Production Manager (Avionics and Electro-Mechanical)

Location: Los Angeles, CA, United States. The role requires significant time in manufacturing, cleanroom, laboratory, and test environments, extended hours or weekends as needed, and occasional travel to suppliers, test facilities, or other company locations.

Base salary: $150,000–$190,000 per year, plus company equity.

Company

hirify.global builds high-power satellite platforms for commercial and US government missions from low Earth orbit to deep space, with plans to scale production to 100 satellites per year.

What you will do

• Manage and develop Supervisors, Leads, and Technicians across avionics, electro-mechanical assembly, harness fabrication, PCBA rework, and component acceptance testing.
• Own delivery of completed flight hardware to vehicle integration, ensuring it is built, tested, accepted, and delivered on schedule.
• Set production priorities and drive daily execution against build and test schedules while removing constraints involving materials, tooling, equipment, procedures, and resources.
• Improve first-pass yield, cycle time, rework, throughput, and labor efficiency.
• Maintain configuration control, traceability, manufacturing records, and production metrics covering output, quality, constraints, and recovery plans.
• Represent Production in discussions with Engineering Leadership and influence design, test strategy, and schedule decisions.

Requirements

• 4+ years managing large production teams through development, manufacturing, and build processes for complex assemblies.
• 8+ years of production experience in a high-volume, rapid environment within aerospace, defense, or complex hardware manufacturing.
• Direct experience with flight hardware, including electro-mechanical assemblies, harnesses, PCBA, solar, and box-level builds.
• Familiarity with J-STD-001, IPC/WHMA-A-620, ESD control, and flight hardware traceability.
• Experience improving throughput and yield using data, including work with MES- or ERP-driven production.
• Excellent conflict resolution and negotiation skills.
• Demonstrated success leading from the floor in a fast-moving manufacturing environment.
• Must be a U.S. person under ITAR or otherwise eligible for a federally issued export control license.
• Must be able to work extended hours and/or weekends as needed for critical production and test milestones.
• Must be able to spend significant time in manufacturing, cleanroom, laboratory, and test environments and travel occasionally as required.

Nice to have

• Experience scaling spacecraft or satellite production from low rate to high rate.
• Experience with MES such as WarpDrive, First Resonance ION, or similar modern MES.
• Background in capacity modeling, line design, and capital equipment justification.

Culture & Benefits

• Fast-paced, high-growth Series D-funded aerospace environment focused on mass-producing high-power satellite platforms.
• Comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical, dental and vision coverage, life insurance, and paid parental leave.
• Equity in the company.
• Reasonable accommodations are available for applications and interviews.
• Non-traditional career paths are encouraged, and candidates are welcome to apply even without 100% of the preferred experience.