Production Lead

Your responsibilities will include

• Build & lead the production function: Establish the production function including facilities, team hiring and leadership, production layout, tooling, equipment, processes, production documentation, team structure, and supply chain development to support production
• Own repeat manufacturing of products: Own of the manufacturing, assembly, integration, alignment, calibration, and test of deployable optical ground station products
• Own production planning and delivery: Own the production schedules, resource plans, capacity plans to ensure we deliver to customers on time
• Establish & champion end-to-end quality control and production assurance: Establish production quality control processes necessary to ensure the quality of products delivered to customers.

Requirements

• Minimum of 10 years' experience
• Expected to have demonstrated experience transitioning from product to serial production, ideally in a startup environment
• Experience establishing and scaling manufacturing operations, including facilities, production processes, tooling, equipment, and workforce development
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing planning, capacity planning, resource planning, and production scheduling
• Experience implementing manufacturing documentation systems including work instructions, assembly procedures, manufacturing records, and configuration control
• Proven track record of developing and managing supplier and contract manufacturing relationships
• Experience establishing and maintaining quality management and production assurance processes
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced startup or scale-up environment with evolving priorities
• Experience managing production risks, schedules, and delivery commitments
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Desirable additional skills