Production Program Manager - Bus Electronics

Lanteris Space Systems•San Jose, CA

21h•$123,000 - $205,000•Onsite

About The Position

Lanteris Space is seeking a Production Program Manager - Bus Electronics to join our team at our San Jose, CA office. In this role, you will be the Principal Production Program Manager (on-site) for electronics products and be an integral part of an organization responsible for the design, build, test and delivery of cutting-edge spacecraft bus electronics products in support of various missions. Missions range from large high power GEO stationary to high volume LEO constellations, from communications to deep space exploration and national defense. Customers span commercial, civil and defense industries.

Requirements

Must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident
BS degree in Electrical, Mechanical, Manufacturing, Industrial or Aerospace or other engineering discipline. An additional four years of experience may be substituted for a degree. A master's degree may count for two years of experience
8 years of related work experience in aerospace or related industry (such as autonomous vehicles)
Electronics production management experience
Vendor or Subcontract management experience
The ideal candidate displays professional expertise and applies company policies and procedures to resolve a variety of issues, has working knowledge of company products and services.
Works on problems of complex scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of a variety of factors.
Drives projects to completion while identifying and removing barriers as they arise, and exercises judgement to determine appropriate action and recommends modifications to existing plans and processes to better align with business objectives.

Nice To Haves

Experience leading cross-functional teams
Skills in team leadership; with the abilities to effectively delegate authority, develop and motivate a highly effective team, enable good working relationships at all levels of the organization, understand and communicate the executive leadership vision, effectively operate across organizational boundaries
Strong communication skills, both written and verbally, with the ability to distill and communicate complicated issues into appropriate executive level summaries, including recommendations as needed
Familiarity with new product development
Satellite design and manufacturing
Power or Bus products used in spacecraft applications
Developing labor and non-labor cost models for hardware development and procurement activities

Responsibilities

Overall responsibility of planning and recommending/implementing changes to methods related to spacecraft bus electronics products production
Integral to lead production activities
Oversee all production aspects of Lanteris Space designed spacecraft bus electronics products
Manage production and identify current or future constraints; work with Lanteris Space team to address and eliminate constraints
Prioritize hardware across products and programs based on program/customer milestones and factory needs while considering manpower and equipment constraints
Create production, inch-stone, and what-if schedules to meet Lanteris Space delivery dates
Generate reports using MRP system; provide reports on production status, issues, and necessary corrective actions
Present production status weekly to Lanteris Space Program Office and Customer meetings; maintain production status/performance dashboard
Work with Lanteris Space planning and procurement to ensure that parts are available when needed, and help facilitate resolution of shortages
Work with Lanteris Space stakeholders to create three-year capital plan
Help develop processes to increase productivity and enhance performance; drive continuous improvement initiatives to further streamline production of bus electronics products
Monitor and contribute to spacecraft bus engineering development projects by providing input related to production tasks