external vendors — like architects, engineers, contractors — and internal cross-functional partners accountable to providing the data needed to support program requests. Develop, implement, and govern production facility standards that ensure consistency, scalability, throughput, and quality across all sites. Design and deliver production environments that prioritize growth strategy, worker safety, and productivity across all spaces. Own the facilities scope of line build-out projects from concept through commissioning.

QUALIFICATIONS

• 10+ years of experience in manufacturing or critical infrastructure design
• Degree in architecture, engineering, or construction
• Deep technical fluency in production line design, infrastructure requirements, andmanufacturing facility build-out
• Proven ability to navigate ambiguity and drive progress with incomplete information
• Experience with long-term master planning and managing long-lead requirements
• Proven ability to evaluate and rethink layouts against long-term operational objectives
• Track record of driving cost, flexibility, throughput, and speed gains through smart layoutand engineering decisions
• Demonstrated ability to hold external vendors and cross-functional partners accountableto data and deliverables
• Demonstrated ability to develop and govern facility standards across multiple sites
• Experience partnering closely with manufacturing or production engineering teams
• Experience scaling production facilities in a high-growth environment
• Ability to own projects from concept through commissioning

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

• Experience designing or delivering secure production environments
• Professional licensure (e.g., PE, RA)

COMPENSATION

• Base Salary: $150,000 - $240,000

• Equity + Benefits including Health, Dental, Vision, HRA/HSA options, PTO and paid holidays, 401K, Parental Leave

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, location, and experience.

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• Work Location — Successful candidates will be located near Long Beach, CA.

To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.

True Anomaly is committed to equal employment opportunity on any basis protected by applicable state and federal laws. If you have a disability or additional need that requires accommodation, please do not hesitate to let us.