Spacecraft Production Control Lead (Equity Eligible)

Telemetry Today LLC; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 135,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

K2 Space seeks a hands-on Manufacturing Production Controller to own and scale the production control function for satellite manufacturing. You will own the master schedule, coordinate work orders, and drive readiness across materials, tooling, and labor while partnering with leadership to deliver on ambitious growth milestones.

The role demands deep experience in high-velocity, complex hardware manufacturing, with a track record of building scheduling models, leading teams, and delivering

Qualifications

• 8+ years in production control, scheduling, or production planning in high-volume aerospace/defense hardware manufacturing.
• 3+ years managing schedulers, planners, or coordinators.
• Experience building or scaling a production control or planning function.
• Experience owning a factory-level production schedule through a rate ramp.
• Deep knowledge of build trees, BOMs, routings, work orders, MRP/ERP and MES data flow.
• Experience building capacity and scheduling models that drive start, staffing, and capex decisions.
• Strong floor-presence partnering with supervisors, engineering, and leadership.

Responsibilities

• Own Production Control operations including scheduling, coordination, work order readiness, and WIP management.
• Grow the Production Control team – hire and develop schedulers and coordinators.
• Own the integrated factory schedule translating milestones into takt, subassembly starts, and prioritized work orders for every work center.
• Develop hardware allocation scenarios balancing customer needs, delivery milestones, and quality requirements.
• Establish manufacturing readiness processes covering material availability, work orders, tooling, labor capacity, and engineering requirements.
• Develop production control systems including automated schedules, capacity, and readiness models integrated across MES, Smartsheet, and internal tools.
• Monitor MRP (SQL-based) and partner with Supply Chain to resolve shortages and align supplier commitments with manufacturing demand.
• Conduct capacity analysis at work center and factory level, propose staffing and capex recommendations.
• Establish and monitor KPIs covering schedule attainment, manufacturing readiness, WIP, production flow, and on-time delivery.
• Lead root-cause and corrective action for schedule slips across assembly and integration.
• Communicate production risks, resource requirements, and recovery plans to the Director of Production and VP of Manufacturing.

Skills

Production control

Scheduling

Team leadership

Factory scheduling

BOM/MRP/MES

Capacity planning

Leadership presence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, operations research, supply chain, or related field

Tools

Smartsheet

SQL

Python

Power BI

Job description

K2 Space seeks a hands-on Manufacturing Production Controller to own and scale the production control function for satellite manufacturing. You will own the master schedule, coordinate work orders, and drive readiness across materials, tooling, and labor while partnering with leadership to deliver on ambitious growth milestones.

The role demands deep experience in high-velocity, complex hardware manufacturing, with a track record of building scheduling models, leading teams, and delivering