Production Manager, Machining & Fabrication
Core
Lead the machine shop, development fabrication shop, precision inspection, and spacecraft paint teams to deliver flight parts, prototypes, tooling, and GSE for high-power satellite platforms.
Role type
Senior IC production manager (machining & fabrication)
Builds
Flight parts, prototype hardware, tooling, fixtures, and GSE for K2 satellites
Domain
Aerospace / Satellite manufacturing
Required skills
People leadership in machining/fabrication, hands-on machining/fabrication experience, leading multiple work centers, constraint removal, capital investment decisions, shop layout, capacity modeling, AS9100 quality systems, CMM/inspection, MES/ERP systems
Preferred skills
Leading from the floor, CNC machining, GD&T, conflict resolution, fast decision-making with incomplete information
Technologies
CNC, CMM, MES, ERP
Responsibilities
Manage and develop specialized work centers (machine shop, fabrication, inspection, paint), ensure safety and quality standards, manage schedule and delivery of precision parts and assemblies, set daily priorities for engineering changes, identify and remove production constraints, drive capability expansion and equipment selection, support buildout of new manufacturing areas, establish throughput and quality metrics, serve as site lead for facilities coordination
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
