Leader of Manufacturing - Avionics & Environmental Test - Millennium Space Systems
About The Position
The Leader of Manufacturing oversees satellite component product assembly, testing, and delivery to satellite integration. The role provides technical and people leadership to Avionics and Electro-Mechanical manufacturing engineers and technicians producing complex satellite electronic assemblies and supporting full-system integration. Internally, the Millennium title is Director of Manufacturing; the internal job code is Engineering Multi-Skill Leader, level L. Reporting to the VP of Manufacturing, the role partners with the Manufacturing leadership team and Boeing Space Mission Systems Operations counterparts to support company mission success. It leads manufacturing personnel and operations, ensures products are made safely and to high quality and service standards, and pursues cost improvements. The position also supports factory build efforts, flight program builds, production scaling and transitions, proposal activity, quality practices, and manufacturing budgets. For avionics, the role oversees integration of avionics suites into satellite chassis, enforces electronics manufacturing and quality standards, scales avionics and electro-mechanical production, manages assembly capacity and throughput, and coordinates with test engineering to integrate functional verification into production. The position is based at a facility requiring special access. Applicants must be U.S. citizens and eligible and willing to obtain and maintain a security clearance; an interim and/or final U.S. Top Secret/SCI clearance is required post-start. The employer will not sponsor employment visas.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or a related field, or equivalent.
- 15 or more years of experience in manufacturing, mechanical, electrical, test engineering, materials and process engineering, or a similar field in aerospace, automotive, or commercial industries.
- Subject matter expertise in at least one of the following: harnessing, printed circuit board assemblies, structural assembly, structural bonding, mechanisms, or composite honeycomb machining.
- High proficiency in MRP/ERP systems.
- Knowledge of satellite manufacturing engineering principles and concepts.
- Experience working with a union-represented workforce.
- Ability to obtain a U.S. security clearance; U.S. citizenship is required by the U.S. Government.
- U.S. Person status as defined by 22 C.F.R. §120.62 is required for export-control compliance.
- Must be willing to apply for and maintain a security clearance; an interim and/or final Top Secret/SCI clearance is required post-start.
- Must satisfy the Company’s Conflict of Interest assessment process.
Nice To Haves
- Active TS/SCI clearance.
- Experience scaling avionics production.
- Experience with box-level assembly, integration, and system test.
- Technical problem-solving skills.
- 10 or more years of industry experience working in satellite manufacturing.
- Demonstrated ability to scale manufacturing rate capability.
Responsibilities
- Lead manufacturing personnel and ensure products are manufactured safely to high quality and service standards while achieving cost improvement goals.
- Monitor Manufacturing and Production health, including capacity, workforce, throughput, and bottlenecks.
- Support factory build efforts, including staffing, satellite production-line planning, and classified and unclassified flight program builds.
- Define and execute continuous improvement strategies and initiatives to meet business objectives.
- With team leads, manage manufacturing engineers and technicians across avionics and harness, electro-mechanical, mechanical, and environmental test functions.
- Lead the transition of hardware builds from low-rate initial production to higher-rate production.
- Lead the transition of hardware builds to different manufacturing locations.
- Support contract proposals and coordinate through the proposal gate review process.
- Support and implement AS9100 quality practices.
- Partner with Boeing Space Mission Systems Operations counterparts as a Boeing non-fully integrated subsidiary leader.
- Manage Manufacturing overhead, process improvement, and capital budgets.
- Communicate the state of the company to manufacturing and production personnel.
- Oversee integration of avionics suites into satellite chassis and ensure electro-mechanical interfaces meet flight requirements and tolerances.
- Implement and enforce industry-standard electronics manufacturing practices, including IPC standards, alongside AS9100 quality practices.
- Scale avionics and electro-mechanical hardware builds from low-rate initial production to higher-rate production.
- Develop and maintain avionics assembly throughput and capacity models and identify electro-mechanical build bottlenecks.
- Coordinate with test engineering to ensure avionics components are manufactured for testability and functional verification is integrated into production.
Benefits
- Competitive base pay and variable compensation opportunities.
- Eligible employees may enroll in health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings accounts, retirement savings plans, life and disability insurance programs, and programs providing paid and unpaid time away from work.
- Relocation assistance is not a negotiable benefit for this position.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Director
