Senior / Staff Avionics Production Engineer

True Anomaly, a company revolutionizing spacecraft systems. As a Senior/Staff Avionics Production Engineer, you will lead production engineering strategy and execution for avionics hardware across multiple spacecraft programs. You will build scalable manufacturing processes, develop production engineering teams, and partner with design engineering to drive manufacturability from concept through high-rate production. This role requires deep technical expertise, proven leadership in production environments, and the ability to build systems and teams that scale from prototype to volume manufacturing.

This role requires deep technical expertise, proven leadership in production environments, and the ability to build systems and teams that scale from prototype to volume manufacturing

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor a team of avionics production engineers, providing technical guidance, production metrics, skill development, and performance management.
• Own the production engineering strategy and execution for avionics components and systems to achieve cost, rate, and quality targets.
• Drive technical reviews with design engineering and make critical go/no-go production engineering decisions to ensure design is manufacturable.

Requirements

• Experience in manufacturing engineering for aerospace, defense, or high-reliability systems commensurate with the level of responsibility
• Bachelor's degree in manufacturing, industrial, mechanical, electrical, computer engineering or related field
• Experience building and producing classified hardware in SCIF’s or SAP facilities
• Experience working to AS9100 process and standards

Experience with working hands-on-hardware and fabrication methods

• Strong communication and collaboration skills with demonstrated ability to influence design decisions, drive cross-functional alignment, and present technical information to diverse audiences
• Experience with PLM, MES, configuration and data management controls and systems
• Experience in design, manufacturing, testing, and integration of spacecraft avionics components (e.g., flight computers, IMUs, power distribution units, batteries, solar arrays, RF systems, cable harnesses)
• Experience with software loading, firmware configuration, and hardware-in-the-loop test processes

Preferred

• Experience in selecting and commissioning equipment to enable production of wire harnesses, PCBA, Line Replaceable Units
• Expert-level understanding of aerospace electronics standards including IPC-610/620, IPC J-STD-001, and AS9100 quality systems
• Experience in spacecraft electrical integration, with an emphasis on harness routing, connector interface control, EMI/EMC considerations, and systems integration on vehicle
• Background in spacecraft avionics functional, environmental, and qualification testing (thermal-vacuum, EMI/EMC, vibration)

Pay

USD 170,000 - 215,000