Spacecraft Production Control Manager (Aerospace)

Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States; onsite production role.

Base salary: $135,000–$175,000 per year, plus equity.

Company

hirify.global develops and mass-produces high-power satellite platforms for commercial and US government missions from low Earth orbit to deep space.

What you will do

• Own production control operations, including manufacturing scheduling, production coordination, work order readiness, and WIP management.
• Build and lead the Production Control team, including hiring and developing Production Schedulers and Production Coordinators.
• Translate program delivery milestones into factory schedules, vehicle takt, subassembly starts, prioritized work orders, and daily and weekly work-center goals.
• Develop hardware allocation scenarios and manufacturing readiness processes covering materials, tooling, labor capacity, work orders, and engineering requirements.
• Build production control systems, including automated schedules, capacity models, and readiness models integrated across MES, Smartsheet, and internal tools.
• Monitor SQL-based MRP, resolve shortages with Supply Chain, analyze capacity, establish KPIs, and lead corrective action for schedule slips.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in production control, scheduling, or production planning in a high-volume, rapid-production environment within aerospace, defense, or complex hardware manufacturing.
• 3+ years of experience managing schedulers, planners, or coordinators.
• Experience building or scaling a production control or planning function.
• Experience owning a factory-level production schedule through a rate ramp.
• Deep working knowledge of build trees, BOMs, routings, work orders, MRP/ERP, and MES data flow.
• Experience building capacity and scheduling models that drive start, staffing, and capex decisions.
• Strong floor-presence experience partnering with supervisors, engineering, and leadership.
• The hired candidate must be a US Person under ITAR or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.

Nice to have

• Experience in spacecraft, launch vehicle, defense, or complex electromechanical manufacturing.
• Experience with production analytics using Smartsheet, SQL, Python, or Power BI for shortage monitoring and schedule automation.
• Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, operations research, supply chain, or a related engineering field.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, high-growth Series D-funded environment focused on scaling satellite production to 100 satellites per year.
• Comprehensive benefits including paid time off, medical, dental and vision coverage, life insurance, and paid parental leave.
• Equity in the company.
• Non-traditional career experience is encouraged, and candidates may apply even without 100% of the preferred skills and experience.