Lead Spacecraft Mechanical Production Engineer

True Anomaly; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 175,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401K

PTO and paid holidays

Parental Leave

Equity

Job summary

True Anomaly is seeking a Senior/Lead Spacecraft Mechanical Production Engineer to own production engineering strategy and execution for mechanical structures and mechanisms across multiple spacecraft programs. You will build scalable manufacturing processes, lead production engineering teams, and partner with design engineering to drive manufacturability from concept through high‑rate production.

Located near Long Beach, CA, this hybrid role requires hands‑on leadership, AS9100 experience, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in mechanical, manufacturing, or aerospace engineering.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, or high-reliability manufacturing.
• Strong communication and collaboration to influence design decisions.
• Experience with PLM, MES, configuration and data management controls and systems.
• Experience working to AS9100 process and standards.
• Hands-on experience with mechanical fabrication, assembly, and testing (drilling, fastening, bonding, CNC, welding, additive, surface treatment).
• Experience building and producing classified hardware in SCIFs or SAP facilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of spacecraft mechanical production engineers, providing technical guidance, production metrics, skill development, and performance management.
• Own the production engineering strategy and execution for mechanical structures and mechanism systems to achieve cost, rate, and quality targets for low and high‑rate production.
• Drive technical reviews with design engineering and ensure manufacturability.
• Set up and scale manufacturing capabilities for developmental programs and rate production.
• Develop documentation and work instructions for assembly, integration, and test of structures and mechanisms.
• Support production on the floor to address bottlenecks, non‑conformances, and issues.
• Drive continuous improvements and corrective actions using production metrics.
• Engage with Supply Chain on vendor qualification, supplier development, and make/buy decisions.
• Oversee calibration and certification of ground support equipment.

Skills

Communication

Collaboration

Cross-functional alignment

Presenting technical information

Education

Bachelor's degree in mechanical, manufacturing, or aerospace engineering

Tools

PLM

MES

Configuration management

Job description

True Anomaly is seeking a Senior/Lead Spacecraft Mechanical Production Engineer to own production engineering strategy and execution for mechanical structures and mechanisms across multiple spacecraft programs. You will build scalable manufacturing processes, lead production engineering teams, and partner with design engineering to drive manufacturability from concept through high‑rate production.

Located near Long Beach, CA, this hybrid role requires hands‑on leadership, AS9100 experience, and