Senior Propulsion & Fluids Production Engineer (Lead)

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

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health benefits

Dental

Vision

HRA/HSA options

PTO and paid holidays

401K

Parental Leave

Job summary

True Anomaly, Inc. in Long Beach, CA, is seeking a Senior-Lead Fluids and Propulsion Production Engineer to own manufacturing strategy and execution across spacecraft programs.

You will build scalable processes, lead production engineering teams, and collaborate with design engineering to drive manufacturability from concept to high-rate production. You will also oversee vendor management, ensure AS9100 conformance, and support on-site manufacturing with a focus on reliability and cost targets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in aerospace, mechanical, manufacturing, or related technical discipline.
• Experience in manufacturing engineering for aerospace, defense, or high-reliability systems.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills with demonstrated ability to influence design decisions, drive cross-functional alignment, and present technical information to diverse audiences.
• Hands-on experience with propulsion or fluid system component fabrication, assembly, and testing including tube bending, tube routing, welding, brazing, pressure vessel fabrication, valve assembly, structural proof testing, leak testing, and functional testing.
• Experience with PLM, CAD, MES, configuration and data management controls and systems.
• Experience working to AS9100 process and standards.
• Experience building and producing classified hardware in SCIF's or SAP facilities.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of propulsion and fluids production engineers, providing technical guidance, production metrics, skill development, and performance management.
• Own the production engineering strategy and execution for propulsion and fluids components and systems to achieve cost, rate, and quality targets for low and high rate production.
• 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 manufacturing factory capabilities for developmental programs and rate production.
• Develop technical documentation and work instructions for the fabrication, assembly, integration, and test of propulsion and fluids systems, related ground support equipment and tooling.
• Directly support production on the floor to ensure efficient build of propulsion and fluid system hardware, addressing bottlenecks, non-conformances, and troubleshooting technical issues.
• Drive continuous improvements and corrective actions to increase efficiency and reliability by utilizing production metrics.
• Drive engagement with Supply Chain on vendor management, supplier qualification and development, and make/buy strategies.
• Oversee calibration and certification of fluids and propulsion ground support equipment, tooling, and test equipment.

Skills

Strong communication

Leadership

Hands-on propulsion

Manufacturing engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree in aerospace / mechanical / manufacturing

Tools

PLM

CAD

MES

Data management systems

Job description

True Anomaly, Inc. in Long Beach, CA, is seeking a Senior-Lead Fluids and Propulsion Production Engineer to own manufacturing strategy and execution across spacecraft programs.

You will build scalable processes, lead production engineering teams, and collaborate with design engineering to drive manufacturability from concept to high-rate production. You will also oversee vendor management, ensure AS9100 conformance, and support on-site manufacturing with a focus on reliability and cost targets.