Senior Space Manufacturing Architect & Strategy Lead

Parallax Space, Inc.; Redondo Beach (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Parallax Space is seeking a Senior Production Systems & Manufacturing Engineer to architect how Parallax builds space vehicles at scale. You will own the long-range manufacturing strategy, production plans, and factory architecture to move from low-rate builds to high-rate production.

This is the company’s senior manufacturing technical authority on production systems, factory design, and capital investments, bringing Lean, digital factory, and cross-industry best practices to space hardware.

Qualifications

• 15+ years of manufacturing or production engineering in complex hardware.
• Architected and launched at least one large-scale production system.
• Deep expertise in factory layout, flow, takt modeling, and ramp planning.
• CapEx business case creation and automation/make/buy decisions.
• Lean manufacturing, DFMA, process control, and quality systems.
• Experience defining MES/ERP/MRP/PLM or similar digital production systems.
• Senior technical authority with influence on executives and mentoring engineers.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance; must be a U.S. person for ITAR/EAR.

Responsibilities

• Architect Parallax’s large-scale SV manufacturing strategy and capacity planning.
• Define multi-year production roadmap with rate targets and readiness gates.
• Build models for capacity, takt, cycle time, staffing, WIP, and cost-per-unit.
• Set make/buy strategy for key assemblies with engineering and supply chain.
• Develop business cases for major investments (CapEx, ROI, risk).
• Lead factory layout and integration planning from concept to commissioning.
• Lead digital factory architecture including MES/ERP/MRP/PLM and real-time data.

Skills

Systems Thinking

Strategic Vision

Technical Authority

Data-Driven Decisions

Builder Mentality

Cross-Industry Perspective

Executive Influence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing, Industrial, Mechanical, Aerospace, or Electrical Engineering

Master’s degree or PhD in engineering (preferred)

Tools

Siemens Tecnomatix/Plant Simulation

DELMIA

FlexSim

AutoCAD

Job description

Parallax Space is seeking a Senior Production Systems & Manufacturing Engineer to architect how Parallax builds space vehicles at scale. You will own the long-range manufacturing strategy, production plans, and factory architecture to move from low-rate builds to high-rate production.

This is the company’s senior manufacturing technical authority on production systems, factory design, and capital investments, bringing Lean, digital factory, and cross-industry best practices to space hardware.