Senior Training Specialist — Aerospace & Defense Manufacturing

Karman Space & Defense; Corona (CA); On-site; USD 106,000 - 158,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Health Savings Account (HSA) with com‑

Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

Company-paid life and AD&D insurance

Short- and long-term disability

Job summary

Karman Space & Defense is seeking a Senior Training Specialist to design, develop, and deliver technical training programs for manufacturing and support staff in Corona, CA. The role partners with Engineering, Quality, EHS and Operations to translate requirements into effective learning experiences and maintain audit-ready records.

You will create lesson plans, onboarding and recurrent training, and assessments, ensuring proficiency through observations and demonstrations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience required.
• 5+ years of technical or manufacturing training experience.
• Experience developing training materials and delivering instruction.
• Strong written and verbal communication and documentation skills.

Responsibilities

• Develops and delivers instructor-led, hands-on, digital, and on-the-job training for manufacturing and support employees.
• Creates lesson plans, job aids, qualification checklists, assessments, and training materials aligned with controlled procedures.
• Coordinates onboarding, recurrent training, cross-training, and qualification activities with supervisors and functional leaders.
• Maintains training matrices, completion records, qualification statuses, and certification documentation.
• Evaluates employee proficiency through observations, knowledge checks, practical demonstrations, and documented assessment criteria.
• Partners with Engineering, Quality, Environmental Health and Safety (EHS), and Operations subject-matter experts to maintain accurate and current training content.
• Identifies skill gaps using quality, safety, productivity, and supervisor feedback and recommends training interventions.
• Supports train-the-trainer initiatives and on-the-job trainer development.
• Prepares training records and documentation for internal, customer, and quality-system audits.
• Supports new-product introductions, production ramps, process changes, and corrective actions through timely training execution.

Skills

Communication

Facilitation

Documentation

Organization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Education, Training and Development, Engineering, Operations, or related field

Tools

MS Office

Learning Management Systems

Training records management

Job description

Karman Space & Defense is seeking a Senior Training Specialist to design, develop, and deliver technical training programs for manufacturing and support staff in Corona, CA. The role partners with Engineering, Quality, EHS and Operations to translate requirements into effective learning experiences and maintain audit-ready records.

You will create lesson plans, onboarding and recurrent training, and assessments, ensuring proficiency through observations and demonstrations.