Senior Avionics Manufacturing Lead

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

PTO & holidays

401(k)

Parental leave

HSA options

Job summary

True Anomaly in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Senior/Lead Avionics Production Engineer to own production engineering strategy for avionics hardware across 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.

Level and compensation will be determined by experience and scope.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in manufacturing, industrial, mechanical, electrical, computer engineering or related field.
• Experience in aerospace, defense, or high-reliability manufacturing.
• Strong communication and collaboration across functions.
• Experience with PLM/MES and data controls.
• AS9100 experience and quality systems.
• Hands-on hardware fabrication experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead avionics production engineers and manage performance.
• Own production engineering strategy and execution for avionics components.
• Drive design-for-manufacturability through technical reviews.
• Set up scaling of spacecraft avionics manufacturing for developmental and rate production.
• Develop documentation and work instructions for assembly, integration, and test.
• Provide on-floor support to address bottlenecks and issues.
• Drive continuous improvements using production metrics.
• Collaborate with Supply Chain on vendor and make/buy decisions.
• Oversee calibration and certification of ground support equipment.

Skills

Communication skills

Cross-functional influence

PLM experience

MES experience

AS9100 experience

Hands-on hardware

Hardware integration

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

PLM systems

MES systems

Data management

Job description

True Anomaly in Long Beach, CA is seeking a Senior/Lead Avionics Production Engineer to own production engineering strategy for avionics hardware across 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.

Level and compensation will be determined by experience and scope.