Senior Avionics Production Engineer Spacecraft Leader

Trueanomalyinc; Long Beach (CA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

HRA/HSA options

PTO and paid holidays

401K

Parental Leave

Job summary

True Anomaly is seeking a Senior/Staff Avionics Production Engineer to own production engineering strategy and execution 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.

This role requires deep technical expertise, proven leadership in production environments, and the ability to scale systems and teams from

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in manufacturing, industrial, mechanical, electrical, computer engineering or related field.
• Experience in manufacturing engineering for aerospace, defense, or high-reliability systems commensurate with the level of responsibility.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with demonstrated ability to influence design decisions, drive cross‑functional alignment, and present technical information to diverse audiences.
• Experience with PLM, MES, configuration and data management controls and systems.
• Experience working to AS9100 process and standards.
• Experience with working hands‑on hardware and fabrication methods.
• Experience building and producing classified hardware in SCIF’s or SAP facilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of avionics production engineers, providing technical guidance, production metrics, skill development, and performance management.
• Own the production engineering strategy and execution for avionics components and systems to achieve cost, rate, and quality targets.
• Drive technical reviews with design engineering and make critical go/no‑go production engineering decisions to ensure design is manufacturable.
• Own the setup and scaling of spacecraft avionics manufacturing factory capabilities for developmental programs and rate production.
• Develop technical documentation and work instructions for the assembly, integration, and test of avionics subsystems including flight computers, power systems, RF/communications hardware, harnesses, and related ground support equipment and tooling.
• Directly support production on the floor to ensure efficient build of avionics hardware, addressing bottlenecks and non-conformances, and troubleshooting technical issues as needed.
• Drive continuous improvements and corrective actions to increase efficiency and reliability of avionics hardware manufacturing by utilizing production metrics.
• Drive engagement with Supply Chain on vendor management and make/buy strategies
• Oversee calibration and certification of electrical ground support equipment including bench power supplies, oscilloscopes, cable testers, and functional test equipment.

Skills

Leadership

Manufacturing engineering

Cross-functional collaboration

Process optimization

Technical leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering

Tools

PLM

MES

Configuration management

Job description

True Anomaly is seeking a Senior/Staff Avionics Production Engineer to own production engineering strategy and execution 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.

This role requires deep technical expertise, proven leadership in production environments, and the ability to scale systems and teams from