Manufacturing Director

Impulse Space; Redondo Beach (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical coverage

Vision and dental coverage

401(k) plan

Job summary

Impulse Space in Redondo Beach is seeking a Manufacturing Director to hire, lead, and mentor manufacturing engineers, technicians, and leaders responsible for hardware builds of Impulse’s vehicles. You’ll oversee mechanical assembly, composites, welding, tubes, and vehicle integration, working with design and quality teams to deliver reliable production.

The role requires 10+ years of hands-on manufacturing and 5+ years of leadership, with a Bachelor's in mechanical or aerospace engineering.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering or related field.
• 10+ years of hands-on manufacturing experience.
• 5+ years of leading high-performing teams.
• Ability to thrive in an ambiguous environment.
• Ability to work with cross-functional departments.

Responsibilities

• Grow team of engineers and technicians to support new programs and processes.
• Mature programs by KPI development, training, and reliability initiatives.
• Collaborate with design and quality to ensure manufacturability.
• Set daily and weekly production targets with metrics.
• Establish high technical standards through specs and training.
• Drive expansion of capabilities and capacity on the shop floor.
• Work with supply chain on make-vs-buy decisions and vendor sourcing.
• Mentor leaders to establish defense lines and succession plans.

Skills

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic thinking

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in mechanical or aerospace engineering

Job description

Department: Manufacturing

Location: Redondo Beach

Compensation: $200,000 - $230,000 / year

Description

As a Manufacturing Director at Impulse, you will hire, manage, and mentor manufacturing engineers, technicians, and leaders to support hardware builds for Impulse’s vehicles. You will support activities ranging from mechanical assembly, composites, mechanisms, welding, tubes, and/or vehicle integration. You will work directly with leaders and individual contributors in other disciplines. This is an opportunity to contribute to all aspects of vehicle development.

Responsibilities

• Grow team of engineers and technicians to support new programs, products and processes (e.g. components, thrust chambers, turbopumps, tanks, harnessing, tubing, welding, etc.)
• Mature existing programs for the business by developing KPI’s, developing training requirements, and driving hardware reliability initiatives
• Collaborate with design engineers and quality teams to ensure manufacturability, DFM compliance, and long-term reliability
• Set daily and weekly production targets, backed by performance metrics
• Establish and maintain high technical standards through specifications and training
• Drive the expansion of capabilities and capacity on the shop floor
• Work hand in hand with supply chain to determine make vs. buy decisions and drive new capabilities internally or offload commodities to external vendors
• Mentor and develop levels of leadership across the organization (leads, supervisors, managers) to establish lines of defense, and succession plans for the business

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors' degree in mechanical, aerospace engineering or related field
• 10+ years' of demonstrated hands-on manufacturing
• 5+ years' of leading high-performing teams
• Demonstrated ability to thrive within an ambiguous environment
• Demonstrated ability to work with cross-functional departments

Preferred Skills And Experience

• 12+ years' of hands-on engineering within an aerospace environment
• 8+ years' of hands-on manufacturing experience working on spacecraft, satellites, rockets or related hardware
• Demonstrated ability to hire, train & manage engineering teams
• Demonstrated experience with new product introduction
• Demonstrated experience with setting up new manufacturing processes from scratch

Additional Information

Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan.

Impulse Space’s spacecraft manufacturing business is subject to U.S. export regulations including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and Export Administration Regulations (EAR). This position requires applicants to be either U.S. Persons (i.e., U.S. citizen, U.S. national, lawful permanent U.S. resident (green card holder), an individual granted asylum in the U.S., or an individual admitted in U.S. refugee status) or persons eligible to obtain an export license from the U.S. Departments of State, Commerce, or other applicable U.S. government agencies. Learn more about the ITAR here.

Impulse Space is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with Impulse Space is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.