Advanced Manufacturing Operations Specialist (Manufacturing)

Location: Torrance, California, United States. Must be lawfully able to access information and technology subject to US export controls and eligible to work in the United States.

Salary: $75,070–$137,730 USD per year, depending on the Specialist II–IV level.

Company

Designs, manufactures, and assembles advanced systems for demanding automotive, aerospace, and defense applications through an integrated engineering and manufacturing platform.

What you will do

• Develop and maintain schedules for machining, in-process inspection, assembly, final inspection, and shipping work centers.
• Prepare daily, weekly, and monthly production schedules aligned with demand, program, and planning teams.
• Host production standups and readiness meetings, communicate priorities, and resolve execution blockers.
• Validate MRP dates against shop-floor conditions and coordinate corrections with planning and manufacturing engineering.
• Investigate material shortages and labor constraints while improving capacity planning, resource forecasting, throughput, quality, and work-in-process flow.
• Provide schedule visibility and performance updates to shop leads and senior leadership.

Requirements

• Ability to lawfully access US export-controlled information and technology.
• 5+ years of production planning or scheduling experience in aerospace or high-complexity manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of ERP/MRP and MES systems, production planning, forecasting, and schedule optimization.
• High proficiency with Microsoft Excel, MS Project or Smartsheet, JIRA, and Confluence.
• Ability to collaborate with and influence engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, production, and quality teams.
• Strong analytical, communication, and leadership skills.

Nice to have

• Experience with Siemens NX PLM and eBOM-to-mBOM conversion.
• Experience improving on-time delivery, reducing schedule variance, and driving systemic improvements.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, high-mix production environment with hands-on shop-floor engagement.
• Data-driven culture focused on proactive communication, continuous improvement, quality, safety, and efficiency.
• Competitive salary with equity and discretionary results-based incentive opportunities.
• Paid vacation, sick time, company holidays, year-end shutdown, and parental leave.
• HMO and Premium PPO health plans, life insurance, disability coverage, and learning and development reimbursement.