Production Master Scheduler

Astranis; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity options

Company-subsidized healthcare

Flexible PTO

401(K) retirement plan

Free on-site catered meals

Job summary

A leading satellite technology company in San Francisco seeks a Master Scheduler to oversee production schedules for satellite manufacturing. The candidate will manage complex timelines, ensuring efficient resource allocation while working collaboratively with manufacturing and engineering teams. Ideal applicants should have a background in aerospace and experience with project management tools. The role offers a competitive salary and robust benefits, including equity and comprehensive healthcare plans.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or 5+ years in the aerospace industry.
• 2+ years as an integrated master scheduler on medium-to-large projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop detailed resource-loaded schedules for satellite production.
• Work with leadership to create realistic plans.
• Communicate targets and prioritize resources.
• Steer production coordinators for on-time material movement.
• Identify critical path schedule issues and drive solutions.

Skills

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Ability to manage complex schedules

Strong organizational skills

Problem-solving skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or similar technical discipline

5+ years of professional work in the aerospace industry

Tools

Smartsheet

MS Project

SQL

Grafana

Tableau

PowerBI

Job description

Astranis builds advanced satellites for high orbits, expanding humanity’s reach into the solar system. Today, Astranis satellites provide dedicated, secure networks to highly-sophisticated customers across the globe— large enterprises, sovereign governments, and the US military. With five satellites on orbit and many more set to launch soon, the company is servicing a backlog of more than $1 billion of commercial contracts.

Astranis is the preferred satellite communications partner for buyers with stringent requirements for uptime, data security, network visibility, and customization. Astranis has raised over $750 million from some of the world’s best investors, from Andreessen Horowitz to Blackrock and Fidelity, and employs a team of 450 engineers and entrepreneurs. Astranis designs, builds, and operates its satellites out of its 153,000 sq. ft. headquarters in Northern California, USA.

Master Scheduler

The Master Scheduler is the creator and owner of the Astranis production schedule across all programs, and the leader of the Production Control function. You will be responsible for developing and maintaining plans that push the limits of what is possible but are still achievable, gaining buy-in from key stakeholders, and working with company leadership and production resources to execute them.

The ideal candidate must be able to filter a complex schedule of thousands of lines into simple targets that people can understand, navigate under‑constrained problems with large data sets and converge on a path forward, stay aware of the status of many things and spot problems before they occur, and possess excellent verbal and written communication skills. If you are the ultimate organizer, can juggle 10 things at once with ease, walk into a room with many different opinions and out of that room with one clear shared goal, and have a passion for ruthless execution and improvement – this might be the role for you!

Role

• Develop and maintain detailed resource‑loaded schedules for multiple simultaneous satellite production and launch programs, including flight hardware, R&D hardware, tooling, and test equipment.
• Work closely with the production leadership team to develop and execute realistic but aggressive plans, and with the engineering program management team to integrate these schedules into end‑to‑end programmatic schedules.
• Derive and communicate clear targets and priorities for every piece of hardware to the relevant production workcenters, and work with production managers to ensure appropriate allocation of resources, schedule accuracy and on‑time delivery.
• Steer a team of production coordinators in an indirect reporting/matrix org structure to ensure correct prioritization on a daily basis and ensure on‑time material movement through the factory.
• Identify and report on the critical path schedule issues, and work with company leadership and internal partners to drive actions and decisions to enable continued progress.
• Perform quick “what if” schedule modeling and analyses on multiple possible outcomes to help make decisions on emergent risks.
• Create, maintain, and use scheduling processes and tools to identify, analyze, and act on potential constraints on a daily/weekly basis.
• Work with software and procurement teams to implement and maintain a Material Requirements Planning (MRP) system, ensuring data accuracy.
• Constantly communicate schedule status and changes to key stakeholders across the business, in written reports, meetings/presentations, and in automated fashion using dashboards and other tools.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in an engineering or similar technical discipline, or 5+ years of professional work in the aerospace industry.
• 2+ years of professional experience as an integrated master scheduler of medium- to large‑sized (>2000 lines) projects, including creating resource‑loaded schedules.

Bonus

• Experience with Smartsheet or MS Project scheduling software.
• Proficiency in SQL query writing, and ability to create custom dashboards in Grafana/Tableau/PowerBI/etc.
• Experienced in planning and scheduling using ERP/MRP software systems.
• Understanding of the aerospace engineering lifecycle.
• Understanding of spacecraft assembly, integration, and test methods.

What we offer

All our positions offer a compensation package that includes equity and robust benefits. Base pay is a single component of Astranis's total rewards package, which may also include equity in the form of incentive stock options, high quality company‑subsidized healthcare, disability and life insurance benefits, flexible PTO, 401(K) retirement, and free on‑site catered meals.

Astranis pay ranges are informed and defined through professional‑grade salary surveys and compensation data sources. The actual base salary offered to a successful candidate will additionally be influenced by a variety of factors including experience, credentials & certifications, educational attainment, skill level requirements, and the level and scope of the position.

Base Salary

150,000 — 180,000 USD

U.S. Citizenship, Lawful Permanent Residency, or Refugee/Asylee Status Required

(To comply with U.S. Government space technology export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the United States, or other protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3))

Our mission and our products are meant to connect the world and everyone in it, regardless of gender, race, creed, or any other distinction. We believe in a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we encourage all people to join our team and bring their unique perspective to help make us stronger.