Production Manager, Machine Shop

About the Team: 

The engine manufacturing department's mission is to product high performing products & manufacturing systems by continuously innovating on cost, quality, and lead time. Through cross-functional collaboration, high levels of accountability, and a focus on safety we support the Terran R program. We are responsible for providing design feedback on new hardware iterations, developing new manufacturing methods and systems, and ultimately building engine and vehicle hardware for testing prior to our first launch. Our team's highlights from the last 6 months include the MDC of the first Aeon-R engine, completing thousands of hours of PBF printing, building and testing over 50 valves of 26 different iterations, and implementing large scale process improvements along the way.

About the Role:

As a Production Manager on the Machine Shop Manufacturing team, you will be accountable for a key lane of the Engine Manufacturing organization – CNC Machining and Benchwork. You will have purview over production and operations teams. A high degree of proactivity, technical & operational versatility, and people skills are required to be successful in this role. You will be expected to oscillate between big picture strategy and tactical operations on a whim. Key responsibilities will include:

• Accountable for leading and managing a diversely skilled production organization across 2 shifts to build Terran-R.
• Ensure a culture of safety, quality, and excellence is communicated and upheld by driving quality metrics to continuously improve product output of the manufacturing team.
• Defining the strategy to transition team from low-volume development environment to high-volume production environment on short time-frame; responsible for communicating a clear, actionable
• plan to set team up for success.
• Standing up a scalable Production program. Building the necessary tools, schedules, reports, and reviews to ensure a data-backed story on Terran-R’s hardware health is presented and understood by the cross-disciplinary team and leadership.
• Developing and mentoring production staff to meet team and company goals.  

About You:

• Bachelor of Science degree in manufacturing engineering, mechanical engineering, industrial engineering & operations, or equivalent (including direct work experience as a Production Manager).
• Extensive experience leading or managing a Production team, including formally leading production leaders
• Highly collaborative, strong communication skills, and ability to navigate diverse backgrounds (engineering, technician, executive, etc.)
• Relentless pursuit of production excellence—safety, quality, and schedule at forefront

Nice to haves but not required:  

• Mastery of Smartsheet, SQL, and Excel
• Extensive Production scaling experience (i.e., hiring 10’s to 100’s over short time-frames)
• Expert experience in PLM, ERP, and MES systems
• Direct experience in NPI-to-Production environments