Senior Spacecraft Manufacturing Lead - VLEO Hardware

Telemetry Today LLC; Broomfield (CO); On-site; USD 169,000 - 193,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Parental leave

Vacation & sick time

Company holidays

Wellness benefit

Relocation package

Job summary

Albedo in Broomfield, CO is seeking a senior manufacturing engineer to own spacecraft manufacturing processes and drive repeatable, scalable production of buses and payloads for VLEO missions.

You will lead process development, tooling, and production readiness, partnering with design engineering to improve manufacturability and resolve complex challenges in a fast-paced, on-site environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial, Aerospace Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• Demonstrated leadership in manufacturing initiatives and process improvement to boost quality, efficiency, and scalability.
• Hands-on experience with precision mechanical assembly, electromechanical integration, and manufacturing techniques (fastening, bonding, harnessing).
• Experience transitioning hardware from prototype to repeatable production.
• Strong understanding of DFM/DFA, tooling development, process controls, and continuous improvement.
• Familiarity with CAD, PLM, MES, and configuration management systems.
• Ability to define technical direction and drive complex, cross-functional projects.
• Ability to mentor engineers and technicians and build cross-team consensus.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced, hands-on environment balancing near-term execution with strategy.

Responsibilities

• Serve as technical authority for spacecraft manufacturing; establish processes, standards, and best practices across buses, payloads, and hardware.
• Lead the development and execution of manufacturing engineering strategies, including process development and production readiness.
• Collaborate with design engineering to influence hardware designs and improve manufacturability.
• Lead new product introduction (NPI) to transition hardware from engineering to production.
• Troubleshoot build issues with production technicians and drive corrective actions.
• Establish and improve manufacturing systems, including mBOMs and digital traceability in MES.
• Identify opportunities to improve quality, efficiency, cost, and scalability; balance short- and long-term needs.
• Define capabilities, equipment, tooling, and infrastructure for growing production demands.
• Provide technical leadership and mentorship across engineering and production.

Skills

Manufacturing engineering

Manufacturing leadership

Precision assembly

Production transfer

DFM/DFA

CAD/PLM/MES

Technical leadership

Mentoring

Hands-on

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Manufacturing/Industrial/Aerospace Engineering

Tools

CAD

PLM

MES

Configuration management

Job description

Albedo in Broomfield, CO is seeking a senior manufacturing engineer to own spacecraft manufacturing processes and drive repeatable, scalable production of buses and payloads for VLEO missions.

You will lead process development, tooling, and production readiness, partnering with design engineering to improve manufacturability and resolve complex challenges in a fast-paced, on-site environment.